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The University of Florida and the University of Havana took the lead in opening academic relations between Cuba and the United States with a historic two-day interdisciplinary conference that brought together academics from both countries. With an eye to fostering long-term research collaboration, UF and UH co-sponsored the Conference on Law and Policy in the...

When Carol Doak and her husband purchased Gainesville Mini Maid more than twenty years ago, her understanding was that they were going into business to provide cleaning services. It didn’t take long, however, for Carol to realize that her new business was actually about much more than just cleaning. The Business Report spoke to Carol...

Especially for Women, a health boutique on Newberry Road in Gainesville, is the only local store of its kind — selling everything from prosthetic breasts and bras for women who have undergone mastectomies to compression hose, bras and pumps for women who are nursing. The store even has a special section with a wide selection...

Sherrilene Classen, Ph.D., M.P.H., an internationally recognized scientist in driving rehabilitation, has been named chair of the department of occupational therapy at theUniversity of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions. Classen is currently a professor and director of the School of Occupational Therapy at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. She begins her...

The University of Florida has a robust program to engage small, minority and women-owned businesses. The Division of Small Business and Vendor Diversity Relations (SBVDR), led by Director Kathey Porter, is charged with identifying small, minority and women-owned businesses to do business with UF and implement programs to increase their long-term viability and success. A...

There are all sorts of financial institutions in Gainesville, happy to take deposits, fund loans and rent out their safety deposit boxes for the convenience of customers. Lumping all the different types of banking facilities into a single category can be confusing, and incorrect. From small to large, the banks and savings and loans that...

A son of Cuban immigrants who has three University of Florida degrees has invested $10 million in his alma mater to enhance UF’s chemistry department so future chemists and other alumni will be better positioned to explore solutions to society’s greatest challenges. New York entrepreneur Joseph Hernandez’s gift creates an endowment that will forever provide...

National Real Estate Investor (NREI) & Information Management Network (IMN) announced Front Street Commercial Real Estate Group as finalists for the inaugural 2016 Commercial Real Estate Awards. The awards recognize firms exhibiting superior performance that have consistently led and exemplified the highest degree of business excellence and forward thinking in the commercial real estate industry. The NREI/IMN 2016 Commercial Real Estate Awards celebrate excellence...

The Gainesville Dev Academy has partnered with Youthcombine, a non-profit youth fitness organization in Gainesville, to offer a STEAM summer camp for kids. Each week-long course is designed to provide education about specific coding and art + design topics. Each day is split up with sessions dedicated to coding/technology, art + design, and fitness programming. Visit http://youthcombine.org/steamacademy/ for more information. SEMESTER SCHEDULE...

Fourteen Greater Gainesville leaders in business, education, government and economic development recently traveled to Silicon Valley to educate site selectors, business decision makers and venture capitalists on the opportunities available in Greater Gainesville. This year, in addition to our assets–which include a preeminent state university, the Nation’s No. 1 community college and the state’s most educated workforce and low business and...