UF Today

Features Summer 2010

5 Diseases You Haven't Heard Of...

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Story by Terry Godbey (BSJ '83)
Photo by Randy Batista (BA '73)

UF physicians and researchers have taken the Gator chomp to a new level. They have seized five rare diseases and hope to crush them with the help of gene therapy, pioneering surgeries and even a Maltese dog named Dulce. These illnesses, some of which can be fatal or cause blindness, afflict mostly children.

How Stuff Works

How Stuff Works

Story By Jillian Kremer (3JM)
Photography by Shannon Kalahar (3FA)

Engineering students showed off their skills to more than 350 elementary, middle and high school students at the 65th annual engineering Fair last February.

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor

Give Me Your Tired

Story by By Cindy Spence (BSJ ’82)

For 25 years Dr. Joe has led a one-man crusade to help Miami's homeless and underprivileged. And he's not done yet.