UF/IFAS in the news, 10/8

Good morning! Today’s UF/IFAS news:

 

Four named to the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame

http://www.thegrower.com/news/Four-named-to-the-Florida-Agricultural-Hall-of-Fame-226823711.html

Taking A Bite Out Of Hunger: Peanut Butter Drive Underway (Escambia)

http://www.northescambia.com/2013/10/taking-a-bite-out-of-hunger-peanut-butter-drive-underway

Doctoral candidate studying avocado problem

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2013/oct/07/doctoral-candidate-studying-avocado-problem-33281/

For The Record — 10/08 (St. Johns)

http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2013-10-07/record#.UlPxjBD75nU

Glamour & Grit - Oct. 7, 2013 (St. Lucie, third item)

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2013/oct/07/glamour-grit-oct-7-2013/

What’s Wrong With My Sago Palm? …… (Santa Rosa)

http://fosterfollynews.com/2013/10/05/whats-wrong-with-my-sago-palm/

Extension Notes: Reducing your risk of Vibrio infection (Flagler)

http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20131005/NEWS0402/131009736

Suffering from allergies? Don’t blame this common plant (Okaloosa)

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/lifestyle/columns/larry-williams/suffering-from-allergies-don-t-blame-this-common-plant-1.213157

 

Your Community in Brief – (Lake, second item)

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-10-07/news/os-lk-community-notes-100713-20131007_1_state-forest-mount-dora-woman-yard-sale

 

 

UF, other science news:

For 3 Nobel Winners, a Molecular Mystery Solved

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/08/health/3-win-joint-nobel-prize-in-medicine.html?_r=0

Discoverers of Higgs boson, a.k.a. "the God particle," awarded Nobel Prize in physics

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57606461/discoverers-of-higgs-boson-a.k.a--the-god-particle-awarded-nobel-prize-in-physics/

Cockroaches Have Neighborhoods, Too

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/10/131007-cockroach-new-york-neighborhoods-insects-bugs-science/?google_editors_picks=true

University of Florida Foundation announces faculty professorship awards

http://news.ufl.edu/2013/10/07/preeminent-profs/

UF Student Health Care Center out of flu shots until next Monday

http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/article_1a1f7534-2fd6-11e3-b38d-001a4bcf887a.html

Bill reintroduced to shield university searches from sunshine

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20131007/ARTICLES/131009660/1182?p=1&tc=pg