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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...

Uncorked – No-Nonsense Tips from a Local Wine Professional By Justin Hall Now that summer has arrived, you may be wondering what wine to uncork while lounging by the pool or enjoying a light, seasonal meal with loved ones. Why not a chilled, refreshing white to combat the heat? There are many regions and varietals that...

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...