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Law school dean search down to four

By Cyanne Dunn | Mar. 24, 2015

Final interviews have begun in the search for a new dean for the UF Levin College of Law.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Gift of Life bone marrow match drive on campus today

By Angela Dunn | Mar. 24, 2015

Students can register to donate bone marrow at a Gift of Life bone marrow match drive today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF offers opportunity to participate in virtual career fair

By Caitlin Ostroff | Mar. 24, 2015

Students can talk to employers and pass out their resumes in the comfort of their own homes next week through a virtual career fair.

NEWS | CAMPUS

E-Discovery Conference to present importance of data evidence

By Brigitte Stambury | Mar. 24, 2015

A conference Friday will demonstrate how to effectively utilize electronic evidence in the courtroom.

Sarim Zaidi, a 24-year-old UF computer science graduate student, cheers at the festival on Flavet Field. Holi is observed to celebrate spring.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Holi to return to campus with a dash of color, free Krishna

By Chris Kennedy | Mar. 24, 2015

Paint will soar across the sky this weekend as students of many races and ethnicities celebrate the traditional Hindu festival Holi.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Service as important as class

Mar. 24, 2015

A part of my college education is missing. The classes I took were great (at least some of them), and I did well in my classes (at least some of them). But when I wasn’t in the library or lab trying to keep up with better-prepared students, I was working as a dishwasher in the cafeteria, earning money to pay for tuition.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Everglades rabbits didn’t hop away; pythons ate them

By Sophia Karnegis | Mar. 23, 2015

A UF wildlife ecology and conservation professor has confirmed the cause of a declining rabbit population in Gainesville’s sister swamp, the Florida Everglades National Park.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE

New fellows program to encourage STEM majors to stay put

By Alyssa Fisher | Mar. 23, 2015

About 60 percent of students entering college as STEM majors don’t follow through with it.

Erika Atencio, a UF biology freshman, hugs her friend Ian Supra, who has battled stage 4 esophageal cancer for more than a year. After hearing of Supra’s diagnosis in January 2014, Atencio and a group of her friends raised money to offset Supra’s medical bills by selling “Supra Strong,” bracelets and T-shirts.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF student sells wristbands, raises money for ‘Supra Strong’

By Ansley Pentz | Mar. 23, 2015

UF biology freshman Erika Atencio wears her “Supraman Strong” T-shirt when she asks for donations.

Pictured is a folded card reading “Taja DeJesus,” who was the fourth trans woman of color to die violently in the U.S. in 2015. The card was placed as part of a vigil on Turlington Plaza on Monday night in memory of trans women who have been killed violently.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF groups hold vigil in honor of murdered trans women

By Ariana Figueroa | Mar. 23, 2015

Turlington Plaza was silent except for the humming of the vending machines Monday night as people gathered to commemorate the lives of transgender women.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF students start own online delivery service, Gator Grocery

By Eric Heubusch | Mar. 23, 2015

A UF student is hoping to solve the grocery woes of the carless.

NEWS | CAMPUS

STEAM academy to hold first Hunger Benefit today

By Samantha Gutman | Mar. 23, 2015

UF students will host a benefit today to highlight the issue of food insecurity and world hunger.

Pictured is produce showcased in the “Flavors of Florida” event at the UF President’s House on Monday evening. Guests were able to taste dishes made with ingredients grown by breeders from the UF/IFAS Plant Innovation Center and the UF/IFAS Plant Breeding Program.

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Guests savor ‘Flavors of Florida’ at IFAS event at UF President's House

By Shannon Dudzinski | Mar. 23, 2015

The rain subsided just in time for Gainesville residents to sip and savor fresh food grown through UF’s research program Monday night.

Brittany Hammer, a 21-year-old UF finance senior, demonstrates how to use UF organization Nightlife Navigators’ drunk driver simulator. Hammer, Nightlife Navigators’ vice chair of outreach, collided multiple times with cars and pedestrians during the simulation.

NEWS | CAMPUS

A tale of two drivers: Reporters take on driving simulations

By Alligator Contributing Writers | Mar. 23, 2015

Behind the wheel with a 0.12

NEWS | SFC

SFC elections underway, SG officials noticed good turnout

By Hunter Williamson | Mar. 23, 2015

Voting for Student Government kicked off Monday morning at Santa Fe College.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Flex Bucks for the hungry: a new type of food drive

By Ariana Figueroa | Mar. 23, 2015

Last semester, roommates Mitchell Kaye and Connor Balint were waiting at the Rawlings Hall bus stop when a homeless man approached them to ask for food.

Rob Castellucci, co-founder of RoomSync and founder of the Gator Salsa Club, proposes to his girlfriend after the end of his talk at TEDxUF on Saturday. “I would go on for a thousand more reasons, but I’m pretty sure my 18 minutes is almost up,” Castellucci said. “Will you marry me?”

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TEDxUF focuses on breakthroughs in art, science

By Carla Vianna | Mar. 22, 2015

It was a packed house.

Paul Skelton, a fourth-year UF medical student, embraces his mother, Dr. Nadine Skelton, after finding out the National Resident Matching Program results at UF College of Medicine's annual Match Day. Skelton was matched at the University of Florida for internal medicine. UF was his first-choice residency program.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF medical students successfully matched with residencies

By Cresonia Hsieh | Mar. 22, 2015

As UF medical students anxiously waited in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom to learn where they would be spending their residency training, Ryan Meral was worrying for two.

NEWS | SFC

Santa Fe College student body elections start today

By Hunter Williamson | Mar. 22, 2015

Santa Fe College Student Government elections begin today.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF student awarded Young Futurist by popular website

By Nicole Gomez | Mar. 22, 2015

President Barack Obama strolled past UF student Kiona Elliott in the White House courtyard.