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  White coat? Check. Stethoscope? Check. Notebook? Check. Most medical students know how to prepare for their residency. But few know exactly what to expect. A new humorous — and at times serious — memoir penned by a University of Florida College of Medicine leader highlights what residency is truly like, and what the medical...

  The Education Foundation of Alachua County will be awarding $293,688 worth of college scholarships to 73 local high school seniors at the Scholarship Ceremony and Reception at the Paramount Plaza Hotel on May 15, 2014 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thirteen seniors will receive 2+2 Florida Pre-paid scholarships that will cover full tuition...

Community Bank & Trust of Florida opened its second location in Gainesville (10th overall in the tri-county area) on May 15 during a grand opening ceremony. The new office is located across the street from UF in the Roberts’ Stadium Club building at 1802 West University Ave. The space totals about 2,800 square feet between...

  Beth Davies and Pam Burns, partners of ProActive Tax & Accounting, are hosting a free tax seminar on Small Business Tax Deductions on June 18 in keeping with the theme of their newly published book, “Why Didn’t My CPA Tell Me THAT? Small Business Write Offs Conventional Tax Advisors Miss.” The seminar will cover...

A seven-person panel of local bankers talked interest rates, loans and the state of Alachua County real estate at the May 5 Gainesville-Alachua County Association of Realtors (GACAR) Commercial Council Meeting. The panel was made up representatives from the County’s varied financial institutions, including TD Bank, Fidelity Bank and Sunstate Federal Credit Union. The overall...

“True innovation starts with a great idea. For the University of Florida, great ideas start in its laboratories, where more than $670 million in research takes place each year,” says the narrator of the UF Office of Technology Licensing’s (OTL) introductory video. For every $2 million to $2.5 million of that research, a new discovery...

“J. Krishnamurti said that the greatest societal problem we have is separation,” said Florida School of Massage (FSM) owner Paul Davenport. In an effort to solve that problem, the school has spent 40 years improving people’s lives through the vehicle of touch and teaching others to do the same. “We don’t teach our students to...

A small group of graduate students out of the University of South Florida led by associate professor Daniel Yeh took home the 5th Annual $50,000 Cade Museum Prize on May 8 at the Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall after a night of company pitches, ballet and celebration spotlighting creativity in science. The prize winners,...

  Zeeko Ltd, an international technology company specializing in ultra-precision polishing machines, has announced its’ decision to locate a research facility at Innovation Square in Gainesville. The new location in Gainesville will join the company’s others in Japan and Wales, adding a premium position to capitalize on top-tier research at the University of Florida. “I’m...

Apex Technologies wants to save lives, and they plan to do that by getting motorcycle owners to wear their helmets. The two co-founders made their case to a room full of innovators and business people at the April GAIN Luncheon and offered a vision of a helmet with enough extra utility and technological safety features...