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Research suggests that late hours and red tape hurt your job performance more than you or your boss realize.
University of Florida researchers tested the effects of different types of stress on employees across various occupations. They found challenge stressors had a direct positive impact by motivating workers. But researcher Nathan Podsakoff says hindrance […]

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg paid a visit to the University of Florida recently to honor an old friend, the late, famed attorney Chesterfield Smith. UF’s Levin College of Law dedicated a new classroom in Smith’s name.

This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of September 25th.

After a hurricane, communities try to better prepare for the next one. Now University of Florida engineers have developed the perfect tool for what happens after a storm.
This portable power plant generates power, freshwater, and enough refrigeration to make ice. UF engineer William Lear says emergency managers could drop in the system […]

You don’t have to look for an incoming hurricane to find what experts call the biggest threat to Florida. The future of the state’s economy and real estate market could hinge on rising insurance rates.

This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of September 18th.

Older adults who enjoy a few alcoholic beverages each week can potentially reduce their risk of heart disease or death by about 25 percent.
That’s the finding of a University of Florida study that shows moderate alcohol consumption can cut the risk of a heart attack or death thanks to cellular or genetic interactions in […]

This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of September 11th.

Divorce can wreak havoc on the lives of children, but now University of Florida research shows that it actually helps school-age girls when parents make a clean break from a bad marriage, rather than continuing a troubled union.

New research suggests that a generation of young mothers may not be able to breast-feed their babies because their mothers were exposed to pesticides. For more, here’s Research Report.