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Faculty, staff and students of the University of Florida gathered Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002, at a memorial service commemorating the first anniversary of last year's terrorist attacks. The program was part of a weeklong series of events that included a carillon performance of an original composition, "Fanfares in Memory and Hope," composed by a UF music professor with six movements timed to coincide with the events of Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/University of Florida/Joe Richard) |
Wedding Bells Beat Jail Cells
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The bliss of a steady marriage is a strong antidote to a life of crime, a new University of Florida study finds. In a study of paroled men, the UF research team found that the most hardened ex-cons were far less likely to return to their crooked ways if they settled down into the routines of a solid marriage, said Alex Piquero, a UF professor of criminology and law who led the study. See the full story at http://www.napa.ufl.edu/2002news/recidivism.htm
Wildlife Crossing
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Wildlife corridors, thin strips of habitat that connect disparate patches of land, really do encourage the movement of plants and animals across fragmented landscape, according to a study led by a UF postdoctoral associate and appearing in the current Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. For more information, see the full story at http://www.napa.ufl.edu/2002news/corridors.htm
Not Ready For Terrorism
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- As the threat of terrorism continues, the U.S. medical community remains ill-equipped to anticipate and manage mass casualties wrought by terrorist acts on American soil, a University of Florida surgeon warns. For more information, please see the full story at http://www.napa.ufl.edu/2002news/medterror.htm .
Tech Help For The Blind
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- University of Florida researchers have wedded speech recognition software, wearable computers, satellite positioning technology and other emerging technologies in a 21st-century navigational aid for the blind. Composed of a waist-worn computer and headset connected remotely to a map database server, the prototype delivers and responds to instructions verbally. See the full story at http://www.napa.ufl.edu/2002news/blindsystem.htm.
Sacre Bleu, Gators
The French government has chosen the University of Florida as the state’s site of a centre pluridisciplinaire, or pluridisciplinary center. The designation will help create the France-Florida Research Institute at UF, which will serve as an umbrella organization to centralize and promote the numerous existing partnerships between UF and French and Francophone research centers. For more information, please see the full story at http://www.napa.ufl.edu/2002news/frenchcenter.htm .
At a Glance
A sesquicentennial Web site for UF's 150th anniversary was launched Aug. 27 linking from the university home page. The site has information about upcoming events and programs related to our 150th celebration, which officially kicks off on Jan. 10, 2003. The address is http://www.ufl.edu/150 .
In The News
Richard Allington, the Irving and Rose Fien Distinguished Professor of
Education at UF, was quoted in the Washington Post in a Sept. 10 front-page
story about the Bush administration's efforts to promote the teaching
of phonics in America's classrooms. See the full story at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59455-2002Sep9.html .
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Gail F. Baker, vice president for public relations and an associate professor of public relations in the College of Journalism & Communications, was quoted Sept. 9 in a USA Today story on retailers' response to the anniversary of 9/11. For more information, please see the story at http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020909/4428883s.htm .
Law Professor Christopher Slobogin was quoted Sept. 7 in an Associated
Press story that moved on the national and international wires about the
two Florida boys found guilty of murdering their father. See the story
at http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/
0,5744,5051050%255E1702,00.html.
UF stem cell researcher Dennis Steindler was quoted Sept. 7 in an AP national story about doubts rising over adult stem cell research. For more information, please read the full story on CNN's Web site at http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/09/07/adult.stem.cells.ap/index.html.
Electrical engineering Professor Martin Uman was quoted Sept. 3 in the New York Times in a story about increased lightning risks with the loss of the World Trade Center. For more information, please see the full story at http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/03/science/03LIGH.html.
A story featuring a mosquito diet pill developed by UF biochemist Dov
Borovsky moved Sept. 2 on the Reuters wire service and appeared in numerous
newspaper across the country. See the story at http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=
CFF0JEPSZ3IKQCRBAEKSFFA?type=sciencenews&StoryID=1399390.
An article by political science Professor Ido Oren, "How America's Foreign Policy Affects Its Political Science," appeared Sept. 6 in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Retail expert Erik Gordon was quoted in USA Today on Aug. 28 in a story about lagging sales of back-to-school items. See the full story at http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020828/4398189s.htm.
UFactoid
Did you know that...
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded the University of Florida Foundation a 12-month, $50,000 grant in support of the Leighton E. Cluff Research Award in Aging? Patricia Kricos, director of the Center for Gerontological Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will direct the project. Kricos also is a core faculty member of UF's Institute on Aging and Director of the Joint Audiology Program. The purpose of the Cluff award is to increase student interest in aging studies, through scholarly investigation and research on issues related to older adults and the aging process. To be considered for the award, students must complete and report on a research project related to aging. Each awardee receives a plaque and prize money -- $1,200 for graduate and professional students and $600 for undergraduate students.