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Reve Hopes to Make Renting Cars More Than a Service
By Bradley Osburn Rêve, a new exotic car rental service owned by Gainesville natives Daniel Sarkis and Darren Jones, doesn’t just want to rent you a car, but a lifestyle. With a growing fleet of performance vehicles and an expanding client base, the two are hoping to spread their enthusiasm for high-performance driving in well-engineered...
New Year's Eve Celebration at Bo Diddley Plaza
The City of Gainesville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department will host Downtown Countdown, a New Year’s Eve celebration concert, at the Bo Diddley Community Plaza. Headlining the concert is the Beatles tribute band, The Impostors, a six-piece group comprised of some of the area’s most popular musicians. Band members include Mike Boulware (guitar/vocals), Don...
UF Researchers Use Brain Imaging to Detect Dementia Early
By UF Health Rates of dementia among people with Parkinson’s disease are higher than the general population, with 25 to 40 percent of patients expected to eventually develop dementia. Now theUniversity of Florida has received a $2.1 million National Institutes of Health grant to use brain imaging to better understand different types of cognitive difficulties that...
UF Researching Kidney Replacement Using Pig Kidneys
By Rebecca Burton Kidney failure patients in the not-too-distant future may have a new option that sidesteps the current organ shortage, lengthy wait and potential rejection: Grow your own. University of Florida researchers are using a pig kidney as a “scaffold” in which they are building a human version by injecting it with stem cells grown...
UF Career Resource Center 2014 Career Showcase, Jan. 21 and 22
The University of Florida Career Resource Center announced that its Spring 2014 Career Showcase will be held on Jan. 21 and Jan. 22. Jan. 21 will be a non-technical day, and the 22nd will be a technical day. Companies will have the chance to recruit form over 8,000 students and alumni for jobs or internships....
Food Safety is Among Top Concerns for Floridians, UF/IFAS Finds
By Kimberly Moore Wilmoth Food safety is near the top of most Floridians’ concerns, behind only the economy and health care, a survey released today by the University of Florida shows. The survey covered several food-related issues, including public perceptions about food safety, food insecurity and genetically modified foods. It also found knowledge gaps among Floridians, especially...
UF Veterans Success Center Expands Counseling Services
By Anthony DeSantis The Collegiate Veterans Success Center at the University of Florida is now a host site for a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs program to better serve veterans now in college. Counselors in the VetSuccess on Campus, or VSOC, Program help ease veterans’ transition to student life and assist them in achieving their educational and...
Gainesville Area Women's Network Holiday Showcase, Dec. 11
The Gainesville Area Women’s Network will hold its second annual Holiday Showcase on Wednesday, Dec. 11 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Sweetwater Branch Inn. The event will feature heavy hors d’oeuvres, door prizes, a 50/50 raffle benefiting the Displaced Homemakers Program and holiday shopping with local vendors. Visit www.gawn.org to register. Admission is...
New Technologies Looking for a Home
A diagnostic smell test for early detection of neurodegenerative diseases This diagnostic device measures smell adaptation to detect early-stage neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease. Existing detection methods for neurological diseases include expensive brain imaging tests and invasive blood tests. This method measures early-stage disease by measuring a patient’s adaptation to new...
AMANCF Quarterly Meeting on Dec. 11 at Gainesville Chamber
By Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce The Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce and AMANCF invite all regional manufacturers to attend our concluding 2013 meeting on Dec. 11 from 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., located at the Chamber offices at 300 E University Ave., Gainesville, Fla. The featured speaker at the event will be Al Stimac,...