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UF campus tours disrupted by high-speed rainstorm

Flying lounge chairs and falling trees welcomed visiting families to UF last Friday when tour groups experienced a damaging storm. Three campus tour groups and the orientation session, Preview, were caught in a rainstorm with high-speed winds that ravished the Student Recreation & Fitness Center’s pool area just after 11 a.m.


Research Roundup
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Research Roundup: May 26, 2016

UF researcher Jamie Kim is developing a wearable technology called iMotion, a combination of glasses and a wristband that aims to improve tourism experiences, according to a press release.


Belinda Woolcock returns a ball during a ball during Florida's win against South Florida on Jan. 27 at the Ring Tennis Complex.
Sports

Trio of UF tennis players win at NCAAs

After the Florida men’s tennis team’s season officially ended last weekend in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship, several Gators received an opportunity on Wednesday to compete as individuals.


News

UF libraries start program with publisher Elsevier

UF and Elsevier, a journal publishing company, are collaborating to allow more direct access to UF researchers’ final publications. The dean of university libraries, Judy Russell, conversed with different groups on campus about getting more content into UF’s institutional repository, or IR@UF, where researchers submit their articles.


Dr. Joe Cicero, a UF research scientist, hands a tarantula to attendee Mark Xby in the booth for the UF Entomology and Nematology Outreach Program during the Endangered Species Awareness Day at the Lubee Bat Conservancy on Saturday. It was the first time Xby had held a tarantula.
Metro

More than 300 guests attended the endangered species awareness day

Even without echolocation, hundreds found their way to the Lubee Bat Conservancy for an opportunity to learn about endangered species. The conservancy’s second annual Endangered Species Awareness Day took place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and attracted more than 300 guests. The event was held to raise awareness of threatened and endangered animals.


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Research Roundup: May 24, 2016

Florida’s subtropical climate, coupled with its proclivity for sunshine, has traditionally been an attraction for snowbirds. Now the Nile crocodile is staking its claim to call Florida home.



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