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![A federal layoff law proposal inspired by COVID times](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/02/Unemployment-STORY-JD-A-resize.jpg)
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.
![Lost and found: The tomb of the Sea Dragon, Brazil’s famous abolitionist](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/01/Francisco_Nascimento_1884_Revista_Illustrada_376.jpg)
A history student embarks on a three-year quest to find the resting place of an Afro-Brazilian hero.
![2020 ends with slight uptick in consumer confidence; 2021 uncertainty looms](/media/newsufledu/images/2020/12/Chart-for-Release_December-2020-resized.png)
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.
![A political disagreement expert’s advice for the holidays](/media/newsufledu/images/2020/12/Dinner_and_Politics_Texturized.jpg)
Here's how to keep discussions productive.
![The strange impact of the first customer review](/media/newsufledu/images/2020/12/AmazonArticle.jpg)
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.
![Why the U.S. needs federal regulation of facial recognition — and how to get it right](/media/newsufledu/images/2020/12/FacialRecognition_hero-07.jpg)
Few restrictions govern what’s done with your faceprint once it's captured. Federal guidelines could help.
![UF professor is coming to Netflix](/media/newsufledu/images/2020/12/UF-professor-Netflix.jpg)
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.
![Positive COVID-19 vaccine news does not stem consumer sentiment decline in November](/media/newsufledu/images/2020/12/Chart-for-Release_November-2020-resized.png)
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.
![Pent-up travel demand could drive Americans to get COVID-19 vaccine](/media/newsufledu/images/2020/11/Vaccine_Traveling_Hero.jpg)
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.
![Consumer sentiment falls in October, dragging into the holiday season](/media/newsufledu/images/2020/11/Chart-for-Release_October-2020---Resized.png)
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.
![The message behind a UF professor’s Grammy-winning song](/media/newsufledu/images/2020/11/ruiz-thumbnail.jpg)
Through his music, José Valentino Ruiz explores the importance of listening to others. It couldn't come at a better time.
![Study reveals gender bias in TA evaluations](/media/newsufledu/images/2020/11/GettyImages-1270504855.jpg)
The female TA got five times as many negative reviews as the male TA — but they were the same person.
![Want to help monarchs? Plant more than milkweed, study says](/media/newsufledu/images/2020/10/Monarch-butterfly-at-research-site-credit-Rebecca-Nestle.jpg)
A new study suggests that adding other flowering plants to the mix may help monarchs more than milkweed alone.
![September consumer sentiment signals rise in public’s economic attitude](/media/newsufledu/images/2020/10/Chart-for-Release_September-2020-resized.png)
Consumer sentiment among Floridians surged in September 6.3 points to 85.1 from August’s revised figure of 78.8. Similarly, national consumer sentiment increased 4.8 points.