Office of Community Relations
UF Government and Community Relations
Monday, Sept. 7, 2020
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Across the University of Florida, our 16 colleges, numerous institutes and health care facilities embrace our shared mission of outreach and service to improve and enrich our community, nation and the world. UF in the Community spotlights the impact of UF in our region.
Although UF has students and employees throughout the state, North Central Florida is home to much of our faculty and staff and to our 50,000+ students. Like all area residents, we want a vibrant, safe, healthy and equitable place in which to live and thrive. Here are some of the ways in which we are enhancing our shared community.
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Fall class begin at UF: A Semester Unlike Any Other |
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UF researchers find viable viruses in aerosols that cause COVID-19 |
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New research from the University of Florida provides strong evidence that aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may be possible. |
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Join us (virtually) at the UF Eye Opener Discovery Breakfast |
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"COVID-19: Where are we now, and what comes next?"
Wednesday, Sept. 9
8 a.m. ET
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Michael Lauzardo, MD, MSc
Director, UF Health Screen, Test & Protect
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A question of physics: Is 6 feet of social distancing enough? |
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As scientific voids go, it would be hard just now to find a more pressing question: How do the aerosols that carry the invisible coronavirus travel on the air after they leave an infected person?
Is 6 feet of social distancing enough?
Into that void, University of Florida scientist S. “Bala” Balachandar is leading an international team of experts. The science is sorely in need of an update. Some of the studies on which the 6 feet of social distancing guidance is based are decades old.
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S. “Bala” Balachandar, UF Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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COVID-19: On the Front Lines of Oral Health |
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On March 9, University of Florida dental students had just returned from spring break. Many were returning from travel to other parts of the state, the nation, as well as from international locations. Across the country, leaders in academic institutions were following news of the spread of the novel coronavirus and the disease it caused, dubbed COVID-19; the UF College of Dentistry was no different.
“On Friday, March 13, I made the decision to pause all non-emergency care in UFCD dental centers, five days before Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued an executive order to that effect,” said Isabel Garcia, UF College of Dentistry Dean. “We sprang into action, with only the weekend to implement processes for a completely different clinical landscape on Monday morning.”
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From the Warrington College of Business: How to manage a multigenerational workforce |
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A new report co-authored by Lanzillotti-McKethan Eminent Scholar Chair Mo Wang finds that managing workers based on their generational characteristics is not an effective approach and shouldn’t be considered when making management decisions.
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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences professor assist parents with online learning |
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When she first came up with the idea, making a two-page document called “A Family Guide to Canvas,” Trysh Travis just wanted to help area parents whose children, maybe for the first time, were going to learn digitally this school year.
But then the UF associate professor started thinking even more.
Read the full story in The Gainesville Sun.
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UF associate professor Trysh Travis/ [Larry Savage/Gainesville Sun] Larry Savage/Staff
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UF partners on $26M grant to produce more crops with less water and energy |
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University of Florida is partnering on a $26 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop new technologies and systems that will help farmers produce more food with less water and energy. The grant is the latest development in UF’s artificial intelligence (AI) initiative, which will expand the use of AI across academic degrees and programs and accelerate the research that can help address society’s most pressing challenges. |
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UF neuroscientists lead study on aging and decreased brain processing |
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Thinning of the cortex in several brain regions in advanced age may be linked with a decrease in the brain’s processing speed, according to a new study published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience and led by University of Florida neuroscientists Adam Woods, Ph.D., and Jessica Kraft.
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(From left) Jessica Kraft and Dr. Adam Woods |
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UF Health accepts major donation of personal protective equipment from Cox Business |
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UF Health Shands Hospital accepted a major donation last week of nearly 100,000 face masks from Cox Business Florida & Georgia. This donation provides essential equipment for the health system’s front-line workers who continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic.
The donation by Cox Communications includes 55,000 filtered masks and 35,000 surgical-style masks. It is among the largest received by UF Health since the beginning of the pandemic.
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University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine: 2020 Healthy Horses Conference |
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It’s time for the UF College of Veterinary Medicine's annual Healthy Horses Conference! This year, they are hosting the event in a virtual format. You’ll have the entire month of October to access specialized content from world-renowned veterinarians….all from the comfort of your own home! UF faculty have designed special lectures with a focus on promoting successful equine health care. This year’s topics include updates on important infectious diseases, new developments in equine behavior, eye emergencies and colic prevention, just to name a few.
This virtual event is free and open to everyone; please register by September 25.
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- Florida Department of Health: COVID-19 data and surveillance dashboard
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- Greater Gainesville Chamber
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- United Way of North Central Florida
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Susan Crowley
Assistant Vice President, Community Relations
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