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Over the past 10 years, research awards to the university have increased 45% from $619 million in 2011. University of Florida faculty earned a record $900.7 million in research funding in fiscal year 2020, despite many activities being paused for more than two months by the pandemic. The total is a 16% increase over last...

Tyler King of Swamp City, a CBD and art gallery lounge, opened his business to provide Gainesville with a peaceful space where like-minded individuals come together and expand on creative conceptions.  King is a Gainesville native and grew up on Newnans Lake. His passion for cannabis started in the seventh grade when he decided to...

As concerns grow about the rising incidence of diabetes in children and teenagers nationwide, a team of UF Health researchers is developing a quicker, more accurate and cost-effective way to track affected youths in Florida by leveraging electronic health records in a statewide database. With a five-year, $1.2 million grant from the Centers for Disease...

University of Florida Health has unveiled at The Oaks Mall the region’s premier surgical center for eye and ear, nose and throat patients, a landmark project for Florida’s top-rated health system that is a culmination of years of planning to expand these practices and bring comprehensive and innovative care to the heart of the community....

A man who battled back from COVID-19 only to face a life-threatening crisis when his lungs began to fail has become the first person in the Southeast to receive a double-lung transplant after beating the coronavirus, thanks to the nationally ranked lung transplant team at UF Health Shands Hospital. The patient, who is in his...

Lauren Douglass of Orenda Leadership coaches CEOs and business professionals to overcome challenges, discover their higher purpose and fulfill their legacy.  In this week’s episode of the WHOA GNV Podcast, the roles were reversed, and Hosts Collin Austin and Michael Dees were asked questions and received some coaching of their own.  Douglass approached their vulnerable...

University of Florida Health Shands Hospital emerged as Florida’s top health center and one of the nation’s elite today in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2020-21 Best Hospitals survey, with a remarkable nine medical specialties placing in the nation’s Top 50 — more than any other hospital in the Sunshine State. Having nine specialties...

The June Market Report is in and showing some very promising signs. “I’m happy to say that sales are trending in an upward fashion,” said Jeremy Thomas, President of the Gainesville-Alachua County Association of REALTORS® (GACAR). Closed sales in June were up 2.9% over June of 2019. “In nearly every category we are moving in...

Joel Romelus and Mike Patz, two pastors at Greenhouse Church, are motivated by love to serve others in the community and use their leadership positions to be a voice for the voiceless.  Joel Romelus, the campus pastor at Greenhouse, was born and raised in Miami after his family immigrated from Haiti. The foundation of his...

The husband and wife partners of Robinson Financial Group, Crafty Bastards Restaurant and Liquid Creative use their opposite strengths, abide by their boundaries and remember each other’s love languages to establish and nurture a healthy work environment for themselves and their teams.  Marcus and Nyimah Robinson opened their full-service financial firm, Robinson Financial Group, in...