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UF study: black students give higher grades to black colleges

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Black students attending the nation’s historically black colleges and universities say they make greater strides in a broad range of academic and social areas than their counterparts at predominantly white institutions indicate they attain, a University of Florida study shows.

Filed under Research, Education, Race, Black on Thursday, January 9, 2003.

UF Expands Efforts To Help At-Risk High School Students

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Alliance program, designed to give at-risk high school students a better chance of attending college and obtaining a baccalaureate degree, is expanding to two new schools in Orlando.

Filed under Research, Education, Race, Black on Wednesday, February 13, 2002.

UF Study: Families Stay On Welfare When Fathers Have Many Children

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It’s the deadbeat dad, not the “welfare mom,” who is less likely to lift a family off social assistance programs, a new University of Florida study finds.

Filed under Research, Race, Black on Thursday, December 27, 2001.

UF study: black tourists report wide range of racial discrimination

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Leisure travel for college-educated African Americans is often tainted by the ordeal of racial discrimination as more than three out of four black tourists report biased treatment in sit-down restaurants, new University of Florida research finds.

Filed under Research, Florida, Black on Monday, October 1, 2001.

UF researcher: rise of black mayors ranks with civil rights movement

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The rise of black mayors ranks as important as the civil rights movement in fighting racial discrimination in American society, says a University of Florida researcher and author of a new book on the subject.

Filed under Research, Politics, Race, Black on Wednesday, September 5, 2001.

Florida researchers launch first excavation of black Seminole town

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The first ever excavation of a black Seminole town is under way in Central Florida and may unearth how the runaway slaves actually lived within the embattled Seminole Indian nation, says a University of Florida researcher.

Filed under Research, Natural History, Race, Black on Thursday, June 14, 2001.

Older blacks face higher disability risk, UF study shows

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The golden years are more likely to be tarnished for black Americans, who face a higher risk of disabilities than their Latino and white counterparts, a University of Florida study shows.

Filed under Research, Health, Aging, Race, Black on Monday, June 11, 2001.

UF researchers find ethnic differences in reports of pain perception

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Whether you’ve dreaded the bite of the dentist’s drill, the viselike contractions of childbirth or the crushing pressure of a heart attack, one thing’s certain: Pain is commonly feared yet in many ways poorly understood.

Filed under Research, Health, Race, Black on Wednesday, May 2, 2001.

Despite Effects On Perceived Health, Many Elderly Ignore Hearing Loss

GAINESVILLE — Despite mounting evidence that hearing loss affects health, a significant number of elderly people don’t seek treatment for the problem, even when their hearing loss is substantial, University of Florida researchers say.

Filed under Research, Health, Aging, Black on Thursday, November 4, 1999.

A Year After New Initiative Is Announced, UF Graduate Enrollment Soars

GAINESVILLE — An effort to attract more graduate students to the University of Florida is showing the first signs of success.

Filed under Research, Education, Black, Hispanic on Monday, November 1, 1999.