UF/IFAS in the news, 5/15

Good morning! Today’s UF/IFAS news roundup:

 

UF/IFAS is crawling with excitement as annual Bug Week nears

http://news.ufl.edu/2014/05/14/bug-week-at-uf-2014/

 

UF to Dedicate New Equine Sports Performance Complex

http://www.thehorse.com/articles/33872/uf-to-dedicate-new-equine-sports-performance-complex

 

FDACS Pesticide Licensing Exam Session Set for June 3

http://growingfl.com/news/2014/05/fdacs-pesticide-licensing-exam-session-set-june-3/?utm_source=Growing+Florida&utm_campaign=75514c6426-growingfl-daily_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a00cf5c16f-75514c6426-296612469

 

Lovestrand named new county extension agent (Franklin)

http://www.apalachtimes.com/news/local-news/lovestrand-named-new-county-extension-agent-1.319121

 

Speeches garner awards (Wakulla 4-H)

http://www.thewakullanews.com/content/speeches-garner-awards

 

 

Other news:

 

Why more seniors are going back to college – to retire (UF/IFAS greenhouse in footage)

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/seniors-going-back-college-retire/

 

Florida expecting another strong year of avocadoes

http://www.thegrower.com/news/Florida-expecting-another-strong-year-of-avocadoes--259070111.html

 

Captain and 3 Officers Charged with Murder in Korean Ferry Sinking

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/16/world/asia/captain-and-3-officers-charged-with-murder-in-korean-ferry-sinking.html?_r=0

 

Boy hails cat Tara that saved him from dog: 'She's a hero!'  (apologies – couldn’t resist)

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/boy-hails-cat-tara-that-saved-him-from-dog-shes-a-hero-9375674.html

 

Want to Know If Your Food Is Genetically Modified?

 

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/05/want-to-know-if-your-food-is-genetically-modified/370812/

 

Breakfast cereals loaded with too much sugar for U.S. kids -report

http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/05/15/food-sugar-report-idINL1N0NZ1U420140515

 

Florida lawmakers push changes for higher education, with mixed results

http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/05/15/4117104/florida-lawmakers-push-changes.html

 

Union says UF moving too fast in filling faculty spots

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20140514/ARTICLES/140519795?Title=Union-says-UF-moving-too-fast-in-filling-faculty-spots