Former Gov. Bob Graham wrote a June 30 column in the Palm Beach Post about the state’s purchase of 200,000 acres of farmland from U.S. Sugar Corp. to improve water flow for the Everglades. Graham, also a former U.S. senator, founded the Graham Center for Public Service at UF.
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New University of Florida research shows there’s about a 60% chance that your home could one day be home to someone with a disability and it could be you, but you might not be able to get through the doorway. Here’s UF researcher Stanley Smith.
Wayne Archer, executive director of the Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studies, was quoted in a June 27 New York Times story on how depreciated housing values might benefit retirees looking for new homes.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The flamingo looks like it should be closely related to the stork or crane, but its closest relative may actually be the diminutive, modest grebe.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For black people, it doesn’t matter whether their color shows up in pigments or pixels. Doctors may be less likely to heed their complaints either way.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With the cost of gas and electricity rising seemingly by the day, Florida’s universities will work together on research aimed at boosting a largely untapped resource: renewable energy.
Chris McCarty, director of the Bureau of Economic and Business Research’s survey research center, was quoted in a June 24 St. Petersburg Times story about the June consumer confidence report. The story was the result of a News Bureau news release.
Jonathan Crane, a tropical-fruit expert, was quoted in a June 24 Washington Post story about the wide variety of uses for coconuts.