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Eight Alachua County Public Schools K-12 teachers participated in the two-day “Chewing on Change” workshop last week to better understand science education standards through a deep dive into horse fossils Sunday.
Whether it was fate or mere chance, author Bob Beatty said it was a creepy, cool, full-circle moment when he finished his new book, which centers on Duane Allman, on the 50th anniversary of the music legend’s death.
Kenneth Nunn remembers a time when his late wife, Patricia Hilliard-Nunn, drove down country roads with a camera in hand searching for the names and personal stories of enslaved Africans in Alachua County.
Days after nearly 300 members of the UF community stormed Emerson Alumni Hall in protest of Republican Sen. Ben Sasse, the university’s sole presidential finalist, another group of around 20 gathered to express its discontent with the decision.
Silvestre Hernandez, who belongs to the Huastec, Totonac and Comanche tribes, was at Gainesville City Hall Monday playing various traditional songs on different flutes from his culture. His shirt read “missing, murdered indigeneous women” with two red hand prints on it.
Rep. Val Demings, D-Orlando, had some company when she wrapped up her speech to the crowd at Gainesville’s International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers — her first of six stops Saturday.
Nearly 50 years since the 1970s, the Matheson History Museum is showcasing Gainesville’s rich musical history from that decade — bringing with it a nostalgic outlook on the music and culture of an iconic concert hall.
Being stuck in the emergency room was not how 20-year-old UF psychology junior Avery Dodge imagined spending an average Wednesday night last year.
Ominous storm clouds and dense humidity joined forces Tuesday morning, almost as if they were pressuring Al Black to paint his latest mural quicker. The setbacks lacked any chance of hindering the renowned artist: At 80 years old, he had already completed half of his mural in three hours.
Chris Carlson, UF associate director of facility support, pointed excitedly at dark mounds of guano — bat poop — on the ground below one of UF’s bat houses at Field and Fork Farm and Gardens.
Oak Hammock residents heard from some of Gainesville’s mayoral candidates for the first time Tuesday night.
Christine Fuston found comfort in her own skin when she saw her reflection in Goldenrod Parlor’s mirror. She traded her long hair for the style she always dreamed of: a pixie cut.
Under tall pecan trees, community members joined hands in song, fried batches of fish and flew Juneteenth flags while honoring the end of slavery in Florida.
Gainesville will celebrate Florida’s Emancipation Day, honoring the end of slavery in the state, by reading proclamations, flying flags, admiring artists and frying fish.
Pull out the sunscreen and pop open a cold one because this summer will be a scorcher in Gainesville.
Gabriella Winkler drew her own version of UF's parking map when her family visited campus for her graduation May 1. It was the only way to give them the most updated information on new road closures and routinely overbooked parking lots, she said.
For more than eight consecutive months, UF roads remain under construction. The latest project closed one of the busiest parts of campus.
Even before Jacob Frisch was diagnosed with autism in middle school, his classmates often hurled ableist slurs at him.
ACPS has the state’s widest achievement gap between white and Black students in both English language arts and mathematics. Segregation met its end in 1970 for Alachua County Public Schools, but disparities between Black student and white student performance afflict the district today.
Flyers with COVID-19 statistics are being swapped out for artistic displays.
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