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Sadie J. Ryan sits with team members to interview a resident of the Galápagos Islands to collect data for her study about dengue fevers effects on the people who live there.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF study shows how to prevent deadly dengue disease in the Galapagos

By Jordyn Kalman | Mar. 13, 2019

There is an average of 25,000 deaths annually worldwide

Kevin O’Leary, entrepreneur and star of ABC’s Shark Tank, will speak at the Phillips Center March 25.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Shark Tank star will speak at UF

By Lakshmi Gomez | Mar. 13, 2019

Students can pick up tickets March 21-22

Nestor Garcia, a 21-year-old industrial engineer major, attends the early voting session on Oct. 22, 2018, at the J. Wayne Reitz Union to vote for the first time.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Despite the rumors, Reitz Union likely to continue as early voting location

By Hannah Beatty | Mar. 12, 2019

154 people voted early at the Reitz as of Tuesday

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF ongoing investigation finds no misuse of funds

By Kelly Hayes | Mar. 12, 2019

Investigation follows reports of complaints alleging UF misused over $2 million

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2019 file photo, actress Lori Loughlin, center, poses with daughters Olivia Jade Giannulli, left, and Isabella Rose Giannulli at the 2019 "An Unforgettable Evening" in Beverly Hills, Calif. Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli were charged along with nearly 50 other people Tuesday in a scheme in which wealthy parents bribed college coaches and other insiders to get their children into some of the most elite schools in the country, federal prosecutors said. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

NEWS | NATIONAL

TV stars and coaches charged in college bribery scheme

By The Associated Press | Mar. 12, 2019

BOSTON (AP) — Fifty people, including Hollywood stars Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, were charged Tuesday in a scheme in which wealthy parents allegedly bribed college coaches and other insiders to get their children into some of the nation's most elite schools.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Rises and falls: How UF graduate programs fare in U.S. News and World Report

By Kelly Hayes | Mar. 11, 2019

Sixteen programs increased ranking

Akiya Parks, a first-generation student and Machen Florida Opportunity Scholar, addresses the crowd on the Plaza of the Americas Feb. 26, 2019, for the “Stand Up and Holler: Gator Nation Giving Day.”

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF raised $12.6 million in one day. Here's where the money goes.

By Mikayla Carroll | Mar. 10, 2019

UF’s push for alumni donations differed among colleges, programs

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF’s university-wide commencement proves costly

By Lakshmi Gomez | Mar. 10, 2019

UF spent about $360,000 on Fall 2018 ceremony

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF students and faculty want to see building improvements. A bill new may help.

By Lakshmi Gomez | Mar. 10, 2019

The bill seeks $38.1 million from the state

Mary Katherine Boney, 5, and Hampton Boney, 7, inspect Zachariah Chou’s Inspire-themed dinosaur costume Tuesday outside of the The Hub. Chou, a 21-year-old UF political science junior, is Inspire Party’s presidential candidate for the 2019 UF Student Government elections. Inspire Party members also dressed up in a Pikachu outfit while campaigning. Chou said that the idea for the inflatable outfits came from the “‘Pokemon Go’ to the polls” statement that Hillary Clinton made during the 2016 presidential election. “We thought it would be a very positive way to increase voter turnout, and it’s definitely something different,” he said. “It all started with the Pikachu suit.”

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Pikachu, T-shirts and pizza: A look at Spring SG election finances

By Hannah Beatty | Mar. 10, 2019

Impact Party spent about $750 more than Inspire Party

NEWS

UF focuses on donations to reach top 5 status

By Kelly Hayes | Mar. 10, 2019

About 15 percent of the alumni population donates to UF

NEWS | SFC

Options continue to expand for students transitioning to UF

By Mikayla Carroll | Feb. 28, 2019

UF Online and Innovation Academy bring in more student transitions each year

A team worked quickly to excavate as much of the dugong’s skeleton from the rock as possible. Just feet from the Panama Canal, the site flooded within a week.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Dig it: UF researcher discovers the Central America's oldest sea cow

By Sarina Nunes | Feb. 28, 2019

The skeleton is 15 feet long

NEWS | CAMPUS

Former UF department chair loses defamation case against The New York Times

By Kelly Hayes | Feb. 28, 2019

The case is based on an article published in 2015

Gator robotics working on technology at a robotics workshop.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF robotics team goes through hoops to compete in basketball tournament

By Abraham Hunt | Feb. 28, 2019

The $2,000 robot will bring its game to potentially compete for $10,000

Akiya Parks, a first-generation student and Machen Florida Opportunity Scholar, addresses the crowd on the Plaza of the Americas Feb. 26, 2019, for the “Stand Up and Holler: Gator Nation Giving Day.”

NEWS | CAMPUS

First Gator Nation Day of Giving raises $12.6 million

By Kelly Hayes | Feb. 26, 2019

Donations will help UF toward goal of top 5 public university

Student Government SG Generic

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Libby Shaw sworn in as Senate President as Michael Murphy leaves

By Hannah Beatty | Feb. 26, 2019

Senators had a mouthful to say Tuesday night as they voted for new Senate leadership.

Health science senior Daniel Valladares, 22, answers questions about his business idea for a parking service app called “QU Parking.”

NEWS | CAMPUS

"Gator Tank" competitors 'bite' at opportunity to showcase original products

By Lina Ruiz | Feb. 26, 2019

The three winners will compete in April

Mirrors across eleven locations on campus were covered in paper in honor of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Students were encouraged to write inspirational messages on the paper.

NEWS | CAMPUS

This is why mirrors across UF’s campus were covered on Monday

By Christina Mouttet | Feb. 26, 2019

Students wrote inspirational messages on covered mirrors

Duane Mitchell and Dr. Jianping Huang, Director of Clinical Laboratory Operations for the UF Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program, work together on research in a laboratory.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Multi-million dollar donation kicks off brain tumor research at UF

By Christina Mouttet | Feb. 25, 2019

A neuromedicine clinic, neuro-oncology laboratories will be named in honor

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