Black Gainesville leaders urge students to not forget Black history
Members of the Gainesville community joined together over conversations and a hot meal to ensure this Black History Month is more about action and less about simple remembrance.
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Members of the Gainesville community joined together over conversations and a hot meal to ensure this Black History Month is more about action and less about simple remembrance.
Joy Drawdy once admired the charm of small-town Micanopy. She loved its history and quaintness ever since she’d visited as a child from her home in Gainesville.
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An untransparent search process, elimination of tenure and pressure to take a retirement buyout — Ben Sasse’s presidency didn’t please everyone at Midland University.
More than half of UF College of Medicine departments now have a diversity, equity and inclusion liaison — a faculty member specifically dedicated to addressing social issues within the college.
As the bells of Century Tower rang their gothic midday chime, hundreds of students left their classrooms and flooded Turlington Plaza. Their attention was immediately diverted to the mournful crowd of protesters — their black outfits fitting with the tower’s melody.
A stadium’s worth of people filled Eastside High School’s auditorium last weekend — not to celebrate a winning game, but rather to celebrate the life of beloved football player Dabien White.
Hey, Gators. Some of you don’t know us yet, others have come to know us very well through those obnoxiously bright, battered orange news boxes.
Terrell Bradley stood on the steps of city hall, his injuries from a Gainesville Police Department K-9 attack freshly bandaged.
Yvette Carter celebrated Juneteenth for half a decade before the rest of Gainesville caught up.
The Alligator newsroom is lined with its history.
I’ve been obsessed with words for as long as I can remember. The way they can make you feel, what art you can create or how they shape you.
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Update: As of Tuesday, Jan. 11, the Utility Advisory Board’s vacancy will be filled by County Commissioner Mary Alford. This article has been updated to reflect new information.
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The sapphire and green stained-glass window wraps 92-year-old Peggy Weigle in sunlight and warmth. Weigle is not in church, but her mind is still finding salvation in melodies.
UF appointed its second ever chief diversity officer after an 8-month-long search for the right candidate for the position.
Rays of sunlight beamed into a cage, illuminating the trimmed vegetation and the painted metal bars of two monkeys’ renovated habitat.
This article has been updated to reflect that UF commented on the matter prior to publication. The article has also been updated to reflect that UF’s “The Decade Ahead” plan was announced in 2016, not 2020. A previous version of this story reported otherwise.