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University of Florida College of Medicine leaders have appointed Regina Bussing, M.D., chair of the department of psychiatry. Bussing, a leader in developing comprehensive treatment approaches to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, and other mental-health disorders of childhood and adolescence, was also appointed the Donald R. Dizney endowed chair in psychiatry, established in 2006...

UF Health Shands Hospital made the list of top hospitals that was compiled by Becker’s Hospital Review. The company publishes business and legal information for health care industry leaders. “Everyone at UF Health Shands Hospital can be extremely proud of yet another recognition of our commitment to providing the highest quality of patient care. This is...

Florida Credit Union is proud to honor four recent graduates in Alachua County with scholarships for the fall academic semester. FCU provides two different scholarship opportunities annually for recent and past graduates looking to start or continue undergraduate degree programs, the Servin/Ellis Award and the John C. Rawls Award. Both scholarships are competitively awarded on...

Exactech (Nasdaq: EXAC), a Gainesville based developer and producer of bone and joint restoration products and biologic materials for extremities, knee, hip and spine, announced today an expansion of its long-standing partnership with the University of Florida (UF) through naming of Exactech Arena at the newly remodeled Stephen C. O’Connell. The sponsorship gives Exactech presence...

Premier Gainesville apartment management company and commercial real estate developer, Trimark Properties, just announced a $22M refinancing deal for Savion Park, Tuscana, and Solaria, three of their profitable luxury apartments. Combined, the properties feature over 114 units and 157,000 square feet of living space. Located near the University of Florida campus, Sorority Row and Downtown...

The glasses Jamie Kim uses in her research might look dorky, but they’re designed to help you have more fun. Kim, a researcher in the University of Florida’s Department of Tourism, Recreation and Sport Management, uses high-tech eye-tracking glasses to determine what parts of an attraction capture visitors’ attention. She’s one of a handful of researchers worldwide pairing the glasses with a wristband that measures your...

KynderMed , a St.Petersburg company, is the winner of the 7th Annual $50,000 Cade Museum prize with their invention, a sleep mask that uses light to prevent preterm birth, reducing death in newborns. KynderMed’s technology has been licensed from the Florida State Science Foundation, and was developed at Florida State University’s College of Medicine. The...

Summertime in Gainesville means different things to different people. For some, it’s an opportunity to spend more time with the family, for others it means exploring our city’s beautiful natural spaces. For many of us, it’s largely business as usual, only with more available parking and less traffic to battle. If you’re a small business owner in Gainesville, however, it’s likely that the summer months...

The UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine program is showcasing original works of art by Sandra Murphy-Pak, an artist living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Murphy-Pak paintings and drawings are an exploration of how an artist can continue to work without the use of her hands. In recognition of ALS Awareness Month, Murphy-Pak’s new...

Brittany Martabano, a fourth-year student at the University of  Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named the 2016 national winner of the Bayer Excellence in Communication Award. She was selected from entries representing 27 veterinary schools, which were awarded a total of $70,000 in scholarship funds through this year’s competition. Created and funded by...