GAINESVILLE — As a member of a University of Florida design team at work on a project for a major phosphate mining company, Kungun Mathur spends at least 10 hours each week on calculations, technical drawings and meetings with company officials.
GAINESVILLE — Combining computer technology with molecular biology — a union that may improve the study of disease development such as cancer — is the newest marriage of genetic sciences being forged by the University of Florida Genetics Institute.
GAINESVILLE — The University of Florida’s research enterprise received a record $296 million in awards during fiscal year 1998-99, up 5.7 percent from the previous year, according to figures released Monday.
A unique University of Florida program is aimed in part at helping to reverse a nationwide decline in the number of students earning degrees in engineering.
GAINESVILLE — College graduates nationwide — many of whom have scooped up their sheepskins in recent weeks — are unprepared for their new jobs because they lack the real-world experience needed to hit the ground running, a University of Florida researcher says.
GAINESVILLE — A 4-year-old girl sits in a hospital waiting room for nearly an hour, anxious over the shot she’s about to receive. She and her parents are getting restless.
GAINESVILLE — With cap-and-gown season about to get under way, a University of Florida researcher says a booming economy is yet another item to add to the list of stresses today’s college students are feeling from such things as the fear of AIDS, dysfunctional families and binge drinking.
GAINESVILLE — By the time University of Florida mechanical engineering students get to Professor Ali Seirig’s senior-level class, they’re used to solving theoretical problems.
GAINESVILLE — The face of racism is changing.
GAINESVILLE — It’s a familiar scenario: A project starts out as a group effort but quickly becomes the burden of a few diligent souls who do their share and carry the load for the other slackers as well.