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The University of Florida received funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) as part of its Doris Duke Native Oral History Revitalization Project, an initiative to increase access to, use of, and visibility of the Doris Duke Native American Oral History Collections.
Nationally, armed school resource officers (SROs) are part of many students’ daily experience. In Florida, state law even requires armed personnel in schools for the protection of students. Amid a national conversation on policing following the killing of George Floyd, though, how can policymakers also ensure students feel safe at school?
UF law professor Rachel Arnow-Richman proposes a new framework for federal layoff laws that would require universal severance pay and create a temporary termination status for those who are unemployed due to economic downturn as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A history student embarks on a three-year quest to find the resting place of an Afro-Brazilian hero.
Consumer confidence among Floridians ticked up 1.1 points in December to 82.2 from November’s revised figure of 81.1 though consumer sentiment ends 2020 far below the levels recorded before the coronavirus pandemic.
Here's how to keep discussions productive.
A product’s first review can have an outsized effect on the item’s future — it can even cause the product to fail.
A trove of memorabilia from the entertainer’s 80-year career is enshrined in the Popular Culture Collections at the University of Florida’s George A. Smathers Libraries, where it will be cataloged and made available for students, researchers and the public.
Few restrictions govern what’s done with your faceprint once it's captured. Federal guidelines could help.
UF School of Theatre and Dance Assistant Professor Monika Gossmann stars alongside Hollywood actors Gary Oldman, Lily Collins, Amanda Seyfried, and Tom Pelphrey in the new biographical drama Mank.
Consumer sentiment among Floridians dipped for the second consecutive month in November to 80.9, dropping 3.5 points from a revised figure of 84.4 in October. Similarly, the University of Michigan’s nationwide index of consumer sentiment decreased 4.9 points.
In a nationwide survey of Americans who have traveled for leisure in the past year, 63% said they were likely or very likely to get the coronavirus vaccine. Of those, 74% said they were motivated by travel.
After the largest one-month gain in consumer confidence since the pandemic started in September, consumer sentiment among Floridians dropped 2 points in October to 84.4 from a revised September figure of 86.4.
Through his music, José Valentino Ruiz explores the importance of listening to others. It couldn't come at a better time.
The female TA got five times as many negative reviews as the male TA — but they were the same person.