Dennis Gray: Grape Progress
UF researcher Dennis Gray is building better grapes for Florida’s wine industry. By Mickie Anderson (BSJ ’87) IFAS News Dennis Gray may not be able to control Florida’s humidity, but he wants to help...
View ArticleStella Sung: New Directions in Music
World renown composer and UF alumnus Stella Sung is finding new ways to experience sound. Years ago, Stella Sung stumped famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Sung (MFA ’84) had been commissioned by the MERIT School...
View ArticleBilly Dial: The Road to Success
The UF alumnus built a city, then delivered the (Disney) World. When Florida’s Turnpike was first planned in the 1950s, it followed a familiar route for Florida tourists, hugging the Atlantic coast...
View ArticleCitylab-Orlando: Onsite Training
A new partnership allows UF architecture students to explore Orlando’s urban challenges. By Jillian Kremer* (3JM) UF Today magazine Interstate 4 cuts through downtown Orlando, leaving the area...
View ArticleUF’s Citrus Research and Education Center: Helping Citrus Blossom
For decades the Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake Alfred has aided Florida growers. By Liesl O’Dell* (BSJ ’95) and Meredith Jean Morton (BSJ ’06) Florida magazine, Summer 2005 It blankets...
View ArticleMid-Florida Research and Education Center: New Growth
A new greenhouse and laboratory will expand UF’s research in plant propagation. By Mickie Anderson (BSJ ’87) IFAS News Roseville Farms owner David Raab grew up in the nursery industry. Over the years,...
View ArticleIFAS Extension: Expanding The Gator Nation
The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences offers “Solutions to Your Life” throughout Florida. Eleanor Foerste (BSA ’77, MAG ’79) says that if you come in with a shoebox...
View ArticleAlpha Zeta: Picking Citrus to Feed the Needy
UF’s agricultural honorary organized a national service project to feed Central Florida’s hungry. By Tom Nordlie (BS ’86, JD ’95) IFAS News Gleaning, the age-old practice of collecting discarded crops...
View ArticleFlorida Automated Weather Network: An Early Warning System
UF’s automated weather network helps growers avoid losses from freeze threats. By Chuck Woods IFAS News When freezes threaten crops, growers rely on the Florida Automated Weather Network for accurate...
View ArticleHigh Tech Corridor: An Idea-Building Partnership
In the middle of Florida lies the High Tech corridor where three universities threw away territorial imperatives and decided collaboration, innovation and a dash of tenacity was exactly what Florida...
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