Nyla Holland Memorial 5k brings campus communities together
By Juliana DeFilippo | Apr. 6Saturday, 119 people gathered at Lake Alice Field at 7:30 a.m. to honor Nyla Holland, a 20-year-old animal sciences sophomore at UF and ROTC member.
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Five injured after panic breaks out at UF vigil for Israel
By Claire Grunewald and Molly Seghi | Oct. 10, 2023More Campus
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UF students create app to connect Student Government with student body
By Vivienne Serret | Aug. 28, 2023Akshat Pant, a 20-year-old UF computer science junior, and Nishant Nagururu, a 19-year-old UF computer science sophomore, had a vision to design an application streamlining students’ connection with SG. The app is called Candor — meaning open, honest and sincere. Pant and Nagururu picked the name after realizing they wanted to make an app providing those qualities to the student body.
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El campus de UF Jacksonville recibirá $75 millones
By Nicole Beltran and Sally Brown | June 19, 2023El gobernador Ron DeSantis aprobó $75 millones para el propuesto campus de UF en Jacksonville a mediados de otros vetos presupuestarios de medio millón de dólares.
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UF says goodbye to oldest campus tree
By Ella Thompson | Apr. 24, 2023UF’s first resident wasn’t a person, but a tree. Sprouting before the university was founded, a longleaf pine near Keene-Flint Hall has watched UF grow into what it is today. In April, the tree was declared dead.
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Embracing my first-generation identity
By Miguel Pascual | Nov. 10, 2022OPINION: I will continue to luchar por mis estudios because I’m a bright individual who earned his place here at UF. I will not allow anyone or anything to tell me otherwise.
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UF appeals class action lawsuit for Spring and Summer 2020 fee refund
By Sandra McDonald | July 11, 2022A former student’s lawsuit arguing UF violated its contract when it required the student body to pay for on-campus amenities despite COVID-19 restrictions will see the Florida First District Court of Appeals in Tallahassee July 20.
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Florida artist to memorialize UF professor and replace Confederate statue
By Mickenzie Hannon | June 6, 2022A sculpture dedicated to a Gainesville activist and African American studies professor will replace a confederate soldier statue that used to sit downtown.
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Pinned plans: Pivotal architecture showcase returns to campus
By Fernando Figueroa | Apr. 11, 2022The secret scene of organized chaos, accented with lonely Exacto knives and abandoned t-squares scattered across the atrium’s cement floor, may be unfamiliar to many UF students. But every Spring, second-year architecture majors face PIN UP, a daunting task that determines if they continue in UF’s architecture program.
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UPD offers changes on campus following a sexual assault, kidnapping attempt
By Maya Erwin | Sep. 29, 2021UPD says its working to keep students safe on campus with more lighting, safety training and police presence
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Pandemic freshmen and sophomores detail their on-campus journeys
Sep. 7, 2021The pandemic gap left students keen to explore, connect and find their place in Gainesville whether through social media, crowded buses or places of worship.
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UF celebra su nueva LLC destinada a ayudar a los Gators de primera generación
By Isabella Barnet , Melissa Hernandez De La Cruz and Saira González | Sep. 3, 2021Antes de que comenzara el semestre de otoño, Nicole Guerra no habría tenido la opción de vivir en una LLC diseñada para estudiantes como ella. Guerra y otros Gators de primera generación están haciendo historia al ser algunos de los primeros residentes en vivir en la LLC recién inaugurada.
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The Swamp restaurant to return to Gainesville in new location
By Kalia Richardson | Dec. 13, 2020The restaurant, previously located at 1642 W. University Ave. in Midtown, will be moved to 1026 SW Second Ave. in the Gainesville Innovation District, two blocks from UF’s campus. Construction will begin in the summer of 2021 and is expected to take 12 to 14 months.
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UF installs license plate recognition technology to increase campus security
By Julia Bauer | Dec. 11, 2020UF installed license plate readers at intersections around campus to improve safety and security. The license plate readers, installed in October, are cameras that constantly scan vehicle license plates and capture photos of the backs of vehicles.
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With more in-person classes inbound, students decide where to live
By Nora O'Neill | Dec. 9, 2020COVID-19-related apartment vacancies, as well as excitement and uncertainty surrounding the increase of in-person classes this Spring, are forcing UF students and Gainesville apartments alike to continue adjusting to housing needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Construction by Lakeside housing completed nearly two months late
By Juliana Ryan | Oct. 18, 2020The noise interrupted transportation and student life in the area
