UF research spending at record $942.2 million in 2020 despite pandemic
University of Florida research spending rose 1.5% to a record $942.2 million in fiscal year 2020, according to a new report to the National Science Foundation.
UF’s response to NSF’s Higher Education Research and Development, or HERD, Survey showed a $13.6 million increase in expenditures over the record 2019 total of $928.6 million, despite a two-month pause in most research due to the pandemic.
“Despite the challenges of the pandemic during the final quarter of FY2020, UF researchers were able to post new records in research expenditures,” said David Norton, UF’s vice president for research. “This is a real testament to the commitment of UF’s scientific community and to the professionals who manage the research enterprise, even as we continue to effectively address the risks presented by COVID-19.”
Bloomingdale High School Has Record-Breaking National Signing Day; Twelve Athletes Sign
Photo Courtesy of Jane Owen.
Twelve Bloomingdale High School student-athletes signed on National Signing Day.
Bloomingdale High School had another successful National Signing Day in 2021. On February 3, 12 Bulls 11 football players and one lacrosse player signed their National Letters of Intent.
The Bloomingdale football team had a tremendous season, winning its first district championship in the school’s 33-year history, achieving a team-best 12-1 overall record, while making the program’s first state semifinal appearance in the school’s history. This was also the first season in which both the varsity and JV teams went undefeated in the regular season.
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FAU Study: CPA Discipline Motivated by Political Regime
The severity of state sanctions handed out to certified public accountants (CPAs) is influenced by political regime, a practice with potentially dire consequences for companies and their shareholders, according to a study by a research team that includes professors at Florida Atlantic University.
The study, published in the
Journal of Business Ethics, revealed that state Boards of Accountability (BOA) respond less aggressively to federal disciplinary actions from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) when Republicans control a state rather than Democrats.
Researchers Julia Higgs, Ph.D., and Abdullah Al-Moshaigeh, Ph.D., of FAU, and Denise Dickins, Ph.D., of East Carolina University, point out that CPAs who are punished less severely than they should be can negatively affect companies, whose investors may end up losing more money. But overly aggressive punishment may hurt economic growth.
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