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Participants of the 5K run for Nyla Holland write notes to her family while looking at past photos on Saturday, April 5, 2025.

Nyla Holland Memorial 5k brings campus communities together

By Juliana DeFilippo | Apr. 6

Saturday, 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.

Artificial intelligence is rapidly integrating itself in the 21st century workplace in a variety of professions. But will this new technology be a friendly coworker, or emerge as an inevitable replacement for its human colleagues?

UF students, professors remain unconcerned of AI in the workplace

By Annie Wang | Apr. 4

UF’s next president could make up to $3 million a year

By Grace McClung | Apr. 3

UF Period Packs is helping to supply students with necessary products in first-floor bathrooms.

UF organizations to implement more period product dispensers

By Sofia Meyers | Apr. 2

Wizard dance battle erupts in Plaza of the Americas in epic showdown

By Grace McClung | Apr. 1

Funding for student organization assemblies has been denied.

UF cuts thousands in funding, support for identity-centered student welcome assemblies

By Pristine Thai | Apr. 1

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Three and a half years into his dual appointment, colleagues aren’t sure what Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo does at UF.

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‘Ladapo’s a charlatan’: Florida surgeon general’s tenure at UF is lackluster, colleagues say

By Garrett Shanley | Mar. 31

When Gov. Ron DeSantis hand-picked Joseph Ladapo as Florida’s surgeon general in September 2021, the role came with a second high-profile appointment: a tenured faculty position at UF. But Ladapo’s colleagues still aren’t sure what he does to earn his salary at the university. Some say not much.

In what were traditionally seen as male-dominated fields, women in STEM are finding camaraderie with each other in new clubs at the University of Florida.

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UF women in STEM code to close the gender gap

By Michael Angee | Mar. 25

Women made up about 30% of College of Engineering graduates in the 2023-2024 academic year, according to the most recent data from UF Institutional Planning and Research. In comparison, 57% of total degree recipients across the university that year were women.

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UF community defends value of women’s studies amid DEI rollbacks

By Grace McClung | Mar. 24

Florida is one of a growing number of states where women’s and gender studies have been targeted by Republican lawmakers, who see the programs as ill-equipped to prepare graduates for the workforce and a waste of taxpayer dollars. But students, alumni and faculty argue the program’s value extends beyond the classroom.

A Gold Marbled Angelfish in the Florida Aquaculture and Aquarium Club fish tank on the third floor of Marston Science Library. Sunday, March 9, 2025.

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The club behind Marston’s swimming showstoppers

By Pristine Thai | Mar. 14

Thousands of students walk past the aquarium by Marston Science Library’s third-floor elevators every week. Some worn-out studiers pause to appreciate the creatures’ calming presence before getting to work, but few know the fishes’ stories or who ensures the ecosystem runs swimmingly.

Krishna Lunch being served on Wednesday, March 5th, 2025.

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UF urges Krishna Lunch to clarify meals are free, prices are suggested donations

By Grace McClung | Mar. 10

UF is working to form its first-ever official agreement with Krishna Lunch, requiring the religious organization to clarify that its advertised meal prices are only suggested donations — not mandatory payments.

Holland, a UF animal sciences sophomore, died in Gainesville March 2. She was 20 years old. Family and friends remember Holland as a resilient, energetic and loving jack-of-all-trades.

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Remembering UF student Nyla Holland

By Garrett Shanley and Shaine Davison | Mar. 10

Holland, a UF animal sciences sophomore, died in Gainesville March 2. An oncoming car struck Holland while she was driving her moped into the parking lot at Southwest Recreation Center, where she exercised daily. She was 20 years old.

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UF student arrested during class for alleged TV thefts

By Vera Lucia Pappaterra | Mar. 5

UFPD officers arrested a student during a history lecture Wednesday, pulling him from a class at Keene-Flint Hall in connection with a string of TV thefts from campus buildings and student apartment complexes.

Members of the University of Florida ROTC gather outside the Southwest Recreation Center at the University of Florida for a candlelight vigil in honor of Nyla Holland who died on Sunday, March 2, 2025, while riding her moped on Hull Road in Gainesville, Fla. Holland was a member of University of Florida's ROTC program.

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Gainesville community gathers for candlelight vigil honoring UF student Nyla Holland

By Shaine Davison and Michael Angee | Mar. 3

More than 200 people gathered in a field near Southwest Recreation Center Monday evening to honor Nyla Holland, a UF student killed in a traffic collision outside the complex Sunday night.

A memorial in honor of Professor Bernard O'Donnell, who died unexpectedly on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, lays in Library West at the University of Florida.

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Bernard ‘Bernie’ O’Donnell Jr., beloved UF law professor, dies at 55

By Sofia Meyers | Mar. 3

UF law professor Bernard “Bernie” O’Donnell Jr., whose quiet-yet-playful demeanor is what made his office hours an outlet for success and community passed away in Gainesville Feb. 23. He was 55.

Santa Fe Teaching Zoo’s otters enjoy their farewell party before being relocated to Memphis zoo on Sunday, March 2, 2025.

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Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo bids farewell to otter family

By Shaine Davison | Mar. 3

After years of delighted visitors, the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo’s family of seven Asian small-clawed otters is headed to a new home. On Wednesday, they’ll embark on a 700-mile journey to the Memphis Zoo.

Vision won 47 senate seats total, the candidates in five of which — building construction, dentistry, education, health and human performances and pharmacy — ran uncontested.

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UF election results are in. Here’s a look at the numbers behind the landslide.

By Zoey Thomas | Feb. 28

UF Student Government overall election turnout dipped slightly compared to last Spring, based on results announced Wednesday from the Supervisor of Elections.

Annabelle Tometich poses during a photoshoot. (Credit: Christina Marie Photography)

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UF grad wins Southern Book Prize for debut memoir

By Grace McClung | Feb. 28

Annabelle Tometich, a 44-year-old UF psychology graduate, won the Southern Book Prize’s nonfiction category for her debut book “The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony” Feb. 14. Previous winners include Coretta Scott King, Ann Patchett and Carl Hiaasen, a fellow UF graduate.

Charlie Kirk throws hats before an event at the Plaza of the America’s in Gainesville, Fla., on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025.

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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk challenges UF students to ‘prove me wrong’

By Kaysheri Haffner and Vivienne Serret | Feb. 27

Over 250 people surrounded UF’s Plaza of the Americas Thursday to watch conservative provocateur Charlie Kirk spar with UF community members over hot-button issues like immigration, white privilege and LGBTQ+ rights.

Kendall Walsworth and fellow Vision party ambassador celebrates a Vision party victory in the J. Wayne Reitz Union on Feb. 26, 2025.

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SG election results: Vision dominates Senate seats, sweeps executive ticket

By Alligator Staff report | Feb. 27

Vision Party celebrated a landslide victory in the Student Senate and cleared the executive ticket contest Wednesday night.