An opinion piece by history professor David Colburn about Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist and Tom Gallagher ran Aug. 22 in the Orlando Sentinel (circ. 391,145)
A story about the newest book by retired English professor Harry Crews ran Aug. 22 in the New York Times (circ. 1.1 million).
Anthropologist Maxine Margolis was interviewed for an Aug. 21 National Public Radio story about growing ties between Brazilians of African descent and African-Americans.
Zoologist Lou Guillette was quoted in an Aug. 20 Atlanta Journal-Constitution (circ. 382,421) story about how studying alligators’ immune systems could benefit humans.
Engineering professor Eric Schwartz and engineering student Gregory Garcia were quoted in an Aug. 16 Associated Press national wire story about Garcia’s invention of a robot shopping cart.
Biomedical engineer William Ditto was quoted in an Aug. 12 New York Times (circ. 1.1 million) brief about his creation of a computer chip that will change and adapt to whatever it is need for.
The brief was the result of a news release.
UF’s 12-person robot submarine engineering team was referenced in an Aug. 11 Associated Press national wire about its creation, SubjuGator, which won the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition.
Psychologist Dolores Albarracín Aug. 6 was quoted in an Aug. 6 New York Times magazine article about AIDS treatment in South Africa.
William Carr, a retired researcher for the University of Florida’s Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, was quoted in an Aug. 5 Washington Post (circ. 732,872) story about new developments in fishing lures.
A review of a new book by history professor emeritus C. John Sommerville, “The Decline of the Secular University,” appeared in the Aug. 4 Wall Street Journal (circ. 2.1 million).