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Workshop to spark creativity in Shands
By Daniela Bulla | Oct. 21, 2015Twenty-five years ago, Mary Lisa Kitakis-Spano’s first patient was a little girl in bunny slippers.
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Santa Fe Senate elects parliamentarian
By Hunter Williamson | Oct. 21, 2015Santa Fe College Student Senate elected a new parliamentarian and elections committee Wednesday evening.
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Students eat food from Asian cultures
By Meryl Kornfield | Oct. 20, 2015Gators filled their growling stomachs with buttered chicken and spring rolls in the Florida Gymnasium on Tuesday night.
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Five businesses to pitch their ideas
By Gabrielle Newman | Oct. 20, 2015Rob Damitz started his business, aqUV, in graduate school.
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UF IFAS developed app, helps conserve water
By Monica Andrade | Oct. 20, 2015Homeowners can save water with a tap on their smartphone.
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Former US senator speaks on disability act
By Katelyn Newberg | Oct. 20, 2015For former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), the approval of the Americans with Disabilities Act was a family matter.
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Get it started: UF holds startup fair
By Lamia Chowdhury | Oct. 20, 2015Students will hand their resumes to startup businesses today in the hopes of landing a summer internship.
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UF colleges host paper-airplane competition to raise money
By Martin Vassolo | Oct. 20, 2015Gate 16 of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium functioned as an airplane runway on Tuesday as students and faculty folded and launched paper planes off the stadium ledge.
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UF Office of Sustainability to host sustainable travel fair at Reitz Union
By Courtney Grigsby | Oct. 20, 2015Students who bike, skate and run to campus will be able to share how they’ve helped the environment today on the Reitz Union Lawn.
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U Matter, We Care talks to SG about mental health
By Caitlin Ostroff | Oct. 20, 2015After a suicide took place last week, UF’s U Matter, We Care visited student senators at Tuesday night’s Student Senate meeting.
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Campus Cursive spreads love to students
By Jennifer Louissaint | Oct. 19, 2015Under the chiming of Century Tower, students gathered to scribble letters of love and encouragement Monday.
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UF IFAS opens new research facility in Cedar Key, Florida
By Van Miller | Oct. 19, 2015A former motel in Cedar Key, Florida, now serves as a UF biological station.
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SG hosts first scooter safety week
By Caitlin Ostroff | Oct. 19, 2015University Police Officer Chad Holway helped Alex Waler, a 21-year-old UF biology junior, put on a black helmet as she got on his parked motorcycle on Turlington Plaza on Monday.
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UF to use Periscope for live virtual tours of campus
By Alexandra Fernandez | Oct. 19, 2015Prospective students across the country will soon be able to see the Potato, the French Fries and other UF landmarks from their homes.
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Night walk for cancer research
By Janiece Sebris | Oct. 19, 2015Balloons and lanterns will glow outside the stadium on Thursday night for those with cancer.
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Former U.S. senator visits UF
By Esther Khoudari | Oct. 19, 2015A former senator instrumental in writing and passing the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act will speak at UF today.
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Civil rights leader talks Voting Rights Act to UF students
By Alexandra Fernandez | Oct. 18, 2015Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) encouraged UF students and Gainesville residents Friday to get into trouble, but the good kind of trouble.
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UF alumna’s business helps international students
By Caitlin Ostroff | Oct. 18, 2015When Xinjie Gonos moved from Yellow Mountain, China, she could barely fit a bed in her tiny Gainesville apartment.
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Students get dolled up in drag
By Caitlin Ostroff | Oct. 18, 2015Dressed in pumps and curly red wigs, UF students danced their way down a light-lined runway as disco lights flashed Friday night.
