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UF tech researchers look into gaming, humanoids
By Cresonia Hsieh | Apr. 21, 2015Forget about the Google Glass, Apple Watch or 3-D TV: UF students are coming up with different technology entirely.
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Petition proposes statues for UF’s Nobel Prize winners
By Cresonia Hsieh | Apr. 13, 2015UF Heisman trophy winners Tim Tebow, Steve Spurrier and Danny Wuerffel are no strangers to students. Their names are mentioned in conversation, used in articles and even carved on plaques outside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
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UF doctoral students program software for mind-controlled drone
By Cresonia Hsieh | Apr. 6, 2015Marvin Andujar and Chris Crawford have been inseparable for about three years and can practically read each other’s minds. Now they have a drone that can read theirs.
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UF medical students successfully matched with residencies
By Cresonia Hsieh | Mar. 22, 2015As 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.
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Gainesville programs host mid-century architecture showcase
By Cresonia Hsieh | Mar. 22, 2015This weekend’s third annual Gainesville Modern Weekend saw an increase in event participants.
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Students kick off Jewish Awareness Month
By Cresonia Hsieh | Mar. 12, 2015Floral gowns, animal ears and athletic jerseys were party-goers’ clothing of choice at Wednesday night’s Purim celebration.
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Bi-annual Turban Day educates students on Sikh customs
By Cresonia Hsieh | Mar. 11, 2015Although the weather was in the 80-degree range this afternoon, students lined up to wrap their heads in various colored Sikh turbans.
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UF law students spending break volunteering with Habitat for Humanity
By Cresonia Hsieh | Feb. 24, 2015Between working full time for the military and Department of Defense and earning his bachelor’s degree, Dion Bass hasn’t had a traditional Spring Break for nearly a decade. This year will be no different.
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Facebook offers legacy contact option for relatives of deceased
By Cresonia Hsieh | Feb. 18, 2015If you’re worried about your social media presence after you pass away, don’t worry — Facebook has your back.
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Attendance doubles at Paynes Prairie stargazing event
By Cresonia Hsieh | Jan. 25, 2015Paynes Prairie is usually only filled with bison, wild horses and white-tailed deer, but Saturday night, clear skies and social media brought in a record-breaking crowd, and its following traffic, to the annual stargazing event.
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A home and an architectural gem
By Cresonia Hsieh | Mar. 22, 2015The 3105 SW 5th Court house was one of the six mid-century modern homes featured on the Gainesville Modern Weekend tour on Saturday. Each house had contractors and/or the homeowners on-site to answer questions.
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By Cresonia Hsieh | Mar. 22, 2015The 3105 SW 5th Court house was one of the six mid-century modern homes featured on the Gainesville Modern Weekend tour on Saturday. Each house had contractors and/or the homeowners on-site to answer questions.
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By Cresonia Hsieh | Feb. 18, 2015Swamp Party presidential candidate Joseph Michaels, an economics and political science senior, presents his opening statement at the Student Government Executive Debate Tuesday night in the University Auditorium.
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Live At the Reitz
By Cresonia Hsieh | Feb. 17, 2015Justin McKenzie, the 25-year-old lead male singer, sings with his band The Savants of Soul in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom on Tuesday night. The Savants of Soul are a 10-member local band that plays soul music.
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FLC Debate 2015 - Michaels
By Cresonia Hsieh | Feb. 17, 2015Swamp Party presidential candidate Joseph Michaels, an economics and political science senior, presents his opening statement at the Student Government Executive Debate Tuesday night in the University Auditorium.
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FLC Debate 2015 - Padron-Rasines
By Cresonia Hsieh | Feb. 17, 2015Joselin Padron-Rasines, a political science and international studies junior, presents the Access Party opening statement for the University of Florida Student Government Executive Debate on Tuesday in the University Auditorium. Padron-Rasines is running as presidential candidate.
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Let's talk about MLK
By Cresonia Hsieh | Jan. 20, 2015Brittany Isidore, a 20-year-old UF animal sciences sophomore, facilitates a discussion at “Remember MLK: Releasing Injustices” in the Yulee recreation room on Tuesday.
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Movie Night
By Cresonia Hsieh | Jan. 13, 2015Filmmaker Jessica Oreck welcomes UF students to the screening and Q-and-A of "The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga" in the Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica at UF on Tuesday.
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GMOs
By Cresonia Hsieh | Jan. 8, 2015Mark Lynas, an author, environmental activist and visiting fellow at Cornell University, gives his presentation, “GMOs are Green: How an Environmentalist Changed His Mind on Biotechnology” to students in the Health Professions, Nursing and Pharmacy Auditorium on Thursday, Jan. 8.
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Pizza Smith
By Cresonia Hsieh | Jan. 7, 2015Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza employee Dallas Witters, 23, turns pizza in an oven using a long paddle at the joint’s meet-and-greet event Wednesday.
