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Study shows shoplifters more readily identified by behavior, not race

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Shoppers who leave the store without buying anything are much more likely to be walking away with stolen merchandise than those who do make a purchase, a University of Florida study finds.

Filed under Research, Business, Race, Black, Hispanic on Wednesday, August 10, 2005.

New UF Farm Safety Program Targets 200,000 Migrant Workers

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Down on the farm, it can be downright dangerous – especially for thousands of Florida migrant farm workers who may not be familiar with rules and regulations designed to ensure their safety on the job. But help is on the way, thanks to a new University of Florida farm safety-training program aimed at the state’s 200,000 migrant farm workers.

Filed under Research, Florida, Hispanic on Thursday, June 30, 2005.

UF Study: Latino Groups Face Different Prospects For Health In U.S.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Health deteriorates for Mexican immigrants after they become Americanized, but it improves for Puerto Ricans — and some Cubans and Dominicans — the longer they remain in the United States, a new University of Florida study finds.

Filed under Research, Health, Family, Race, Hispanic on Monday, April 18, 2005.

Florida’s Hispanic population to grow more rapidly than that of state

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s Hispanic population will significantly outpace the state’s non-Hispanic white and black populations over the next 25 years, largely because of migration and high birth rates among this relatively young group of migrants, according to the latest projections from the University of Florida.

Filed under Research, Race, Hispanic on Tuesday, July 20, 2004.

Housing segregation persists in many parts of nation, study shows

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Neighborhood integration is necessary to reduce school segregation but Americans continue to remain separated in their neighborhoods a half century after the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision, a new nationwide study by the University of Florida finds.

Filed under Research, Politics, Law, Race, Black, Hispanic on Thursday, May 6, 2004.

UF professors: Hollywood changes roles of minorities, but not whites

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Hollywood lens has shifted stereotypes of blacks from the shiftless or brutal characters of yesteryear to that of second-string players whose roles only boost those of whites in modern movies, a new book by University of Florida researchers finds.

Filed under Research, Arts, Black, Hispanic on Tuesday, January 14, 2003.

UF and South Florida Partners Promote Higher Education for Hispanic Youth with help of Grant

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida is joining several South Florida educational and community organizations to encourage Hispanic youth to pursue higher education.

Filed under Research, Education, Hispanic on Thursday, March 23, 2000.

UF Leading Lucent Technologies-Funded Program In Latin America

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Lucent Technologies today announced the funding of a collaborative effort between Bell Labs, the University of Florida and universities in Brazil and Mexico to advance distance-learning education around the Latin American region.

Filed under Research, Education, Hispanic, Awards & Honors on Thursday, March 9, 2000.

UF Study: Downtown Revitalizations Can Encourage Criminal Predators

GAINESVILLE — Letting the good times roll may get you rolled, mugged or worse, says a University of Florida study of crime and downtown entertainment districts.

Filed under Research, Business, Florida, Hispanic on Wednesday, February 9, 2000.

In Florida, It Pays To Be Bilingual, University Of Florida Study Finds

GAINESVILLE — Florida Hispanics who are fluent in Spanish and English earn significantly higher incomes and are less likely to live in poverty than those who speak only English, according to a new study.

Filed under Research, Business, Education, Hispanic on Monday, January 31, 2000.