University of Florida News

Chris McCarty, director of survey research, was quoted in an Aug. 19 Palm beach Post (circ. 222,833) story about rising gas prices.

Retail expert Erik Gordon was quoted in an Aug. 18 Tampa Tribune (circ. 313,693) story about Tampa’s Instant Traffic Reporter.

The death of longtime UF historian Samuel Proctor and the legacy of his Oral History Program were the subjects of a Aug. 18 story in the St. Petersburg Times (circ. 442,348).

The McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity was the subject of an Aug. 18 story in the St. Petersburg Times (circ. 442,348)

Finance professor Jay Ritter was quoted in an Aug. 18 Dow Jones Newswires story about an initial public offering of Badiu.com.

UF’s news podcasts were cited in an Aug. 16 story in the London Guardian (U.K.) about podcasting in higher education.
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Finance professor Jay Ritter was quoted in an Aug. 14 Associated Press national wire story about the initial public offering of Baidu.com.

Chemist Steven Benner was quoted in an Aug. 14 Associated Press national wire story about Harvard University launching a research project to study how life began. The story ran in numerous papers nationwide.

An opinion piece by International Center Dean Dennis Jett about the Bush administration’s policy on the war in Iraq ran Aug. 14 in the Chicago Tribune (circ. 600,988). Read about UF’s Op-Ed Service.

Dr. William W. Hauswirth, a professor of ophthalmic molecular genetics, was quoted in an Aug. 11 Reuters news service story about his development of a way to treat a rare genetic eye disease that causes blindness in boys with gene therapy. The story was the result of a news release.