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UF awarded grant to study plastic in water samples

By Gabriela Rodriguez | Oct. 7, 2015

Students’ toothpastes could harm the environment.

Susan Webster is sworn in as Student Senate President at Tuesday's meeting.

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Susan Webster sworn in as next Student Senate President

By Caitlin Ostroff | Oct. 6, 2015

Cheers were heard and hugs were given throughout the Senate chambers as a new Senate President and Pro-Tempore was sworn in.

This bionic arm was created by UF engineering students using a 3-D printer at the mechanical and aerospace engineering lab. Santiago Marin, one of about 20 students on the team, said it cost about $350 and took eight weeks to build.

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UF engineering students build bionic limbs

By Caitlin Ostroff | Oct. 6, 2015

A 7-year-old boy in Naples is getting a special Christmas present — an arm.

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Jim Obergefell to speak on LGBTQ+ progress

By Alexandra Fernandez | Oct. 6, 2015

Jim Obergefell will tell UF students how he helped make history.

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UF fair aims to end disability stigma

By Ebony Joseph | Oct. 6, 2015

When UF psychology sophomore Sarai Almanza started college, she didn’t know she had a learning disorder.

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Research Roundup: 10/07/2015

Oct. 6, 2015

UF astronomer helps capture most comprehensive images of Milky Way

Mickey Vellukunnel, a 26-year-old UF computer science graduate student, breaks his fast with pita bread and hummus. He said the space was a good way for people of different religions to come together and “get a taste of the practice,” an Islamic tradition to cleanse one’s body and spirit.

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UF students start and end Islamic fast together

By Monica Andrade | Oct. 6, 2015

At 3:30 a.m., UF international studies freshman Katarina Negron stuck her fork into a stack of five buttermilk pancakes.

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Voting poses barriers for IA, PaCE students

By Caitlin Ostroff | Oct. 6, 2015

While last week’s Student Government elections had a high voter turnout with more than 10,000 students voting, not all voices were heard.

Leeashaa Ramoutar hugs Boomer, a 2 1/2-year-old black lab and UPD explosive detection K9 on Oct. 6, 2015. Officer Dale Holmes brought Boomer to Get FRUVED’s stress management event on the Plaza of the Americas.

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Students de-stress at UF ‘fruvement’ event

By Deshlee Ford | Oct. 6, 2015

Two UF students dressed in banana and grape costumes gave passersby colorful balloons.

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UF students to march for gender equality, HeForShe campaign

By Martin Vassolo | Oct. 6, 2015

UF biology freshman Kendall Cantrell won’t go back to Midtown. The last time she was there, the 18-year-old was groped by multiple men at Grog House Bar and Grill.

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Transgender health month to kick off

By Alexandra Fernandez | Oct. 5, 2015

Second-year UF medical student Ansley Schulte revamped HealthQueer Alliance last year with two goals in mind: to educate the health science community on LGBTQ+ health and to create safe spaces for the LGBTQ+ community.

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