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2016 articles

  • 'Working memory' decline in normal aging linked to loss of specific receptor
  • How to choose a children’s book, for the holidays and beyond
  • Merging neuroscience and education research to personalize multimedia and online learning
  • UF ranks 6th for PhD production nationally, 5th for PhDs awarded to Hispanic and Latino students
  • UF awarded $10 million in grants to personalize virtual learning
  • Cancer cells’ transition can drive tumor growth, UF Health researchers find
  • Burundi edges closer to the abyss in 2016
  • National Book Award winner addresses UF doctoral grads
  • ‘Hyper-starburst’ galaxy churns out stars, clues to universe’s evolution
  • UF student selected as Schwarzman Scholar
  • Witty, tidy and upscale: What millennials like in store design
  • How to know when holiday drinking is hurting your brain
  • Digging a path to rehabilitation
  • Four state universities collaborate on $10 million center to address Zika and other diseases
  • Florida consumer sentiment soars amidst holiday shopping, improved Florida economy
  • Study shows discrimination interacts with genetics and affects health
  • Colombian choir makes merry music with UF students
  • The disturbing connection between bullying and sexual harassment
  • Leaf Miners: A note from the edge of conservation
  • What Castro’s death and Trump’s election mean for Cuba’s economic awakening
  • UF plays key role in trial for successful Ebola vaccine
  • UF Board of Trustees endorses 'Top Ten' plan
  • Gators giving back to the community
  • UF to conduct UF Alert test Nov. 17
  • Climate change is affecting all life on Earth – and that’s not good news for humanity
  • UF ranks third nationally for licensing its technologies
  • The fear election
  • Winners of President’s Holiday Greeting Card Contest announced
  • Old teeth, new stories
  • UF reveals Strategic Development Plan
  • Five UF faculty members named AAAS Fellows
  • What’s that? Exercise is also good for hearing?
  • UF leads in study abroad, international students
  • UF joins society for diversity in academia
  • UF’s Plaza of the Americas renovations scheduled to begin next week
  • There is no female president this time, and women are divided about it
  • UF named to Victory Media’s 2017 Military Friendly Schools
  • Painting the town
  • Simple genetic test shows promise for better outcomes in heart stent patients
  • Yearning for a new phone? You might be suffering from ‘comparison neglect’
  • Alzheimer’s expert appointed director of McKnight Brain Institute
  • Nature already dramatically impacted by climate change, study reveals
  • O’Connell Center on schedule to be ready for December commencement
  • UF to receive nearly $10 million to support new agricultural safety and health center
  • Experts’ roundtable: the future of journalism in Trump’s America
  • Matthew aftermath
  • UF historian Ibram Kendi wins National Book Award, discusses racism past and present
  • Identifying damage to the brain’s superhighway
  • UF No. 1 among public universities for graduate employability
  • The brains behind the campaigns
  • Florida consumer sentiment up slightly in time for holiday shopping
  • Stellar guest marks 50 years of campus speakers
  • The Nobel Prize for Physics goes to topology – and mathematicians applaud
  • Rivals Unite: UF and FSU gospel choirs join for unity concert
  • Athletes have coaches, why not teachers?
  • UF neuroscience study sheds light on effect of methamphetamine on the brain
  • Weight loss information on top Spanish-language websites often inaccurate
  • At night, this scientist searches for snakes – and answers
  • University of Florida researchers find genetic change that caused snakes to lose legs
  • University of Florida joins student effort to host free, nonpartisan transportation to the polls
  • January symposium to focus on implicit bias
  • Solving a snake mystery
  • Florida consumer sentiment ticks downward before the election
  • Why do science issues seem to divide us along party lines?
  • Ancient strain of cholera likely present in Haiti since colonial era
  • How an 'architect of destruction' became a national symbol
  • A hero for shelter animals
  • First Pluto, now this: Discovery of first binary-binary calls solar system formation into question
  • 13 reasons spiders are cool, not scary
  • UF expands resources for high school tutoring via new partnership with Tutor Matching Service
  • As Brazil tilts rightward, Lula’s leftist legacy of lifting the poor is at risk
  • SEC Announces 2016-17 Academic Leadership Development Program Fellows
  • Why Zika has infected so many people in Puerto Rico
  • University of Florida to host 2nd annual climate communications summit
  • Apply for student financial aid starting Oct. 1
  • A perfect career fit
  • UF veterinarian named a hero
  • UF researchers find long-term heavy alcohol use, older adults don’t mix
  • Game-changer for student businesses
  • Greetings from Gainesville
  • Harn Museum explores conflict's consequences
  • Florida consumer sentiment turns upward in September
  • In the field with Instagram's @biodiversiLary
  • Exercise releases hormone that helps shed, prevent fat
  • Why ‘managerial derailment’ affects women more than men
  • What exactly does ‘instantaneous’ mean?
  • A reptilian anachronism: American alligator older than we thought
  • Zika virus: only a few small outbreaks likely to occur in continental U.S.
  • Going for the gold
  • In memory of 9-year-old Leo, free tracking devices available to people with autism spectrum disorder
  • The rise of a conspiracy candidate
  • UF president appointed to National Science Board
  • UF African American studies professor longlisted for National Book Award
  • Meet your new neighbor -- the president
  • Conjoined twins connected at the heart and liver successfully separated at UF Health
  • Distinguished scientist addresses UF Ph.D. grads
  • Visitors concerned about Zika but still plan to travel to Florida, UF study shows
  • UF Foundation buys Leonardo’s property
  • Gators in the National Parks
  • Why Brazil’s post-Olympics hangover will hit so hard
  • Why ‘Sharknado 4’ matters: Do climate disaster movies hurt the climate cause?
  • For World Elephant Day, four things you didn’t know about elephants
  • ‘Nudges’ help students select healthy lunches
  • UF Health Shands Hospital tied for top in state in 2016 U.S. News hospital rankings
  • Biomarker breakthrough could improve Parkinson’s treatment
  • The Mount Rushmore of Gator computing pioneers
  • The hidden cost of helping your co-workers
  • UF’s Innovation Academy graduates inaugural class
  • Mussel flexing: Bivalves save drought-stricken marshes, research finds
  • Florida consumer sentiment drops in August, continuing downward trend
  • Don’t let the scale fool you: Why you could still be at risk for diabetes
  • The surprising side effect of kissing up at work
  • What to consider before you toss your floss
  • UF prepared and proactive in fighting Zika virus
  • Non-travel Zika cases in Fla. could approach 400 by summer’s end
  • UF receives record $724 million in research funding in FY 2015-16
  • Some good news on opioid epidemic: Treatment options are expanding
  • Business grad lends marketing might to Hyperloop team
  • Four Generations of Gator Women
  • Bloom and bust: Algae takes a heavy toll on Florida tourism
  • How did primate brains get so big?
  • Here’s what coworkers think when you suck up to your boss
  • What really killed the dinosaurs?
  • Beauty and the beets: Curbing our obsession with perfect produce
  • Living in a chaotic world: how to keep anxiety at bay
  • A Mixed Response: Floodwaters return to the Colorado River but can release greenhouse gases
  • Are Florida’s utilities ready for the next big storm?
  • Hungry parents may feed their kids more, UF study finds
  • Florida consumer sentiment up in July, reversing a three-month slide
  • Money magazine ranks UF 6th among publics in annual Best Colleges list
  • Most Americans believe we should have gun regulation; here’s why those who don’t are winning the debate.
  • Finding Dory: UF researchers discover first-ever method to farm Pacific blue tang
  • Comic Relief
  • Even presidential candidates need sleep
  • Extortion extinction: Researchers develop a way to stop ransomware
  • A 30-minute ‘me’ break can make you a better worker, study shows
  • Harn Museum brings Frida into focus
  • Setting the Gold Standard
  • Cicadas are the Barry White of the insect world
  • The Momentum to Make a Difference
  • A record-breaking year for moving UF technologies to market
  • Gravitational waves detected from second pair of colliding black holes
  • Terrorism and tourism: what cities should do to prepare for an atttack
  • UF receives nearly $97 million performance funding
  • In defense of the world’s ugliest color
  • The numbers are in: UF is good for Florida
  • A second chance for Cisco
  • The diabetes epidemic: controlling, curing and preventing
  • Explainer: how Panama Canal expansion will transform shipping once again
  • Concrete precast for concourse seating installed at UF’s O’Connell Center
  • Restoring the Everglades will benefit both humans and nature
  • Is there life after debt for Puerto Rico?
  • International piano faculty, students come to UF for annual festival
  • Children who spend an extra week in the womb have higher school test scores, risk disability
  • UF alum shows $10 million worth of appreciation
  • Relationship advice from a gender-changing fish that mates for life
  • Does billionaire-funded lawsuit against Gawker create playbook for punishing press?
  • UF study finds teens’ likelihood of trying marijuana peaks at ages 16, 18
  • UF trustees approve new names for iconic campus venues
  • Reitz Union recognized with sustainability award
  • Florida consumer sentiment trends downward for three months despite some good economic news
  • July 1 marks 100-year anniversary of New Jersey’s ‘12 Days of Terror’
  • To fight antibiotic resistance, we need to fight bad prescribing habits
  • What is chronic pain and why is it hard to treat?
  • Where in the world are UF's Gilman Scholars headed?
  • UF Innovation Station Sarasota County hires Al Carlson as regional director
  • Can Puerto Rico escape its $72 billion debt trap and avoid Greece's fate?
  • Study shows pain causes older adults to develop more inflammation over a longer period of time
  • UF researcher elected to National Academy of Sciences
  • From Royal Society to Rate My Professors, Christou shines
  • Study proves removing beach debris increases sea turtle nests
  • Man-eating monster crocodile may be Florida’s newest invasive species
  • Bugs are his job
  • How universal design can help every voter cast a ballot
  • How do you design a home for someone with autism?
  • When the seas rise: global changes and local impacts
  • Puffs casts a spell on UF School of Theatre + Dance
  • Why more cities need to add up the economic value of trees
  • Should Florida ‘frack’ its limestone for oil and gas? Two geophysicists weigh in
  • Florida Museum professors receive international biology award
  • Florida consumer sentiment continues downward in May
  • Ireland in 1916: the Rising, the War and controversial commemorations
  • Deadly fungus threatens African frogs
  • What you read affects your writing – so choose carefully
  • UF's Kratzer selected for ROTC Hall of Fame
  • These wearables know when you’re bored
  • George Washington’s little buttercup
  • Lower-carb diet slows growth of aggressive brain tumor in mouse models
  • UF Health researchers develop unique model for studying ALS
  • Feminist? Sure, just don’t call me one
  • UF arts professor awarded national prize for excellence
  • UF archaeologist named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Has Haiti's cholera epidemic become a permanent problem?
  • UF, FSU to merge
  • At UF, the world’s first brain-controlled drone race
  • UF Online Learning Institute expands into new research lab
  • Touch tours bring art to the visually impaired
  • UF alum headed to England after receiving Gates Cambridge Scholarship
  • Thirty-four named UF Research Foundation professors
  • Penn State architectural engineer named UF's next DCP dean
  • UF Sustainability, NROTC graduates ready to make greener impacts on the future
  • Noted poet addresses UF Ph.D. grads
  • Zika present in Americas longer than previously thought
  • UF, Disney team up to protect butterflies, sea turtles
  • Cross Campus Greenway opens May 7 with ceremony
  • Saving the treasures of a sunken world
  • Paleontologists find first fossil monkey in North America – but how did it get here?
  • UF student's research shines a light on Brazilian ecosystems
  • The murky ethics of Gay Talese's 'The Voyeur's Motel'
  • Festival connects students to local food
  • Recording history before it’s lost
  • Commencement 2016: Endings and beginnings
  • It's not me, it really is you
  • April drop in Florida consumer sentiment: widespread concern over future
  • Can I trust my robot? Can my robot trust me?
  • Building a better tomato: the quest to perfect the 'scandalous fruit'
  • Laser treatment may boost effectiveness of brain tumor drugs
  • Does the First Amendment protect people who film the police?
  • ‘The Math Myth’ vs. the beauty of algebra
  • Engineering pageant brings out different side of students
  • Three new members named to UF Board of Trustees
  • University of Florida to launch its first Innovation Station in Sarasota County
  • Could free streaming ultimately cost consumers?
  • Turning mortal enemies into allies? Ants can.
  • Texas A&M official named next UF vice president for student affairs
  • To save energy, fish use their heads
  • As Obama makes historic visit, is Cuba ready for change?
  • Birds and gators help each other in Florida’s wetlands
  • Is Alaska’s first new butterfly species in decades an ancient hybrid?
  • UF microbiology professor inducted into Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
  • Where the jobs are
  • Why do people risk their lives for the perfect selfie?
  • UF closes in on No. 1 in Fulbright ranking
  • UF ranks 2nd on Forbes 2016 list of Best Value Public Schools, 3rd overall
  • UF, UF Health see significant jumps on Forbes America’s Best Employers list
  • Fighting cavities could one day be as easy as taking a pill, research shows
  • Net neutrality may be at risk when companies like Netflix subsidize your data
  • Moving inventions beyond the lab
  • World’s oldest chameleon found in amber fossil
  • UF Academy of Golden Gators honors philanthropists, volunteer leaders
  • UF entrepreneurs honored at 2nd Annual Gator100 Awards
  • UF to hop into hops varieties for microbreweries
  • Discussing the unspeakable
  • The disease detectives: Unraveling how viruses go viral
  • Designing tomorrow’s travel
  • DNA studies reveal that shelter workers often mislabel dogs as ‘pit bulls’
  • Harn's 25th anniversary celebration continues
  • Gravitational waves detected 100 years after Einstein’s prediction
  • Everybody's an artist
  • Plastic debris crossing the Pacific can transport more species with the help of barnacles
  • Extreme numbers: How they connect with LIGO discovery
  • President Obama Honors Extraordinary Early-Career Scientists
  • Run to honor those who have fallen
  • For a safer cyberworld
  • Who’s talking in the library?
  • Researchers: Testosterone treatment effective for older men
  • Art and nature converge for six months
  • Research links prenatal stress to babies’ health in war zones
  • Shark attacks hit all-time high in 2015
  • The science of stealing
  • A gathering of successful Gators
  • Zika doesn’t deter Americans from traveling abroad, study shows
  • Floridians' gloomy future outlook keeps consumer sentiment flat
  • Reitz Union renovation, expansion now complete
  • Almond joy: Eating just a handful a day boosts diet health, study shows
  • The Jews of Mexico: history, culture and libraries
  • UF researchers uncover new details linking stress, fat metabolism
  • UF researchers find high teacher attrition rates at charter schools
  • Explainer: Where did Zika virus come from?
  • Dr. King’s letter: 53 years later
  • A variety of art from a variety of faculty
  • Kathleen Benson: Writing African-American children’s literature
  • Living the Dream
  • Defending your computer from cyber-attacks, Sun Tzu style
  • Stopping domestic violence and helping those who couldn’t
  • Nikki Giovanni provokes thoughts, laughter at UF's MLK Celebration
  • Stomp the Swamp to benefit autism center
  • UF's Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration 2016
  • International Center’s Study Abroad Fair attracts students eager to learn
  • UF's leadership in online programs reflected in latest U.S. News rankings
  • UF selected as a top school by Military Advanced Education & Transition’s 2016 Guide to College’s & Universities
  • Joining forces for safety and response
  • A dream come true for UF’s Christine Miller
  • Alive and well in 2016

  • Can pharmacists help fill the growing primary care gap?
  • College hackers unite
  • Lessons from the aftermath
  • UF researchers uncover how dopamine transports within the brain
  • Despite Florida’s continued job growth, market turmoil keeps economic expectations lower
  • The Democracy Machine: How one engineer is making voting possible for all
  • UF colleges partner to present play about cystic fibrosis
  • Can schools punish students for off-campus online speech?
  • Mark S. Long named new Sid Martin Biotechnology director
  • Center for Smell and Taste under new leadership
  • Why isn’t learning about public health a larger part of becoming a doctor?