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(06/10/24 10:00am)
Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, pro-Palestinian protestors across Florida and the nation are calling on universities to publicly disclose and divest from their financial partnerships with Israel. At UF, home to the largest population of undergraduate Jewish students in the country, protestors’ demands have gone unacknowledged by the university. After reviewing publicly available information on UF’s business partnerships, investment portfolio and contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense, The Alligator identified UF’s financial ties with Israel and organizations supplying military aid to the nation.The UF Divest Coalition, an assembly of student-led and community pro-Palestinian organizations, began occupying the Plaza of the Americas in the heart of UF’s campus April 24 to demand the university make its financial partnerships with Israeli-affiliated defense companies transparent.
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(05/28/24 10:00am)
Two opposing meetings, one by the city commission and the other by the Gainesville Regional Utilities authority, discussed the future of GRU May 23.
(05/28/24 10:00am)
As a transgender man, Brooke Clayton’s first preference on the housing application was the Springs Complex, the only UF dorm that offers gender neutral housing through the Lavender Living Learning Community. Then, his preference disappeared from the application May 7 — a week before he had to submit it.
(05/26/24 3:57pm)
CORRECTION: This story previously incorrectly reported Gainesville Police Department launched the sweep, 70 notices of the sweep were posted and Gainesville could not confirm if the employees wearing PPE hazmat suits were Gainesville Public Works Department staff. The article has since been updated to reflect the sweep was started and executed by Gainesville Fire Rescue in collaboration with GPD and the Gainesville Public Works Department, a notice for every tent was posted and the city did confirm Gainesville Public Works Department staff were the ones in PPE in a May 17 press conference.
(05/16/24 11:53pm)
Gainesville City Commission passed its first reading to potentially let voters change how the Gainesville Regional Utilities Authority operates in the November election.
(05/13/24 1:00pm)
During the Spring semester, the Student Senate passed laws and resolutions covering issues ranging from rebuking ACCENT and Student Government Productions Agency for inviting Nelly to calling upon UF to address climate change and move away from fossil fuels.
(05/13/24 12:00pm)
After losing his top pick for a postdoctoral assistantship, UF professor Zhengfei Guan is suing top state officials to block a law restricting international student employment at Florida public universities.
(04/30/24 9:10pm)
Florida Deputy Athletic Director Lynda Tealer was hired as the NCAA Senior Vice President of Championships, as announced by the NCAA Tuesday afternoon.
(04/22/24 2:00pm)
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(04/22/24 1:00pm)
As April ebbed away, Sarah Parker dreaded what’s to come when the clock strikes May: an even stricter state abortion ban in the wake of a world post-Roe v. Wade’s overturn.
(04/22/24 1:00pm)
Bob Graham’s enduring influence on UF is reflected in his advancement of environmental initiatives and his advocacy for public education — as well as having a playful and nurturing personality, according to those who knew him.
(04/19/24 7:57pm)
The ability to move around Gainesville safely and efficiently is key to four of the City of Gainesville’s Strategic Plan goals: A Great Place to Live & Experience, Resilient Local Economy, Equitable Community and More Sustainable Community.
(04/19/24 6:59pm)
At its meeting Thursday, the Gainesville City Commission approved a plan for the reconstruction of the City Hall Plaza Ponds and revisited a proposed referendum regarding the GRU Authority Board.
(04/18/24 6:16pm)
The current problem
(04/18/24 1:06am)
North Central Florida homeless service providers avoided a near miss of losing over a million dollars in federal funding after finding a replacement lead agency, announced the Taskforce Fore Ending Homelessness Wednesday.
(04/15/24 1:00pm)
A regulation amendment traveling through the Florida Board of Governors will increase students’ options to complete the civic literacy requirement added in 2017 to state education statutes.
(04/15/24 1:00pm)
As the city celebrated its 50th anniversary of the Regional Transit System, the future of Gainesville’s sustainable transportation was called into question.
(04/15/24 1:00pm)
Signaled by the election of Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro in 2018, a slew of right-wing populists have assumed the presidency across Latin America. Argentina’s Javier Milei in 2023 and El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele are the most recent entries into this trend, while Chile’s José Antonio Kast popularity only increases for the 2025 election.
