University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new Android phone app is available free to help nature lovers who want to know more about the trees that grow on the University of Florida campus.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Board of Trustees today endorsed a collaboration between UF and Winter Park-based Full Sail University to create more educational and career opportunities for students at both schools in media, technology and entertainment business.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Technology-minded entrepreneurs will gather this week for special training in a Technology Entrepreneur BootCamp organized by the University of Florida Office of Technology Licensing and UF Tech Connect.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida students, alumni and visitors can now explore campus in a whole new way thanks to the UF partnership with location-based social medium and mobile application Foursquare.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications will launch a fully online, distance learning Master of Arts degree in mass communication with a specialization in Web design and online communication in January 2012.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Sid Martin Biotechnology Incubator program, which fosters the growth of startup bioscience companies with ties to UF, has released a study showing that over the last seven years its companies and graduates had a total economic impact on Alachua County of $753 million.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Research Computing Day will take place Thursday with the goal of strengthening the relationship between University of Florida faculty and information technology services available at UF.

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The inaugural director has been selected for the newly created Engineering Innovation Institute at the University of Florida.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A UF Tech Connect project providing entrepreneurial training to unemployed workers is a finalist in a national awards competition.