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MegaHeart, a 2-year-old German Shepherd-Chihuahua mix, was rescued from a kill shelter in Kosovo. She was brought to UF by Happy Life Entitled Inc. to raise awareness about their nonprofit organization, which is aimed at saving the planet in addition to providing students a way to relieve stress.

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Veteran’s nonprofit brings pups to UF

By David Hoffman | Apr. 12, 2017

Tiny puppies made Evan Shapiro’s day Wednesday.

Megan Ellis holds Naomi, an 11-year-old boa constrictor, on Wednesday. The 20-year-old UF wildlife conservation and ecology sophomore promoted the UF Wildlife Society club at the Sustainability Showcase.

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UF celebrates Campus Earth Day

By Aubrey Hoffman | Apr. 12, 2017

Worried about the fate of her planet, UF student Victoria Thompson found herself among like-minded peers on Wednesday, as the university celebrated Campus Earth Day.

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By Harrison O’Keeffe | Apr. 12, 2017

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Nonprofit pledges $1 million to UF Shands

By Jimena Tavel | Apr. 11, 2017

Over the next five years, UF researchers will receive $1 million to fight children’s cancer.

An osprey stands in its nest above UF’s Alfred A. McKethan Stadium with its two eggs. The future baby osprey’s parents, a male and female captured through a livestream established by the UF Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, conceived the eggs in early March.

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Livestream captures sad turn in saga of UF’s ospreys

By Lauren Smith | Apr. 11, 2017

While ospreys don’t show signs of mourning, Carolyn Fulwood was concerned when she saw egg casings lying underneath a lamppost last week.

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Student Body president announces start of Uber discount

By Paige Fry | Apr. 11, 2017

UF Student Body President Susan Webster gave her last report to the Student Senate on Tuesday, where she announced the official start of UF’s Uber discounts.

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Journalism department chair named UF professor of the year

By Romy Ellenbogen | Apr. 11, 2017

After serving as an editor for Men’s Health magazine and co-authoring a best-selling book with television’s Dr. Mehmet Oz, Ted Spiker can now add “UF’s top teacher” to his resume.

A look at one of the floors inside Newell Hall.

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New 24/7 UF study center set to open

By Paige Fry | Apr. 11, 2017

After five years of lobbying, planning and constructing, a new 24/7 study center at UF is scheduled to open next week.

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UF forest resources and conservation undergraduate receives prestigious scholarship

By Daniela Esteves | Apr. 10, 2017

Karolina Weclawska is preparing to study moss in Poland as the first undergraduate from UF’s School of Forest Resources and Conservation to receive a Fulbright Study/Research Award.

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Student Government hosts Sexual Assault Awareness Day

By Paige Fry | Apr. 10, 2017

About 300 UF students signed a pledge Monday to recognize that non-consensual sex is considered sexual assault.

Rabbi Berl Goldman, a director of the Lubavitch Chabad Jewish Center, speaks to about 600 people before officially starting Passover at about 8 p.m. on Monday.

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Hundreds gather to celebrate Passover at Chabad, Hillel

By David Hoffman | Apr. 10, 2017

As droves of Jewish students and locals alike gathered for Passover in Gainesville on Monday night, the holiday meant something different for each.

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UF championship robotics team to talk tech at seminar

By Courtney Moberley | Apr. 10, 2017

A UF student organization with five world-championship wins in robotics is hosting a seminar Wednesday.

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Chris Gethard to perform stand-up comedy at Reitz

By Cooper Fulcher | Apr. 10, 2017

Nick Simmons will get the chance to see a performer who has helped him improve his own comedy at the Reitz Union on Wednesday.

Volunteers sit on the stage on Flavet Field during Relay For Life on Saturday. The volunteers pictured were willingly donating their hair.

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Fundraising, attendance at Relay for Life takes hit

By Jimena Tavel | Apr. 9, 2017

Relay for Life is shrinking at UF.

Dennis Kane, the self proclaimed "peace guy," makes a peace sign with his fingers on Turlington Plaza on Thursday afternoon.

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A thousand words about the Turlington Dancer

By Max Chesnes | Apr. 9, 2017

He picks out the tiny shorts at Goodwill. They show off his quads.

Participants in the second-annual Out of the Darkness 3k pose for a photo. The walk was held to raise awareness for suicide prevention, and participants raised more than $10,000 on Saturday morning.

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Campus walk raises $5,000 to start UF suicide prevention group

By Jessica Giles | Apr. 9, 2017

A 3K walk raised about $10,000 on Saturday, with roughly half of it going toward establishing a suicide prevention and advocacy group at UF.

Emily Tran, a 20-year-old UF graphic design junior, holds a vinegaroon. The arachnid expels acetic acid when it feels threatened, which smells like vinegar.

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Roaches race, bees buzz at BugFest

By Paige Fry | Apr. 9, 2017

Rose Ashby, 9, picked a maggot up with tweezers, dipped it in bright pink paint and watched it crawl around a piece of paper, creating a one-of-a-kind bug design.

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Student group hosting week of events on mental health

By Mollee Jakubisin | Apr. 9, 2017

UF’s Counseling and Wellness Center’s AWARE Ambassadors are hosting a weeklong event series starting on Monday to destigmatize mental health.

For about an hour Friday, about 50 people all sat around a light tan, pentagon cloth sign, with a slit down the middle and a red painted health care “plus” sign and the words, “GAU CARES” underneath.

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GAU rallies against higher health care costs

By Paige Fry | Apr. 8, 2017

On Friday, more than 50 people — a mixture of UF graduate assistants, undergraduates and faculty — sat on the steps of Tigert Hall holding paper signs reading, “UF show GAs you care,” and “Save Gator Grad Care.”

Chelsea Handler, left, and Jacob Soboroff, right

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Chelsea Handler, Jacob Soboroff coming to UF

By Romy Ellenbogen | Apr. 6, 2017

This article has been updated to reflect that Jacob Soboroff declined payment.