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Future doctors share too much on Facebook, UF researchers say

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Would it bother you to know that your physician smokes cigars and likes to do “keg stands”? That your gynecologist was a member of a group called “I Hate Medical School”? That your urologist is a fan of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”?

Filed under Education, Health, Research on Thursday, July 10, 2008.

UF study: Religious devotion linked to educational outcomes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Adolescents who consider themselves “very religious” are generally more likely to finish college than their less devout counterparts, according to a University of Florida study.

Filed under Black, Education, Hispanic, Race, Religion, Research on Wednesday, July 2, 2008.

Florida consumer confidence in April sinks to new 16-year record low

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Falling housing prices, tighter credit and rising gas and food costs caused Florida’s consumer confidence to drop four points to 66 in April and surpass its previous 16-year low recorded earlier this year, a new University of Florida study reports.
Until now the revised March reading, along with January’s index, had been consumer [...]

Filed under Education, Florida, Research on Tuesday, April 29, 2008.

Middle-school reform efforts at UF receive $600,000 boost

GAINESVILLE, Fla.—In the 1960s, University of Florida education researchers helped pioneer the middle school movement, recommending that educators handle a child’s critical formative years in a transitional setting, rather than in the regimented, departmentalized junior-senior high school system.

Filed under Education, Research on Tuesday, January 15, 2008.