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Learning in the womb?

Babies in utero begin to respond to the rhythm of a nursery rhyme, showing evidence of learning by 34 weeks of pregnancy, and are capable of remembering a set rhyme until just prior to birth. WATCH THE VIDEO.

Meet the new chief

Finance Professor Mark Flannery has been named chief economist for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. LEARN MORE

Aspiring journalists learn newest skills for media jobs

Aspiring journalists from high schools around the world came to the University of Florida this summer for a week-long immersion in the information industries. WATCH THE VIDEO, READ THE STORY.

Gatorade inventor Robert Cade named to Inventors Hall of Fame

The late Robert Cade, the UF professor who invented Gatorade, has been named to the inaugural class of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. READ THE STORY.