The Finance and Facilities Committee of the University of Florida Board of Trustees announces a public meeting.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A major retrospective celebrating the life and work of Esphyr Slobodkina, a pioneer in the development of abstract art, opens June 16 at the Harn Museum of Art. “Rediscovering Slobodkina: A Pioneer of American Abstraction” features more than 60 paintings, drawings and mixed-media constructions reflecting the artist’s unique style based in collage [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A dog born with a deadly disease that prevents the body from using stored sugar has survived 20 months and is still healthy after receiving gene therapy at the University of Florida — putting scientists a step closer to finding a cure for the disorder in children.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Dr. David S. Guzick has been named the University of Florida’s Senior Vice President for Health Affairs and President of the UF&Shands Health System.
Guzick (pronounced Guh-zik), 57, Dean of the University of Rochester’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, will begin July 1. He also will serve as Chairman of the Board for [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As the frozen soil in the Arctic thaws, bacteria will break down organic matter, releasing long-stored carbon into the warming atmosphere.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Focusing HIV drug development on immune cells called macrophages instead of traditionally targeted T cells could bring us closer to eradicating the disease, according to new research from University of Florida and five other institutions.
In the largest study of its kind, researchers found that in diseased cells — such as cancer cells [...]

The Educational Policy and Strategy Committee of the University of Florida Board of Trustees announces a public meeting.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Dr. Timothy Wheeler, a professor and chair of the University of Florida College of Dentistry’s Department of Orthodontics and assistant dean for Advanced and Graduate Education, has been appointed as the Academy 100 Eminent Scholar Chair.
The Academy 100 is a scholarship society established through the Florida Dental Association in the 1960s to [...]

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