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Office of Community Relations
UF Government and Community Relations
Monday, November 14, 2022
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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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You’re invited to the December 14th UF Eye Opener Discovery Breakfast with speaker Dr. Christopher McCarty | |
From UF Health: UF researchers’ AI system gives doctors better insight into patients’ conditions | |
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Using data collected from patients’ vital signs, University of Florida researchers have designed an artificial intelligence system that can accelerate and focus doctors’ decision-making during the crucial, early stages of hospitalization.
The algorithm works by taking torrents of data from six vital signs measured within six hours of hospital admission. It then focuses these data into one of four distinct clusters, giving doctors clearer, timelier and more accurate insight into a patient’s prognosis and likely medical outcomes. The findings were published Oct. 13 in the journal PLOS Digital Health.
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From the UF Warrington College of Business: National Veterans Entrepreneurship Program | |
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The National Veterans Entrepreneurship Program (VEP) provides a rigorous entrepreneurial learning and development opportunity for veterans with service-connected disabilities and those who have uniquely distinguished themselves in the military. VEP is designed for veterans interested in starting a new venture as a means to financial independence and for veterans who have an existing business for which they would like to increase profits. Application deadline: February 1, 2023
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From the UF Wertheim College of Engineering: Laser attack blinds autonomous vehicles, deleting pedestrians and confusing cars | |
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Self-driving cars, like the human drivers that preceded them, need to see what’s around them to avoid obstacles and drive safely.
The most sophisticated autonomous vehicles typically use lidar, a spinning radar-type device that acts as the eyes of the car. Lidar provides constant information about the distance to objects so the car can decide what actions are safe to take.
But these eyes, it turns out, can be tricked.
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From the UF College of Veterinary Medicine: The Role of the Veterinarian in Fish Farming and Aquaculture | |
When most people think of farm animals, they conjure traditional farm species, such as ruminants, poultry, swine and horses. But veterinarians also play an important role in the farming of fish and other aquatic species for food, ornamental trade and research. In this podcast, a professor and extension veterinarian, will discuss why practicing veterinarians as well as student trainees are becoming more interested in the specialty of aquaculture, and its benefits to the veterinary profession as well as to the public. | |
From Main St Daily News: UF hosts a “Game Time” celebration | |
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It was all smiles and laughter during the “Game Time” celebration at the UF Champions Club inside the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Saturday afternoon.
The UF Lastinger Center (at the UF College of Education) hosted the event, which celebrated the second year of the New Worlds Reading Initiative.
The New Worlds Reading Initiative is a program that advances literacy and the love of reading to help students read at a grade level.
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From the Alachua Chronicle: Florida Museum of Natural History shares tools of exploration with libraries in new backpack program | |
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For the last two years, the Florida Museum of Natural History’s Museum in the Parks program brought children and families to local state parks for in-person exploration, learning, and hands-on fun. They got to meet scientists, explore green spaces, and check out rare artifacts from the museum’s collections while going in-depth into various topics like pollinators, birds, and geology.
Now, the program is reaching further into the community through a partnership with the Alachua County Library District to bring this experience to all library card holders. The new Exploration Backpacks contain tools and objects used by scientists when doing fieldwork, giving people a new way to experience parks in the area.
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From UF/IFAS: Could your body be storing the key to saving seagrass? | |
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Seagrasses are vital to the marine ecosystem, where they provide food, habitat, shelter and other services for humans and aquatic organisms. But while seagrass success is threatened by a few factors, including human activities like boating, a crystallized version of human waste could be the answer to revitalizing these marine habitats.
Urine, it turns out, includes two key ingredients in plant fertilizers: phosphorus and nitrogen. Even better, wastewater treatment facilities already process this abundant resource and create byproducts that would otherwise be sent to the landfill.
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Susan Crowley
Assistant Vice President, Community Relations
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