UF organizations volunteer to makeover local elementary school
By Kari Pflanzer | Feb. 27, 2011After 27 hours of labor from 1,200 volunteers, 50 gallons of paint and 15 giant citrus trees, Duval Elementary School got a makeover this past weekend.
After 27 hours of labor from 1,200 volunteers, 50 gallons of paint and 15 giant citrus trees, Duval Elementary School got a makeover this past weekend.
A new generation of science whizzes competed Saturday in the New Physics Building, where some of those students will have classes in a year or two, for the chance to go to the National Science Bowl.
Though more than 1,000 people applied to attend, about 400 were invited to take part in Saturday’s second-annual TEDxUF, an independently organized event featuring local speakers from miscellaneous backgrounds working on the theme “Challenging the Unknown.”
Cuts to the university’s funding may start cutting into your wallets.
Not many students showed up to the District 3 forum on Thursday, but what can you expect when there’s a basketball and baseball game on the same night?
Fierce competition among Florida universities usually involves football or basketball.
It’s been a heck of a week around here. Every Student Government election is stressful for us, but we can never quite get used to having our entire newsroom writing stories, taking photos or shooting video at 1 a.m. on a Thursday morning.
Three students have come forward claiming to have voted multiple times during this week’s Student Government election.
Local politics just couldn’t compete with Gators basketball Thursday night.
O’Connell Center doors will open Saturday at 6 p.m. for a B.o.B concert featuring musical artists J. Cole and Wale.
Paramedics responded to a 911 call at the Reitz Union on Wednesday night.
After almost two months of campaigning, the hard work paid off for the Unite Party once again.
Four UF law students studying abroad in New Zealand are safe after the country was rocked by an earthquake earlier this week, UF officials confirmed Wednesday.
Kenny Boynton knows what he likes: rap.
While some may see scraps on the ground as trash, UF architecture junior Mu Mudenda sees them as the opposite: precious building blocks for her one-of-a-kind jewelry line.
Theatre Strike Force is taking “Relay for Life” into a completely different context.
UF students may be dropping serious dollars on tuition hikes, but they’re getting the third-best bang for their buck in the country.
A UF student was taken to Shands at UF on Tuesday morning after she was hit by a Regional Transit System bus on West University Avenue, having suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
As the world’s population grows daily so does the world’s demand for food, a World Food Prize laureate said during a presentation Tuesday.
How loud is the roar of the crowd when the Gators score a touchdown?