UF’s Black Affairs creates new initiatives
By Catie Wegman | May 22, 2017UF’s Black Affairs will initiate two new programs in the Fall dedicated to strengthening UF’s black community — P.A.A.C.T. and the Black Cultural Living Learning Community.
UF’s Black Affairs will initiate two new programs in the Fall dedicated to strengthening UF’s black community — P.A.A.C.T. and the Black Cultural Living Learning Community.
Student Experience in the Research University, a survey site geared toward undergraduate students, has been experiencing a low response rate this year.
UF’s Veterinary Emergency Treatment Service responded to a call Saturday in northwest Gainesville to rescue a 1,200-pound cow that got stuck in mud.
For more than 10 years, UF has raised $1 million for local charities across Alachua County.
On April 30, 23-year-old Morgan Montaudo walked across the stage of the O’Connell Center — a proud UF graduate. At the end of the Summer, her dog Biscotti will graduate, too.
One hundred children from Gainesville, ages 7 to 12, participated in a study published this month that measured children’s saliva for cortisol — a stress-sensitive hormone — before and after stressful activities.
As part of UF’s strategic development plan, the university will give $312,760 to research projects aimed at improving the lives of Gainesville citizens.
UF’s Summer A and Summer C sessions kicked off with a record number of students enrolled: 26,703.
Florida legislators voted to approve a budget that will give UF about $120 million in new funding.
When it was announced that UF’s GatoRaas dance team had won first place at the Raas All-Stars National Championship, no one ran toward the trophy — they ran for each other.
UF’s Student Senate held its first meeting of the Summer on Tuesday, where they elected a new member-at-large.
Two new scientists have joined the group of current and retired UF professors recognized by the National Academy of Sciences.
After about three years of construction and planning, university administrators, alumni and donors gathered to celebrate the official unveiling of UF’s new multimillion-dollar chemistry building.
The anxiety lives in the back of Nick Johnson’s mind.
Correction: This article has been updated to fix a typo in the spelling of Alpha Epsilon Pi. It is not Alpha Epsilon Phi, as it was previously written.
In the year that Susan Webster served as UF’s Student Body president, she said she made it her goal to work on all 42 points of Impact Party’s platform.
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When Will Atkins was chosen as the new executive director of Multicultural and Diversity Affairs, he acknowledged work needed to be done.
A group of UF students want to make routine traffic stops safer with a smartphone app.
Fewer than two months after Smith Meyers’ arrest for allegedly pushing down two motorcycles while drunk on Spring Break, he is set to take office as UF’s Student Body president on Wednesday.