Allessandra Inzinna

Staff Writer

Allessandra is a third-year journalism major with a minor in English. In the past, she has covered local musicians and the cannabis industry. She is now the Student Government reporter for The Alligator. Allessandra paints and plays guitar in her free time.

Matthew Cupelli

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF continues searches for directors, deans and provost

By Allessandra Inzinna , Alissa Gary and Sophia Bailly | Apr. 24, 2023

Over the past year, UF has found itself in a period of transition, including a new president appointed in February, the search for a new provost beginning in the Spring, a new UF Honors Program director to be announced within the next month and searches for a new dean of the Levin College of Law and Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering.

Matthew Cupelli

NEWS | CAMPUS

Students, faculty fear UF won’t meet 2025 carbon neutrality goal

By Allessandra Inzinna | Apr. 17, 2023

In June 2021, the UF Board of Trustees approved the $235 million Central Energy Plant Project to build a combined heat and power energy facility on campus. Set to begin construction this year, it will be the university’s largest energy provider, relieving UF of purchasing 750,000 pounds of steam from Duke Energy every year.

About 100 people gathered at the WARPhaus to condemn prisoner solidarity and UF’s censorship at the Burn It Down: Communications of Resistance Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

Alex Winn

NEWS | CAMPUS

4Most Gallery fields smashed windows, pressure from UF

By Allessandra Inzinna | Apr. 3, 2023

Broken glass littered the sidewalk outside 4Most Gallery March 27 after someone threw rocks through the window. Inside, a painting of a blazing jailhouse set against a natural scene showcased the exhibition’s goal: a society without prisons.

Griffin Wulf, a stilts performer, walks around the heart of Downtown Gainesville at the Bazar À La Carte Saturday, March 25, 2023.

Caia Reese

THE AVENUE | ART AND THEATER

DragonBox Theatre ignites Gainesville’s imagination with performances, puppetry

By Allessandra Inzinna | Mar. 29, 2023

DragonBox Theatre, a local aerial arts, puppetry, performance and workshop theater company, often puts on shows at How Bazar’s Night Festival and other events. Griffin Wulf can be seen walking around the streets of downtown Gainesville on stilts or twisting several feet above the ground, while George O’Brien, the other co-founder of DragonBox Theatre, will usually have one of his marionettes.

Makiya Seminera

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE

“To be her friend was to feel true joy.”: In Honor of Sabrina Marie Obando

By Allessandra Inzinna | Jan. 10, 2022

Obando, a 22-year-old Miami native, graduated cum laude in Fall 2021 with a degree in art history. On Jan. 4, Obando was hit by a pickup truck while she was crossing the sidewalk around 12:30 p.m. on the intersection of Northwest 8th Ave. and Northwest 10th St. Following the crash, she was transported to UF Health Shands Hospital where she died from her injuries.

Kate McNamara

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Graduate Students still have little voice in SG

By Allessandra Inzinna | Jan. 5, 2022

Following the Fall 2021 elections, both the Graduate and Family Housing seats remained vacant. Seven total votes were cast for only write-in candidates.

Kate McNamara

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Here is what you missed in Student Government this Fall

By Allessandra Inzinna | Nov. 29, 2021

Last Spring, SG passed 19 bills — at least 11 of which were resolutions. This semester, SG passed less than half of that. Seven bills were approved in the Senate chamber since September: three were resolutions.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF-made satellite headed to space late December

By Allessandra Inzinna | Nov. 22, 2021

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes off on a resupply mission for the International Space Station Dec. 21. A small UF-made satellite, roughly the length and width of a Subway footlong sandwich, will venture into space along with it.

Kate McNamara

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

SG advocates for crosswalk on University, 26th

By Allessandra Inzinna | Nov. 10, 2021

Senate unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday advocating for pedestrian safety at the intersection of University Avenue and Northwest 26th Street.

Cooper Brown, UF student body president, delivers the State of Campus Address at the University Auditorium on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021.

Alan Halaly

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Student Body President reflects on his term in State of the Campus Address

By Allessandra Inzinna | Nov. 3, 2021

The annual address allows SG’s executive branch to list their accomplishments of the semester and what is to come. Tuesday’s address was the first in-person address since 2019, as SG held the most recent address online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.