UF/IFAS in the news, 8/1

Good morning! Your Thursday roundup of UF/IFAS news:

Florida Chapter hosts Luncheon

 

http://www.namablog.org/?p=7630

Outdoor Briefs August 1, 2013 (Franklin)

 

http://www.apalachtimes.com/news/outdoors/outdoor-briefs-august-1-2013-1.180064

Results Are In for Public Survey on Goliath Grouper

 

http://www.floridasportsman.com/2013/07/31/results-are-in-for-opinion-poll-on-goliath-grouper/

Garden goodness, Gainesville style http://www.gainesville.com/article/20130801/GMAG/130729721/-1/news300

Volusia County 4-H camp focuses on healthy kids

 

http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20130731/NEWS09/130739950?Title=Volusia-County-4-H-camp-focuses-on-healthy-kids

Spotting lady beetles around your home (Clay)

http://www.claytodayonline.com/ee/claytoday/en/component/fullstory/20130801_002_art_1/spotting-lady-beetles-around-your-home

 

Outdoors & Recreation (Pinellas)

http://www.tbnweekly.com/editorial/outdoors/content_articles/073113_out-05.txt

Two-day horticulture course planned (Santa Rosa)

http://www.pnj.com/article/20130727/NEWS01/307270019/Two-day-horticulture-course-planned

 

In the garden: transplants from Massachusetts (Flagler)

http://www.palmcoastobserver.com/news/palm-coast/Neighborhood/073120137451/In-the-garden-transplants-from-Massachusetts

 

GADSDEN CO. 4-H SADDLE CLUB HAVING BUSY YEAR

 

http://www.havanaherald.net/archives/3603-GADSDEN-CO.-4-H-SADDLE-CLUB-HAVING-BUSY-YEAR.html

 

 

Other news:

UF classes get tech upgrades

 

http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/article_01cfc542-fa66-11e2-befb-0019bb2963f4.html

Departing professor: Cuts have 'massacred' UF psychology department

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20130731/ARTICLES/130739915?tc=cr

3.47 inches of rain in under 2 hours causes street flooding, sets record for July

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20130731/ARTICLES/130739880?tc=cr

GAO Report Shows $36.6 Million Paid to Deceased Farmers

http://growingfl.com/news/2013/08/gao-report-shows-366-million-paid-deceased-farmers/?utm_source=Growing+Florida&utm_campaign=2931b7cfad-growingfl-daily_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a00cf5c16f-2931b7cfad-296612469

The road to preeminence

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20130801/GMAG/130729717/-1/news300

Riley Cooper vows apology to black teammates after slur

 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/eagles/2013/07/31/after-racial-slur-eagles-wide-receiver-riley-cooper-apologizes-to-teammates-n-word/2606483/

California quarantines citrus area in Tulare County after pest found

 

http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/California-quarantines-area-in-citrus-belt-after-pest-found-217810881.html