On the first day of his international journalism class at the University of Florida, Kaplan tips his cap to his students after explaining he had been diagnosed with cancer. Despite six months of chemo treatments, he never missed a class but was not permitted by his doctors to fly with his “Florida FlyIns” students to Guatemala.
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By Caroline Walsh | 5:28pmA sign for a studdy buddy program at the University of Florida’s Library West, Friday, April 10, 2025.
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By Caroline Walsh | 5:28pmA box of plant-based sausages at the Publix on University Avenue in Gainesville, Fla., Friday, April 10, 2026.
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By Bayden Armstrong | 2:22pmGraduation tassels sit on sale at the UF Bookstore in the Reitz Union, Friday, April 10, 2026, in Gainesville, Fla.





