Category: Research
Harnessing the power of music to cope with stress
Looking for ways to reduce stress? In a recent UF News article, Ferol Carytsas shared six tips that can help you harness the power of music to cope with stress.
Strategies to combat public speaking nerves
In a recent Warrington College of Business video, Management Communication Center Director Rachel Slivon, Ph.D., discussed seven strategies to combat public speaking nerves. You can can check out the video on YouTube.
UF Health academic hub aims to advance AI in the health sciences
As part of UF’s Artificial Intelligence, or AI, initiative, UF Health is creating an academic hub to advance AI in the health sciences, grounded in the values of community, trustworthiness, diversity, equity and inclusion. To advance this goal, UF Health is seeking faculty to join the university’s growing community of researchers and clinicians developing and applying AI methods in health care delivery, biomedical discovery, and public and population health.
Empowering women in HPC and AI
o strengthen the engagement of women involved in AI and supercomputing teaching and research, UF recently launched its chapter of Women in High Performance Computing, or WHPC.
What is the Moon Festival? A scholar of Chinese religions explains
Considered one of most important traditional festivals in the Chinese calendar, the Mid-Autumn Festival, or Moon Festival, is celebrated this year on Sept. 21.
Coping with the mental health challenges posed by COVID-19
Jacqueline Hobbs, M.D., Ph.D., says the burden of coping with stress caused by the upheaval of normal life means we all need to pay closer attention to our mental well-being.
Global Fellows program applications due Oct. 11
The Global Fellows Program provides training and a $5,000 seed grant to junior faculty who wish to develop an international research project.
Differences in COVID-19 severity internationally
Why are some countries in the grip of COVID-19 while others appear less affected? In a recent UF Health article, College of Veterinary Medicine Professor of infectious diseases Rhoel Dinglasan, Ph.D., M.P.H., discussed his research on COVID-19 severity internationally. Dinglasan suspects the answer is connected to people’s exposure to various infectious diseases in specific geographic […]
Can burying power lines protect storm-wracked electric grids?
Nearly five days after Hurrican Ida hit Louisiana, more than 80% of New Orleans customers were still without power, highlighting once more how critical electricity is for our health, safety and comfort. In an article published by Ted Kury, director of energy studies at UF’s Public Utility Research Center, Kury discusses if electric services would […]
What communities can learn from Ida’s aftermath
After disaster hits a community, you might expect existing conflicts to intensify. But social science research tells us that people affected by disaster actually act more altruistically than they normally would.
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