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The University of Florida has received a grant of nearly $10 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for a five-year project to explore the occupational safety and health of people working in agriculture, fishing and forestry in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and...

In 2016, Alachua County’s real estate market is on pace to have one of its strongest performances ever. Total closed home sales should reach approximately 3000 units, lagging only the halcyon years of 2004 – 2006. The total volume in closed commercial building and multi-family sales rose roughly 36%. It is probably natural for most...

As 2016 came to a close, many offices and businesses in and around the Gainesville area held parties and gatherings celebrating the holidays for employees and clients. But one such party was a bit different than the usual office festivities. Haven Hospice held a Mammography Party. Yes. A mammography party. It was actually the third...

City Manager Anthony Lyons announced the creation of the position of Executive Chief of Staff for the Office of the City Manager and the immediate appointment of Interim Administrative Services Director Betty Baker to the position. As Executive Chief of Staff, Baker will assume responsibility for the day to day operations of the Office of...

Discussions are currently in the works for the potential addition of an amphitheater to Gainesville’s Depot Park. Sarah Vidal-Finn, the director of the Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), said the infrastructure for an amphitheater is there and has always been a part of the park’s original master plan. “If you go to the park there’s...

When we exercise, a cascade of benefits occurs, but researchers don’t know exactly what happens in the body to cause those benefits. Now, two teams at the University of Florida have received a total of approximately $11.6 million out of a $170 million push from the National Institutes of Health to study the molecular changes...

Todd E. Golde, M.D., Ph.D., an internationally-known expert in the scientific understanding of Alzheimer’s disease, has been appointed executive director of the Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida. His appointment will be effective as of December 1. Golde, currently a professor of neuroscience and director of UF’s Center...

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According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), how best to set effective compensation and benefit plans is among the most frequent requests for information they receive from business owners, managers and executives across the United States. This comes as no surprise, as salary has always been key in the recruitment of top talent,...

Job sharing is loosely defined as a flexible work arrangement option in which two (or possibly more) employees share a single job. The number of U.S. employers offering job sharing as an option peaked in the early 2000’s, when more than 25% of companies reported offering it as a flexible work option for employees in...