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Fast-growing startup graduates from Florida Innovation Hub at UF, moves to downtown Gainesville

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Shadow Health Inc., a virtual education and training company based on University of Florida computer-programming technology, will graduate from the Florida Innovation Hub at UF at 4:30 p.m. Thursday with an informal ceremony in the lobby.

Filed under Announcements, Economic Impact, InsideUF (Campus), Technology, Top Stories on Wednesday, August 1, 2012.

UF Tech Connect program awarded grant for starting technology companies

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida is the only university in the state and among only 10 universities in the region to receive a federal five-year grant this month to promote the formation of technology startup companies based on university research discoveries.

Filed under Announcements, Economic Impact, InsideUF (Campus), Technology, Top Stories on Monday, July 23, 2012.

University of Florida researchers improve on an old model for studying predator search patterns

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The inspiration for the next Google or search-and-rescue drone may spring from a seemingly unlikely source: Watching how animals sniff out food, according to new University of Florida research.

Filed under Environment, Research, Sciences, Technology on Monday, July 16, 2012.

UF, GRU, GRUCom team up to offer ultrahigh-speed broadband connections in Innovation District

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Gainesville residents who live or work in the Innovation District will soon have access to gigabit broadband connections up to 100 times faster than standard DSL or cable services, thanks to a cooperative effort between Gainesville Regional Utilities’ GRUCom telecommunications network and the University of Florida.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Technology, Top Stories on Monday, June 11, 2012.

BioFlorida event to celebrate state’s growing biotech industry

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — To celebrate and learn about biotechnology in North Central Florida, the community is invited to attend the 9th Annual Celebration of Biotechnology from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 10 on the RTI Biologics campus in Progress Corporate Park in Alachua.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Technology, Top Stories on Tuesday, May 1, 2012.

UF participates in nation’s largest science and technology festival

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s departments of astronomy, mechanical and aerospace engineering, and the Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences will participate in the USA Science & Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C., Saturday and Sunday.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Technology, Top Stories on Wednesday, April 25, 2012.

Innovation Square wins award for economic development planning

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Economic Development Division of the American Planning Association has selected Innovation Square to receive the 2012 Donald E. Hunter Excellence in Economic Development Planning Award.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Technology, Top Stories on Friday, March 30, 2012.

MindTree to bring 400 high-tech jobs to the Gainesville area

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — MindTree Limited, a global IT and product engineering company, has selected Gainesville as the site for its United States expansion, bringing 400 new jobs over the next five years and making a $2.925 million capital investment in the heart of Gainesville.

Filed under Announcements, Economic Impact, InsideUF (Campus), Technology, Top Stories on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.

UF event to bring together inventors, investors, startup companies

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Office of Technology Licensing will hold its sixth annual “A Celebration of Innovation” technology showcase Tuesday at the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Technology, Top Stories on Wednesday, March 21, 2012.

New UF-developed Android app helps public identify campus trees

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.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Technology, Top Stories on Tuesday, December 6, 2011.