‘I got beat on the buzzer’: UF student comes in last place on “Jeopardy!”

Jade Ryan, a 25-year-old UF English senior, and her friends watch her compete on "Jeopardy!" Tuesday night at House of Beer, at 19 W. University Ave.

Jay Kalogiros-Pepper, a Wildlife Ecology and Conservation junior at UF, holds up a sign that reads “Stop AI Surveillance” during the “Deflock UF” protest at Turlington Plaza, Sept. 9, 2026 in Gainesville, Fla.

Michael Angee

Deflock Protest

By Michael Angee | 7:06pm

Jay Kalogiros-Pepper, a Wildlife Ecology and Conservation junior at UF, holds up a sign that reads “Stop AI Surveillance” during the “Deflock UF” protest at Turlington Plaza, Sept. 9, 2026 in Gainesville, Fla.

UF’s new campus lies at 801 W. Bay Street, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Jacksonville, Fla.

Bayden Armstrong

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By Bayden Armstrong | 6:58pm

UF’s new campus lies at 801 W. Bay Street, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Jacksonville, Fla.

Bayden Armstrong

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By Bayden Armstrong | 6:58pm

UF’s new campus lies at 801 W. Bay Street, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Jacksonville, Fla.

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