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The University of Florida’s Training, Research and Environmental Occupations Center (UF TREEO) has been awarded a $75,000 Training & Education Materials Development Grant from the US Department of Labor through the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program.  The grant will be used to develop high-quality, compliant training materials for English and Spanish speaking workers and employers...

Momentum Labs celebrated a construction milestone last week with a topping out ceremony.   A topping out ceremony is a contractors tradition: it coincides with the last structural piece being installed in the new construction of a building. The construction and development teams for Momentum Labs were invited to sign this beam, which will then...

The Greater Gainesville Chamber Foundation invites all middle and high school students and their parents/guardians to Career Discoveries Day. This career showcase and exhibition takes place this Saturday, November 5th, from 9 am to noon at Celebration Pointe, 4949 Celebration Pointe Ave, Gainesville, FL 32608. You will get a chance to talk face-to-face with employers...

The City of Gainesville is hosting a Business Matchmaker event with community procurement partners to connect local businesses with area procurement and small business resource representatives. The event will help business owners and managers learn about governmental contracting opportunities and about doing business with participating groups. When: Friday, Oct. 21, 2-5 p.m. Where: Blount Center...

Schoolchildren, medical patients, farmers, seniors, entrepreneurs, parents, consumers and first-generation college students are just some of the people whose lives and livelihoods will be enhanced because of the University of Florida’s eight-year Go Greater campaign, which was celebrated this weekend with two months remaining before its official conclusion. More than 620,000 Gators made contributions totaling...

The University of Florida has announced that the Dr. Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Family Foundation has provided $100 million — the largest gift from an individual donor in university history — to elevate the stature of UF Scripps as one of the world’s leading forces in biomedical research and to advance the leading-edge work of...

The Center for Molecular Magnetic Quantum Materials at the University of Florida has received a $12.6 million, four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to continue its work developing next-generation quantum materials for advanced applications in computing and energy. UF Professor of Physics Hai-Ping Cheng leads the center along with deputy director and Florida...

The Alachua County Commission meeting on the Lee Property/Hickory Sink Strategic Ecosystem Special Area Study scheduled for Tuesday, October 11, 2022, at 5 p.m. has been postponed. It will be rescheduled for a date to be determined.     Alachua County will announce when the County Commission meeting on this item is rescheduled and will provide...

The University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning (DCP) will host a groundbreaking ceremony for the 50,000-square foot Bruno E. and Maritza F. Ramos Collaboratory on Thursday, October 6, at 12 p.m. The Ramos Collaboratory brings generational change to UF and will position the College, its faculty, staff and students for success over...

Axogen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXGN), a global leader in developing and marketing innovative surgical solutions for damage or discontinuity to peripheral nerves, announced that it will participate in the 77th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) being held in Boston from September 29-October 1, 2022. During the conference Axogen will...