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UF club to hold Barrels for Boobs surf competition

By Laura Escobar | Mar. 25, 2015

UF’s all-female surf club plans to shred breast cancer.

From left: Santa Fe Student Government Senator-elect Iyanuoluwa “Isreal” Okeowo poses for a photo with President-elect Conor Flynn, Vice-President-elect Hannah Gwynn and Treasurer-elect Justin Deese at the senate meeting on Wednesday.

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Santa Fe College student exec ticket, treasurer elected

By Hunter Williamson | Mar. 25, 2015

Unopposed candidates Conor Flynn and Hannah Gwynn were elected Santa Fe College Student Body president and vice president on Wednesday night.

Ludacris performs during Gator Growl on Flavet Field on Friday night. This was the first year the event wasn’t held in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

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Gator Growl looking for theme ideas

By Stella Heekin | Mar. 25, 2015

For the first time, people can submit themes for UF’s Homecoming Week and Gator Growl.

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Spring Local Arts Festival and Fundraiser at First Magnitude

By Lilianne Busto | Mar. 25, 2015

Local artists can have a place to showcase their work to the community Sunday.

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Students speak at Florida Legislature for Gator Day

By Alyssa Fisher | Mar. 24, 2015

UF students joined the Florida Legislature in a round of “We are the Boys” on Tuesday afternoon at a luncheon sponsored by the UF Alumni Association.

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State awards UF Health for cancer center

By Veronica Garcia | Mar. 24, 2015

UF Health earned a new badge of excellence.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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