Gatormania celebrates diversity of campus
By Michael S. Davidson | July 9, 2012They had just performed at Gatormania, a student organization fair showcasing diversity on campus.
They had just performed at Gatormania, a student organization fair showcasing diversity on campus.
Gainesville was recently named the top city in the state for Forbes magazine’s 14th annual “Best Places for Business and Careers.”
An off-duty Alachua County paramedic found an unidentified man stabbed at about 4:30 a.m.
On the east coast of Florida, more than 250 birds have washed onto shores they’ve never seen. Now they’re in Gainesville, but they’ll never see that either.
Thousands packed picnics, Frisbees, footballs and blankets for a sunny afternoon on Flavet Field, where the UF College of Journalism and Communications hosted the Fanfares and Fireworks event. It has been a Gainesville tradition for about 15 years, said Randy Wright, executive director of the college’s division of multimedia properties.
Football didn’t always come easy for James Hearns.
Rodney Adams wakes up every morning at 6:30 ready to take the field for two-a-days.
As a part of The Alligator Awards recognizing the best in UF athletics during the 2011-12 athletic season, columnists Joe Morgan and Corey McCall will debate two of the five nominees in each week’s category. Vote for the winner online at alligatorSports.org.
UF is anticipating about 2,200 new students taking classes this summer, said UF spokesman Steve Orlando.
Struggling to preserve Alachua County’s history yet little known to local residents, the museum, located at 513 E. University Ave., works to make a bigger impact on the community.
After an hour of haggling, storytelling and sidestepping on the last day of its meeting, the Board of Governors approved a 9 percent differential tuition increase for UF.
The Unified Wireless Network is a part of the larger Unified Network Project, which was developed to increase the efficiency of Wi-Fi on UF’s campus, said Fedro Zazueta, the senior director of the Office of Academic Technology and a professor in the agricultural and biological engineering department.
In 2007, Congress made an agreement allowing the interest rate on Stafford loans to drop from 6.8 percent to 3.4 percent over five years.
More UF students are deciding to plant entrepreneurial roots in Gainesville — building companies with the readily available student work force.
A lot has changed since TutoringZone started helping UF students get through their classes in 1999.
Under the Affordable Care Act, U.S. citizens must purchase health insurance or face a penalty.
Police have arrested a UF alumna for allegedly driving the car that hit a UF student on her bike, leaving her injured.
A team of UF researchers has received a $1.5 million grant to study the cause of colon cancer.
After accepting a few losses during this year’s legislative session, UF is getting some approval at a critical time for the university.
UF’s English Language Institute, or ELI, is looking for student volunteers for the Conversation Partner Program during Summer B. Volunteers will be paired with at least one non-English speaking student from another country and meet for a minimum of one hour each week.