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Floridians are apparently not swimming in fear about the economy any more. August’s consumer confidence index actually shows some confidence.

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

With a new school year and a new football season about to kick off, UF President Bernie Machen and Gator Head Coach Urban Meyer headlined the annual Joint Civic Club Luncheon.

Florida consumers have a little more confidence in the economy and their own finances than they did last month. But that’s not saying much, since last month, consumer confidence hit an all-time record low.

This is Update Weekly, your online audio source of University of Florida news and events for the week beginning Monday, July 28th.

This is Update Weekly, your online audio source of University of Florida news and events for the week beginning Monday, July 21st.

This is Update Weekly, your online audio source of University of Florida news and events for the week beginning Monday, July 14th.

Racial bias apparently extends to the virtual world as well as the real one. At least that’s what University of Florida researchers discovered when developing a tool to test for bias in how doctors deal with patients.

This is Update Weekly, your online audio source of University of Florida news and events for the week beginning Monday, July 7th.

Computerized devices tied into the brain could one day help amputees control prosthetic limbs with their thoughts. Now, University of Florida researchers have gone a step further. Justin Sanchez and his team have devised a brain-machine interface that appears to learn and adapt along with the brain.