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With hurricane season here, UF will keep you in the know

Hurricane season officially begins today, June 1, and the UF College of Journalism and Communications is ready to keep North Central Florida in the know through a variety of media platforms. WATCH THE VIDEO.

UF uses taste tests, research to create sweeter tomatoes

Supermarket tomatoes that taste like heirloom tomatoes are closer to reaching grocery aisles as a result of a discovery from the University of Florida. WATCH THE VIDEO.

‘Freeway’ recovers with help of UF veterinarians

A greyhound that was lost and then hit on Interstate 75 near Wildwood, Fla., has been recovering with the help of veterinarians at the University of Florida and a group called Gold Coast Greyhound Adoptions. WATCH THE VIDEO.

Professor’s research finds answers to practical problems

As the child of a U.S. diplomat, College of Veterinary Medicine professor Nancy Denslow spent her early years jumping from school to school — from Mexico City, where she was born, to Quito, Ecuador, and Istanbul, Turkey, before returning to the states with her family and spending her last two years of high school in Virginia. There, she discovered chemistry and what would become a lifelong love of science and research.

Three decades of UF science event inspire creativity for young chemists, teachers

Derek Cohen and Rob Freedy gripped the plastic handles of their respective “grippers,” fiercely starring each other down. They would pull and pull until they couldn't. It was a tug of war neither would win. “What’s the matter?” said retired University of Florida chemistry professor Martin Vala. “I thought you were big, strong guys and could do it.”