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Amend Surgical, Inc., an Alachua-based medical device company, has announced that it has finalized a funding agreement with the Institute for Commercialization of Florida Technology (the Florida Institute) along with being awarded a substantial product development funding from The Michigan-Pittsburgh-Wyss Regenerative Medicine (MPWRM) Resource Center. The capital investments, along with the technical collaborations from these...

Vobile, the worldwide leading Software-as-a-Service provider in digital content protection and monetization, has announced the opening of a new R&D and Operations Center in Gainesville, FL, home to more than 75,000 college students between the University of Florida and Santa Fe College. This strategic move is part of the company’s rapid growth initiatives. This is...

The University of Florida has announced it has chosen Chartwells Higher Education as the official food provider for campus dining, effective July 1. UF issued a call for proposals from qualified food service companies in July 2021. After a thorough selection process, Chartwells was ultimately selected for its expertise in the higher education industry, ability...

Alachua County has been selected as one of Stepping Up’s growing cohort of Innovator Counties – counties that are successfully using the Stepping Up suggested three-step approach to collect and analyze timely data on the prevalence of people who have mental illnesses in jails. Alachua County will be sharing its experience and expertise and helping...

Alachua County and Celebration Pointe (Viking Inc.) are hosting a “Topping Off Ceremony” at the Alachua County Sports Event Center on May 6, 2022, at 5 p.m. at the construction site located adjacent to 5001 Celebration Pointe Avenue. The event will celebrate the placement of the final steel beam of the Center’s structure.  Speakers at...

The Gainesville Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association recognized several local professionals for excellence in public relations and communications at the North Florida Image Awards at Blue Gill Quality Foods in Gainesville on April 21. The North Florida Image Awards is conducted annually and has become a standard of public relations excellence in the...

The public is encouraged to join Concept Companies at Foundation Park in Alachua, Florida on May 5, 2022, for the BioFlorida Celebration of Biotechnology. Concept Companies has announced it is the host sponsor of this outdoor community event which attracts more than 500 industry professionals from Florida’s life sciences community to celebrate Biotechnology.  The event’s...

Former University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow — who went on to play professional football and baseball and to be widely recognized for his philanthropy and motivational leadership — will serve as UF’s university-wide commencement speaker this spring in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. At UF, Tebow, who graduated in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in...

The City of Newberry has partnered with SeeClickFix to announce a new platform, “Newberry FL Connect, ” allowing citizens to report quality-of-life issues and request Newberry services through a mobile app instead of calling or emailing. This includes potholes, visibility issues, potential water main leaks, park issues, code enforcement issues, and many other issues or...

Beth Virnig, Ph.D., M.P.H., has been named dean of the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, the sixth in the college’s 64-year history. Virnig, who joins UF on July 11, currently serves as a professor in the division of health policy and management at the University of Minnesota School of Public...