University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla.—University of Florida Brain Institute researchers today announced plans to open a first-of-its-kind bank of human brain tissue to support studies of traumatic brain injury, which affects someone in the United States every 15 seconds.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Consumer confidence in Florida rose three points in January, reflecting unbridled optimism in the nation’s economy and waning concerns over the vanquished Y2K bug, University of Florida economists report.

GAINESVILLE — This is no tall fish story. Scientists have identified a new species of bass, making the finned fighter likely the last game fish in North America to get a scientific name, says a University of Florida researcher.

GAINESVILLE — AIDS has joined traffic accidents as an occupational hazard for the nation’s long-haul truckers, a new University of Florida study finds.

GAINESVILLE — As a professor of geology and longtime director of the University of Florida’s seismic network, Doug Smith takes his share of calls about mysterious tremors that rattle someone’s windowpanes or set the neighborhood dogs barking.
In just about all the cases, Smith tracks the cause to something other than what callers usually swear was [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla.—A rare species of St. John’s Wort found only in four counties of Central Florida is disappearing, and University of Florida researchers are studying the plant’s genetics and local environmental conditions in hopes of conserving it and other endangered plants.

GAINESVILLE — Formal crossing-guard training makes walking to and from school safer for children by instilling competence and dedication in guards and their trainers, according to a new University of Florida study.