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| GAINESVILLE, Fla. » Legendary former UCLA head basketball Coach John Wooden talks to reporters Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at the University of Florida. Wooden, who led UCLA to 10 NCAA national championships, spoke as part of UF's Presidential Lecture Series. (UF photo by Ray Carson) |
New Dean for College of Education
GAINESVILLE, Fla. » Catherine Emihovich, dean of education at California State University in Sacramento, has been named dean of the University of Florida College of Education effective Aug. 1. Prior to her tenure at California State, Emihovich was a professor in the department of counseling and educational psychology at the State University of New York in Buffalo. Other appointments include service as an associate professor in the department of educational research at Florida State University and an assistant professor in the department of educational psychology at the University of South Carolina. To view the entire story, visit http://www.napa.ufl.edu/2002news/coedean.htm .
Zap Those Veggies
GAINESVILLE, Fla. » Ozone, the gas that protects the Earth from ultraviolet radiation, may soon give U.S. food shoppers better protection from harmful bacteria. Retailers could sanitize fruits and vegetables by exposing them to ozone before they go on sale, said Gary Rodrick, a professor with UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. In Europe, ozone has been used for decades to sanitize water and food products. See the full story at http://www.napa.ufl.edu/2002news/ozoneproduce.htm.
Nag The Ones You Love
GAINESVILLE, Fla. » Intimacy breeds contempt when it comes to nagging, says a University of Florida researcher, who found the practice widespread in families. Loved ones cajole, pester, whine, hound or nag each other because close bonds allow them to get away with behavior that would not wear elsewhere, said Diana Boxer, a UF linguistics professor whose study appeared in the February issue of the Journal of Pragmatics. See the full story at http://www.napa.ufl.edu/2002news/nagging.htm
From A Single DNA Strand, A Tiny Motor
GAINESVILLE, Fla. » They are still many years away, but infinitesimal molecular motors that could radically improve manufacturing and medicine just took a step closer to reality. A University of Florida chemistry professor has made a "nanomotor" from a single DNA molecule. The motor, so small that hundreds of thousands could fit on the head of a pin, curls up and extends like an inchworm, said Weihong Tan, the principal investigator and lead author of an article about the motor in the April edition of the journal Nano Letters. If you would like to view the entire story online, visit http://www.napa.ufl.edu/2002news/nanomotor.htm
At a Glance
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a five-year, $19 million renewal grant to the University of Florida's General Clinical Research Center, a self-contained mini-hospital where common and rare diseases are studied in human volunteers. The unit is housed in the Shands at UF medical center and managed by UF medical faculty. The funding comes with high praise from program reviewers with NIH's National Center for Research Resources. The NIH has awarded a total of $66 million to the special center since 1996---making it the largest single budget item at UF.
About 120 clinical investigations are now under way at the center, managed
by UF faculty physicians and pharmacists, along with the center's own
staff of research nurses, dietitians, biostatisticians, laboratory technicians
and other support personnel. Subjects studied range from diabetes, lupus,
cystic fibrosis and high blood pressure to genetic diseases such as Prader-Willi
syndrome and Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency.
In The News
Alligator expert Louis Guillette was quoted in an Associated Press national wire story ran May 16 about a study on how alligators use their jaws to sense their pray. Among the places where the story appeared, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, CNN.com, the Ventura County (Calif.) Star, The Tampa Tribune, the Orlando Sentinel, the Houston Chronicle and the San Diego Union-Tribune.
History department Chairman W. Fitzhugh Brundage was quoted in a story that appeared May 15 on the front page of USA Today about slavery and Confederate symbolism. You can view the entire story at http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002/05/15/slavery-museum.htm .
Finance Professor and IPO expert Jay Ritter was quoted May 12 by Reuters news service and on Forbes.com about UBS Warburg going public. If you would like to read the full text online, visit the Forbes Web site at http://www.forbes.com/home/newswire/2002/05/12/rtr599723.html .
BBC London interviewed linguistics Professor Andrew Lynch on May 15 about the cultural significance of "Spanglish." The interview was set to air later in the month.
UFactoid
Did you know that....
...the University of Florida ranks 12th in the nation in awarding bachelors
degrees to Hispanic students? This, according to the May 6th issue of
Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Magazine, which ranked 100 institutions
on degrees awarded in the 1999-2000 academic year.