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Staying Strong: UF student moves forward after family tragedy
By Kathryn Varn | Oct. 16, 2014She had waited five days, and this time, the deputy had news.
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UF homecoming kicks off today
By Ashleigh Hicks | Oct. 16, 2014Dubbed “Limitless,” Homecoming Week is bringing The Gator Nation together once again for the traditional week of football, fellowship and fun.
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KENT FUCHS CHOSEN AS NEXT UF PRESIDENT
By Ariana Figueroa | Oct. 15, 2014It took less than three minutes for the Board of Trustees to unanimously determine UF’s 12th president, Kent Fuchs (pronounced “fox”), on Wednesday.
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IFAS to receive $300,000 to help sustain growing world population
By Mahogany Brown | Oct. 15, 2014UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences has partnered with two global agricultural companies to help sustain the world’s growing population by 2050.
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Registration opens for online arts in medicine program
By Julia McBee | Oct. 14, 2014Spring applications are now open for a new UF online master’s degree program in arts in medicine.
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Santa Fe College celebrates Disabilities Awareness Day
By Hunter Williamson | Oct. 14, 2014A student with a learning disability walked into the office of Dana Lindsey.
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Search committee to pick 12th UF president today
By Alyssa Fisher | Oct. 14, 2014After months of presidential search updates, the wait is over: UF will learn the name of The Gator Nation’s next leader.
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Senate unanimously passes four funding bills
Oct. 14, 2014After senators trickled in from the interviewing sessions for the next UF president, the Student Senate unanimously passed four bills allocating funds to student organizations.
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Peta2 reschedules torture simulation due to weather delay
By Alexandra Fernandez | Oct. 14, 2014Students will have to wait until next semester to experience life as a chicken.
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UF beekeepers buzzing about grant
By Annie Garcia-Tunon | Oct. 13, 2014UF beekeepers are awaiting legislation that could bring a $3.5 million bee research facility to campus.
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Search for Machen’s successor continues this week
By Alyssa Fisher | Oct. 13, 2014The Presidential Search Committee narrowed down a pool of 15 applicants to three Monday morning.
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UF ranked in top 20 best graduate urban planning programs
By Chloe Stradinger | Oct. 13, 2014UF’s Department of Urban and Regional Planning graduate program was ranked the 14th best out of all graduate urban planning programs.
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Reverend steps in for scheduled speaker
By Bryan Faux | Oct. 13, 2014Through a little divine intervention, the Rev. Steven Baines arrived at Pugh Hall on Monday evening to present a discussion on religious liberty.
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History channel hosts All-American tailgate at LSU game
By Reba Liddy | Oct. 12, 2014The aroma of smoked sausages, hamburgers and hotdogs wafted from an 80-foot-long grill stationed near Gate 2 of the Stephen C. O’Connell Center on Saturday.
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Santa Fe College associate vice president retires after 35 years
By Hunter Williamson | Oct. 12, 2014Bennye Alligood started working at Santa Fe College as a 17-year-old student, just two years after the college was first established in 1965.
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UF alumnus becomes interim FL health department administrator
By Chabeli Herrara | Oct. 12, 2014Paul Myers, administrator of the Florida Department of Health in Alachua County, is taking his talents to Tallahassee.
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118 ejected, 9 arrested at game
By Melissa Mihm | Oct. 12, 2014About 127 people were either arrested or ejected from the UF vs. Louisiana State University football game Saturday night — 13 more than the last LSU home game in 2012.
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UF alumnus rides bike 156-miles for Gears for Good charity
By Alexia Fernandez | Oct. 12, 2014A UF alumnus challenged himself to a 156-mile bike ride along the east coast to support a cause he said does not get enough attention.
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$5 million alumni donation
By Ariana Figueroa | Oct. 12, 2014UF’s College of Education has received the largest donation from an alumni in its history.
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UF’s Homecoming Week tied together by charitable tradition
By Isabella Alsina | Oct. 12, 2014Alumni can get up and give all throughout the week as part of an annual Homecoming tradition.
