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By Laura Labovitz Mayor-elect Lauren Poe plans to focus on economic growth, transportation, open government and education as he rolls into his new job. On the Plum Creek development front, Poe disclosed upcoming progress that may calm concerns and allow the project to move forward. “It is my understanding that they have already committed and...

The University of Florida College of Medicine has achieved its highest-ever position in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of the nation’s top research medical schools. Four other programs under the aegis of University of Florida Health jumped in annual rankings of the nation’s best graduate schools as well.  The UF College of...

The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention closed on $3.2 million in financing made possible by the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program. The NMTC Program provides up-front equity that allows the project to begin immediately. Construction will begin in April on a 21,000 square foot building in downtown Gainesville’s Depot Park, which will be...

Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq:AGTC), a biotechnology company conducting human clinical trials of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for the treatment of rare diseases, announced in February that the company has been selected to the 2016 Gator100. The Gator100, named after the University of Florida’s mascot, annually recognizes and celebrates the 100 fastest-growing businesses in...

Gainesville, Florida – March 2016 – Active Streets Alliance, an organization that started in Gainesville to support more equitable access to our community’s public spaces, will hold their latest event this Sunday. Active Streets Gainesville is a free community event that will be held on Sunday, April 3rd from 11am – 3pm on University Avenue...

The University of Florida Hough Graduate School of Business’s impressive results in career placement and admissions selectivity rates were some of the nation’s best, according to U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools 2017” edition. Among the top 75 full-time programs to appear in U.S. News’s overall rankings, UF MBA was the nation’s only program to rank in the top 10 in admissions...

By Ron Wayne The Cade Museum for Creativity + Invention has narrowed the 16 finalists for the 7th Annual Cade Museum Prize for Innovation to the Final Four. They are: AbleNook — A Tampa startup that developed prefabricated living modules that snap together and are easily assembled, transported and adaptable to diverse terrain. Feynman Nano...

 GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The department of neurosurgery became the first named department in the University of Florida College of Medicine’s 60-year history on Saturday, when it was officially named the Lillian S. Wells department of neurosurgery in honor of significant philanthropic support from the Lillian S. Wells Foundation Inc. The Fort Lauderdale-based foundation’s most recent contribution...

University of Florida researchers hope to help farmers hop into the beer business by cultivating hops. Scientists with UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences will work with a $158,000 grant from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumers Services to develop a viable hops crop. Hops, which have a long history of use in...

Some colleges have called for the banning of Yik Yak, a social media application to which users centered around a geographic area can post anonymously. But University of Florida Health researchers have found that the decision to ban the app may be a little hasty. The hyperlocal app has gotten a lot of media attention...