Students from Florida Agricultural College in Lake City relax at a picnic on the Suwannee River in 1895. The college was established through the Morrill Act and later merged with other area institutions to form the University of Florida in 1905.

Land grant legacy

Spring 2013

Dr. Russell Bauer administers a balance exam as part of a baseline screening at the North Florida Sports Concussion Workshop at Raines High School in Jacksonville. Photo by Maria Belen Farias.

IMPACT!

UF and FSU researchers are collaborating to tackle youth concussions.

Dr. Jeffrey Harman led a study that found patients with multiple chronic medical conditions are half as likely to receive depression treatment in primary care practices that use electronic medical records.

Depression may go overlooked when physicians use electronic medical records

Patients with three or more chronic medical conditions are half as likely to receive depression treatment in primary care practices that use electronic medical records as they are in practices that use paper records.

Dr. Catherine Price leads a study that seeks to determine which older adults may be at risk for cognitive problems after a major surgery.

Memory loss, thinking problems after surgery the subject of new research

A new $2.3 million grant will help University of Florida researchers use brain imaging studies to determine which patients are most likely to experience by post-operative cognitive dysfunction.