Featured Stories

Governor Rick Scott announced that Florida’s Spring Training Baseball reached a record high per game attendance this season. The average per game attendance of the 2016 Major League Baseball Spring Training Games was 7,096, marking the first time the number has topped 7,000 in over 100 years of Florida Grapefruit League games. Governor Rick Scott...

Dr. Brian Ray has announced that he will step down as Associate Dean and Director of the Heavener School of Business at the conclusion of the 2016 Spring semester. Dr. Ray will continue his role as a Lecturer in Leadership and Ethics, and will become Co-Director of the College’s Elizabeth B. & William F. Poe, Sr., Center for Business...

The following students have graduated from the Gainesville Dev Academy April 2016 developer class.  The project is supported by the University of Florida Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, Santa Fe College, CareerSource NCFL and the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce. Web Development Course Roster, Instructor Justin Dennison, M.S Sean Atkinson Andranique Boone George Bryan Kevin Conklin Adam...

By 2030, six million more residents will call Florida home. To prepare for this continued growth and ensure Florida remains successful, we need a plan for Florida’s future economy that ensures high-wage jobs, global competitiveness and vibrant communities. The Florida Chamber Foundation is leading the charge to write the next chapter of Florida’s story — Florida 2030. This two-year research program...

Serially changing jobs in your 20s is expected and younger workers, who are often single and childless, hop to the best offer at will. But what happens when you are looking for new challenges later in your career? How do you manage when you are carrying your family on a health plan? What do you...

Inspired to help those affected by the water crisis in Flint, MI, Saint Leo University’s Gainesville Education Center was “flooded” in recent weeks with donations of bottled water. A state of emergency was declared in the northern city in January 2016 by the governor and later by President Barack Obama. Problems began when the city started...

A study identifying a possible new intervention to treat the deadliest of brain tumors garnered a national award today for University of Florida Health brain cancer researcher Duane Mitchell, M.D., Ph.D., and his research team, who were honored for an outstanding accomplishment in clinical research. Mitchell and his team won a Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Award for 2015 from the Clinical Research Forum, a consortium...

Livability.com recently ranked Gainesville the Sixth Most Affordable City in Florida. According to Livability’s website, affordability includes “more than just cheap housing options; it indicates a high quality of life as well as affordable costs of living. Our list is not simply made up of cheap options, but looks at places where you can find community and a sense of purpose:...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida Health researchers have developed a unique mouse model that will allow researchers around the world to better study the genetic origins and potential treatments for a neurodegenerative brain disease that causes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, often referred to as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, and frontotemporal dementia. The new mouse...

Adding to the pressure of the job search, many unemployed Floridians risk losing an important safety net if they can’t find a job, enroll in school, or enter a job-training program. Florida is one of several states to reinstate time limits on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP benefits. With the change, which took effect...