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Around 50 residents of Alachua County, varying from directors, volunteers and participants, gathered on Wednesday at the Westminster Presbyterian Church for the Human Rights Coalition’s monthly ID Fair.
Over the course of 1,000 days, hundreds of thousands of men, women and children have learned to adapt to a new reality — one where classes are held in bomb shelters and the sounds of air sirens are more common than not.
Roughly the size of a fingernail, semiconductor chips breathe life into modern technologies, including artificial intelligence, smartphones, cars and national security systems.
In downtown Gainesville, where energetic nightclubs and lavish restaurants meet, lies a passion for punk rock not only as a genre, but as a way of life.
After reviewing items from Google search inquiries and a handwritten “goodbye letter” at a hearing Monday, United States assistant attorney Adam Hapner said there was probable cause a Gainesville man was guilty of cyberstalking.
Forrest Kendall Pemberton, a 26-year-old Gainesville resident, was arrested by the FBI on federal stalking charges Dec. 28 for allegedly plotting an attack on a major pro-Israel organization in Plantation, Florida.
UF officially began its search for a new president, a process expected to stretch over several months and involve intense scrutiny from stakeholders.
The University of Florida selected LaVilla, a historic neighborhood in Jacksonville, for its new graduate campus, Thursday.
The UF Board of Trustees put in place policies Thursday that bolster their authority over key hiring and spending decisions across the university — particularly those within the president’s office.
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After Florida’s men’s basketball head coach Todd Golden was accused of sexual harassment and stalking by an unreleased number of women, the university investigative process is still unfolding.
Justin Fernandez sat alone on the second floor of the Reitz Union after his freshman orientation in 2022.
More than two years and $27 million later, the UF’s Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education is welcoming its first wave of course majors and minors in 2025.
On Election Day, Gainesville residents had a choice to give Gainesville Regional Utilities power back to the Gainesville City Commission or leave it with the governor-appointed authority board. The referendum passed with 72%, with residents voting to give power back to the city.
Roe v. Wade federally ensured a woman’s right to an abortion. When it was overturned in 2022, many Floridians were outraged. Voters reached close to one million signatures to put the issue on the 2024 Election Day ballot.
In June, Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed more than $32 million in arts funding across Florida, which shocked arts producers and enthusiasts alike. This was a terrible move by the state government. To me, arts and cultural events offered by the City of Gainesville and Alachua County are quality-of-life programming.
The Lynx manager Jackie Davison said she was inspired to host the event after finding a sewing store in Maryland that planned to host a makers’ day, where visitors could work on their own sewing projects on Election Day. Davison explained that The Lynx staff felt they would benefit from a mindfulness event just as much as customers would.
A team of Gators is preparing to design prosthetic limbs and build bomb shelters for civilians more than 5,000 miles away. After a year of campaigning for a sister-city agreement between Gainesville and Nizhyn, Ukraine, students with UF’s Ukraine Rebuilding Initiative saw their efforts come to fruition.
Democratic candidate Chad Scott won about 47% of the votes, ultimately clinching the Alachua County sheriff race. The race had a margin of just 392 votes, the closest local sheriff race in recent history.
Hundreds of students were able to pay off their parking tickets by donating canned food through the UF Food for Fines program.
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