IFAS in the news, 11/2

Good morning! Here is the week’s final IFAS-news roundup. Have a great weekend:

 

UF/IFAS scientists discover enzyme that improves flavor of ripening tomatoes http://news.ufl.edu/2012/11/01/tomato-enzyme/

University of Florida team wins in PMMI Student Packaging Solutions contest http://www.packagingdigest.com/article/522652-University_of_Florida_team_wins_in_PMMI_Student_Packaging_Solutions_contest.php

Chill in air makes for good fishing (page 3) http://www.gainesville.com/article/20121101/COLUMNISTS/121109957/1109/sports?p=1&tc=pg

Students create eco-bots at 4-H event in Davie (Broward 4-H) http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/davie/fl-cn-browardh-1104-20121102,0,2443117.story

Community calendar: Nov. 2 (Manatee, midway under ‘volunteer opportunities’) http://www.bradenton.com/2012/11/02/4262452/bulletin-board.html

 

 

UF and other news:

 

Get a call demanding ransom? Stay calm, it’s a scam http://chalkboard.blogs.gainesville.com/2012/11/get-a-call-demanding-ransom-stay-calm-its-a-scam/

Redheads may be at higher risk of melanoma even without sun http://articles.latimes.com/2012/oct/31/science/la-sci-red-hair-melamona-20121101

New York divided over marathon plans http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/02/us/sandy-nyc-marathon/index.html

Sandy wiped out NYU lab mice, dealing blow to medical research http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/11/01/sandy-wiped-out-nyu-lab-mice-dealing-blow-to-medical-research/

Students say issues of race ‘plague’ UF campus http://www.gainesville.com/article/20121101/ARTICLES/121109934/1183?p=1&tc=pg