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Stay-at-home dads are more common than ever before. Because of fathers’ changing roles in the household, advertisers are shifting how they market their products to this target audience. Advertisements directed toward dads now portray fathers as actively involved in parenting. This form of advertising is commonly referred to as “dadvertising.” To determine how successful dadvertisements...

Exactech, a developer and producer of innovative implants, instrumentation, and smart technologies for joint replacement surgery, announced successful first surgeries using the Equinoxe® Laser Cage Glenoid, an innovative, next-generation shoulder implant designed to improve glenoid fixation in anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty. This new glenoid implant, available in standard and augmented options, features a central bone...

SATLANTIS, a UF startup and a resident client at UF Innovate | Accelerate @ The Hub, has announced its agreement with Armenia for Urdaneta. After the successful launch of Urdaneta from Cape Canaveral, the company announced an agreement to provide a full Earth Observation system to Geocosmos, the Armenian company subsidiary of the RA Ministry...

The month of June marks the start of hurricane season. Hurricanes can be extremely dangerous and disruptive to the community. Alachua County Fire Rescue (ACFR) would like to remind everyone to be prepared and stay alert in case of a hurricane.  To prepare for a hurricane, make an emergency plan that includes where you and...

The qualifying period for candidates to qualify for office in the 2022 City of Gainesville elections is scheduled from noon on Monday, June 13 to noon on Friday, June 17. Individuals interested in running for office should contact the Gainesville City Clerk’s Office at 352-334-5015 or [email protected] for an elections packet and to schedule an...

Sign up for alertGNV! Be sure to sign up for the City of Gainesville’s mass notification system, alertGNV to ensure that you receive important messages from the City of Gainesville, Alachua County, the State of Florida and the National Weather Service at alertGNV.org. Special Needs Registry for Emergency Shelters Open Hurricane season is approaching, and...

The director of the National Science Foundation, one of the country’s largest and most impactful federal research agencies, visited the University of Florida last week to discuss opportunities for university researchers as well as the agency’s priorities and vision. NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan, who oversees the $8.8 billion federal agency, toured various NSF-funded projects beginning...

Like other public safety agencies in the State of Florida, Alachua County Fire Rescue has struggled to maintain an adequate workforce to meet the needs of a service delivery demand that continues to grow. The department has continually advertised its vacancies but has been unsuccessful in filling them. Therefore, the department has had to rely...

Concept Companies, a national commercial real estate developer specializing in turnkey projects, has announced the commencement of the design and construction of a new 11,961-square-foot laboratory facility for Lacerta Therapeutics, Inc., a gene therapy company. The site will be located adjacent to Lacerta Therapeutics’ current location in Alachua, Florida, in Copeland Park, which Lacerta has...

Scenthound, Gainesville’s first wellness-focused routine care and dog grooming company, is celebrating one year in business at Publix Market Square in southwest Gainesville. A second Alachua County location is coming soon to the Millhopper area to keep up with the growing demand for Scenthound’s routine care services. Since opening last May, Scenthound’s Gainesville SW location...