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FloridaWorks and the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce’s second Company ‘Lifestyle’ Series meeting featured Darin Cook, CEO and cofounder of Infinite Energy, who spoke about how the company came to be and the corporate culture they’ve nurtured which helped lead to the company’s Best Overall Large Business win at this year’s Chamber Business of the...

The Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce and FloridaWorks’ first Company ‘Lifestyle’ Series was all about how instituting a tobacco-free facility can save companies both time and money, with presentations by Tobacco Free Alachua and Sandvik Mining. Marilyn Headley, a Tobacco Free Alachua tobacco prevention specialist and health policy specialist with the Alachua County Health Department,...

By Alex Lopez, UF News Gratitude to his high school teachers has inspired a Wisconsin attorney and winter resident of Gainesville to establish a scholarship fund at the University of Florida to help practicing schoolteachers earn graduate degrees. Michael Gengler’s $2.2 million donation, made through a provision in his will, will support Alachua County schoolteachers...

Last week, the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce announced the release of its 2014 State Legislative Agenda, highlighting eight key legislative policy areas including the continued funding for the University of Florida, renewed and additional state funding for innovation in the region, and state incentives for economic development, to name a few. Gainesville Chamber Vice...

After more than seven months of study involving dozens of private and public sector engagement meetings, the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce and Council for Economic Outreach has released its top policy recommendations designed to help Gainesville become more competitive and lower utility costs for area businesses. The 77-page report, compiled via Energy Study Group...

By Melissa Blouin, UF Health News UF Health has received four stars from the University Healthsystem Consortium, the national alliance of academic medical centers and affiliated hospitals, ranking near the top in overall quality and accountability. UHC, a group of 118 academic medical centers and 299 affiliated hospitals, uses a composite score in six categories...

On Wednesday, the University of Florida and FloridaWorks presented the second Startup Quest investor pitch competition at the UF Emerson Alumni Hall. The event was an afternoon of presentations by local individuals divided into teams and paired with a technology from the Florida university system, federal labs or NASA that they were tasked with creating...

By Laura Miza, UF Health News University of Florida Health pediatric surgeons have published results from nearly 20 years of treating children with congenital diaphragmatic hernia, showing the highest published survival rate for a large-group study. The findings also present new data for determining when a baby’s hernia should be surgically repaired. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia...

By Brad Buck, UF News Restaurants and supermarkets could save millions of dollars by hanging on to bug zapper bulbs instead of tossing them every year as they normally do, a new University of Florida study has found. What’s more, the benefits could extend to the environment by keeping some of the bulbs’ mercury out...

Cox Communications announced that residential long-distance customers will have access to up to 60 minutes of free calls to the Philippines through Nov. 30 in response to the disaster caused by Typhoon Haiyan. The program is retroactive to Nov. 8 and is automatic for all Cox Digital Telephone customers with Cox Long Distance, and customers...