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SG must uphold online voting

By Alfredo Ortiz | May 20, 2019

The April 11th showdown at the UF Student Government Supreme Court was a milestone in the history of online voting regardless of whether or not it was successful. The argument itself was not about whether online voting should be legal, but rather if the Supreme Court had the power to recount votes in a way that would make it illegal (namely, counting abstentions as votes against). However, the case of whether online voting is still legal despite the 2016 decision has yet to be made.

Leah Paxton waits alongside her fellow graduates Saturday morning during the class of 2019 commencement ceremony at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. About 200 graduates attended for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences ceremony, which was held two weeks after the original commencement at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium was cancelled due to poor weather conditions.

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About 200 graduates attend makeup CLAS ceremony

By Charlie Daffron | May 18, 2019

The ceremony was held two weeks after the original ceremony was interrupted due to weather

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UF named top employer among public universities by Forbes

By Tori Whidden | May 17, 2019

UF ranked sixth in public universities and 17th among all universities

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UF provides updates after 21 students were robbed in South Africa

By Kelly Hayes | May 15, 2019

Three of the students are returning home

Ragnhildur Bjarnadottir, Ph.D., left, and Robert Lucero, Ph.D., plan to use nurses' notes for their project in improving the safety for hospitalized older adults.

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UF College of Nursing researchers awarded a $2.57 million grant

By Tori Whidden | May 15, 2019

UF researchers are looking to make hospital stays of older patients a safer experience.

The Florida men's golf team was eliminated from the NCAA Regionals on Wednesday.

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Florida's season ends in NCAA Regionals

By Victor Prieto | May 15, 2019

The Florida men’s golf team needed a near-perfect Day 3 to keep its season alive and advance to the NCAA Championships.

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Florida ranked no. 1 in higher education

By Maleah Lyden | May 15, 2019

This is the third consecutive year Florida ranked first

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UF students robbed at gunpoint on South Africa trip

By Kelly Hayes | May 13, 2019

No students were harmed in the robbery

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UF hosting seminar to launch Center of Excellence

By Charlie Daffron | May 13, 2019

A UF professor will be leading the center

The newly expanded UF Field & Fork Pantry should be ready by Fall 2019, said Heather White, UF dean of students. It will operate at Rawlings Hall during construction.

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UF Hitchcock Field & Fork Pantry expands

By Meleah Lyden | May 13, 2019

The expansion will more than double the size of the current pantry

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UF graduate and family housing to remain open amid rumors of closing

By Tori Whidden | May 13, 2019

Fifty-one units are closed for maintenance issues

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean, David Richardson, gestures to pause the commencement ceremony. Richardson announced the ceremony would be delayed by 30 minutes, but the ceremony was later moved to an insidehallway of the stadium.

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Students respond to college graduation and makeup ceremony

By Kelly Hayes | May 13, 2019

About 180 students have sent an RSVP for the makeup ceremony

In this April 15, 1955, file photo, American actress and singer Doris Day holds a bouquet of roses at Le Bourget Airport in Paris after flying in from London. The Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed Day died early Monday, May 13, 2019, at her home in Carmel Valley, Calif. She was 97.

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Actress Doris Day dies at 97

By Julia Rubin | May 13, 2019

She was known for movies “Pillow Talk” and “The Man Who Knew Too Much”

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UF student charged with sexual battery

By Rachael Schirmer | May 11, 2019

The incident occurred on March 22

Officials guide students off a bus and into a recreation center where they were reunited with their parents after a shooting at a suburban Denver middle school Tuesday, May 7, 2019, in Highlands Ranch, Colo.

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1 dead, 8 hurt in Colorado school shooting, 2 in custody

By The Associated Press | May 8, 2019

Two students opened fire Tuesday inside a charter school in an affluent suburb of Denver not far from Columbine High School , killing a teenager, wounding eight and spreading terror before they were taken into custody, authorities said.

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UF football player arrested Monday for simple battery

By Mark Stine | May 7, 2019

Brian Edwards was accused of grabbing his girlfriend of two years by the neck

Syed Muhammad Omar holds a banner during the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences commencement ceremony on Sunday. Omar, a 27-year-old UF psychology bachelor’s graduate, said he is involved with Divest UF.

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Graduates protest prison labor at UF commencement ceremonies

By Josephine Fuller | May 7, 2019

Amid fellow UF graduates with decorated caps and flags of their country of origin, Juan Esteban Zapata strolled onto the O’Connell Center’s jumbotron with a white sheet.

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UF responds to commencement cancelation with makeup ceremony indoors

By Kelly Hayes | May 6, 2019

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences commencement will be May 18 at the O’Connell Center.

Bestselling author James Patterson speaks to an estimated 2,500 students at UF's university-wide commencement on Saturday. "If you only take one thing away from today, please take this: Passion is the key reason for choosing a career,” Patterson said.

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James Patterson, Tom Petty and boycotts: UF hosts weekend of graduations

By Josephine Fuller | May 5, 2019

An estimated 2,500 graduates of the more than 7,000 who ordered regalia attended the hour and a half university-wide commencement at the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday, said UF spokesperson Steve Orlando. The ceremony featured a speech from bestselling author James Patterson and a new tradition of singing Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down.”

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UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences graduation ceremony rained out

By Kelly Hayes | May 5, 2019

About 200 to 300 students were not called on the main stage.