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Comedian Jaboukie Young-White performs in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom to an audience of about 450 students Monday night. He cracked jokes about getting into college, having his phone stolen and gay insects.

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'Bees are gay. Wasps are straight': Comedian Jaboukie Young-White performs at UF

By Kelly Hayes | Apr. 1, 2019

About 450 people attended the event

Andrew Jensen, the Overall Director of Dance Marathon 2019, rocks out during the Savants of Soul’s performance Saturday night in the O’Connell Center. Dance Marathon lasted for 26.2 hours and raised $3,230,025.23 for children at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital and Children’s Miracle Network.

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Dance Marathon hits new record

By Josephine Fuller | Mar. 31, 2019

More than $3.2 million was raised

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UF professor placed on leave after “sexting” accusation

By Angela DiMichele | Mar. 31, 2019

He taught at UF for 14 years

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Petition may bring online voting to UF Student Government elections

By Hannah Beatty | Mar. 31, 2019

Online voting was last on the ballot in Spring 2017

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Parking decals and Divest: What happened at the UF Board of Trustees meeting

By Kelly Hayes | Mar. 31, 2019

Parking decals for non-students will increase by $18

UF Education Professor, Nancy Fichtman Dana, was announced as one of three finalists for the nationally-recognized Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching.

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UF professor named finalist for national teaching award

By Ana Escalante | Mar. 31, 2019

This award would be the first for UF College of Education

UF alumnus Chris Malachowsky and UF chemistry professor Richard Yost will be inducted into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame this year.

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UF alumnus and UF professor to be inducted into 2019 Florida Inventors Hall of Fame

By Tamarra Thal | Mar. 31, 2019

The Hall of Fame includes Thomas Edison

Stuart Newman visits the World War II Memorial located in Washington D.C. in late October 2018. Newman was a WWII veteran.

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UF College of Journalism Hall of Fame inductee dies at 96

By Mikayla Carroll | Mar. 31, 2019

Stuart Newman was a leader in the South Florida public relations industry

Burlesque performer Sally B. Dash performs her flying monkey routine during Sally B’s Noobie Reveal event Saturday night at the Hardback Cafe. The reveal showcased new performers, as well as longtime performer Dash, and about 50 people attended the performance.

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Red lips, rhinestones and the risqué: The life of burlesque dancer Sally B. Dash

By Romy Ellenbogen | Mar. 28, 2019

“Sally B’s not my alter ego. She’s my ego.”

More than 200 people listen to six speakers Thursday on Plaza of the Americas during the vigil for the one-year anniversary of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting.

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Florida universities react to deaths of MSD survivors

By Kyle Wood | Mar. 28, 2019

UF is home to 273 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School alumni

Audience members were offered free condoms, buttons and pizza Thursday during the No Es No: Dissecting Rape Culture on Campus event in Turlington Hall. About 75 students attended the event, which was presented by Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity and Sexual Trauma Interpersonal Violence Education by GatorWell.

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‘No es No': Students dissect rape culture on college campuses

By Jordyn Kalman | Mar. 28, 2019

About 75 students attended the free event

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New music building, infrastructure updates: What UF is lobbying for

By Kelly Hayes | Mar. 28, 2019

UF requested $38.1 million for infrastructure and utilities improvements

Avery Chambers, a 19-year-old UF Chinese freshman, made fliers to encourage students to help bring the Korean language program back to UF.

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Korean language program to return to UF after 11 years

By Christina Mouttet | Mar. 27, 2019

The program stopped in 2008 due to the economic recession.

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Glitch in ONE.UF system causes delays in course registration

By Mikayla Carroll | Mar. 27, 2019

Hundreds of students attempted to register every minute

Michael Murphy stands with 2017-2018 UF Student Government President Smith Meyers and 2016-2017 SG Vice President Brendon Jonassaint at the Western Wall in Israel.

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UF SG president-elect attends pro-Israel conference

By Hannah Beatty | Mar. 26, 2019

More than 270 student government presidents attended

Kevin O’Leary, the 64-year-old businessman and star of the television show “Shark Tank,” speaks Monday to a packed auditorium at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at UF. O’Leary used clips from the television show during the presentation and took questions from the audience at the end.

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‘If you can’t do this, then I guarantee you will fail’: Shark Tank star speaks at UF

By Taylor Girtman | Mar. 25, 2019

Kevin O’Leary spoke to more than 1,700 people

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UF lobbies for first Center for Artificial Intelligence in state

By Kelly Hayes | Mar. 25, 2019

The university is requesting $7,837,400 for the center

Justin Hosbey, Randi Gill-Sadler, Raja Rahim and Justin Dunnavant speak on a panel to discuss the challenges of collecting oral history. (Photo by University of Florida)

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UF African American Oral History Symposium uses sound to connect students with history

By Mikayla Carroll | Mar. 24, 2019

Joel Buchanan’s voice flooded students ears as he discussed the hardships of segregation on Thursday.

Jamal Waked, a 23-year-old UF alumnus, holds his dog Sonny Thursday while being interviewed in his apartment at College Park, 303 NW 17th St. Waked made living alone a priority when he was looking for an apartment. “I need my own space. I need to do my own thing,” he said.

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Living in Gainesville: Students choose between luxury and affordability (Part 2 of 4)

By Taylor Girtman | Mar. 21, 2019

Six new luxury apartment complexes will be built by 2020

UF students participating in yoga class put on by UF's Disability and Resource Center.

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UF’s Disability Resource Center recognized as No. 6

By Sarina Nunes | Mar. 21, 2019

More than 3,000 students are registered with the Disability Resource Center