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Butler Enterprises has announced its newest store opening, Jeremiah’s Italian Ice, at Butler Esplanade on Tuesday, October 26th.  The new location at Butler will feature patio seating and walk-up service windows, in addition to third-party delivery and carryout options.  “My husband and I are extremely proud of bringing Jeremiah’s Italian Ice to Gainesville,” said Jen...

Gilbert Rivers Upchurch Jr., M.D., the Edward M. Copeland III and Ann and Ira Horowitz Chair in the University of Florida College of Medicine’s department of surgery, has been named to the National Academy of Medicine for his seminal contributions to the understanding of the development of vascular disease and contributing greatly to the advancement...

A sweet addition is coming to Gainesville. Butler Enterprises has announced that the bakery chain specializing in the doughnut-shaped cake, Nothing Bundt Cakes, is coming to Butler Esplanade. Nothing Bundt Cakes is grounded in the warmth and nostalgia of home-kitchen roots, using real eggs, butter, and cream cheese in their recipes. Founded in 1997 in...

AavantiBio, a gene therapy company focused on transforming the lives of patients with rare genetic diseases, has announced it is partnering with the University of Florida to research and develop next generation gene therapy capsids with the goal of creating safer, more effective, and tissue specific gene therapies. The expansion of this partnership will enable...

Butler Enterprises will host the first annual holiday fashion show, Deck The Runway, on Friday, November 19th at 6PM. It will be an evening of fun, fashion, and philanthropy celebrating the latest styles from local retailers.   For the inaugural show, Butler Enterprises partnered with PALS THRIVE. PALS THRIVE is provides free counseling and mental health...

Female high school lacrosse players are significantly less likely to sustain concussions and other injuries if they wear headgear, a landmark study led by University of Florida Health researchers has found. Girls who play the sport in states that don’t require headgear had a 59% higher concussion rate than players in Florida, the only state...

The Gainesville Housing Authority, Lincoln Ventures and the City of Gainesville have partnered for the city’s first-ever voluntary inclusion of affordable housing in a proposed mixed-use development. The new real estate development will be located just blocks from the University of Florida. According to a Memo of Understanding (MOU) signed by Lincoln Ventures, an Austin-based...

Alachua County Fire Rescue (ACFR) received and placed into service three Lund University Cardiopulmonary Assist System (LUCAS). These units are used to perform automatic mechanical compressions during CPR. ACFR purchased the equipment with a grant from the State of Florida Department of Health (for deployment in the rural areas of Alachua County). The LUCAS device...

The University of Florida is one of a network of institutions selected to implement the National Institutes of Health’s HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study or HBCD, a longitudinal, multidisciplinary effort to study brain development and behavioral health in young children, the NIH announced Thursday. The HBCD study, which involves 25 institutions across the...

Alachua County and the UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County have announced that strawberry is the “Plant of the Month” for October. The Plant of the Month program is a collaborative effort between the Alachua County Commission, the UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County, the Alachua County Master Gardener Volunteers, the Alachua County Public Library, and Working Food. “Every...