COVID-19 Update: Weekly trends stay the same as the Spring semester nears it final month
(03/24/21 10:15am)
As April approaches, COVID-19 cases on UF’s campus continue at a 1% positivity rate after it returned March 12 .
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COVID-19 Update: UF’s positivity rate and quarantine count experience slight rise after Spring lows
(03/17/21 10:45am)
A week after UF recorded some of its lowest Spring semester COVID-19 cases, on-campus testing and off-campus quarantine numbers experienced a slight uptick in positive results.
Falling COVID-19 cases, rising vaccines and emerging variants approach the county one year later
(03/12/21 11:30am)
A year after UF shut down on-campus activity because of COVID-19, students and residents are still dealing with the saliva tests, Zoom lectures and homemade cloth masks that disrupted daily life.
COVID-19 Update: UF’s positivity rate under 1% for second week in a row
(03/10/21 11:30am)
Days before the one-year anniversary of the first confirmed COVID-19 in Alachua County, UF’s total positive cases of the virus passed 9,000 and the positivity rate continues to stay below 1%.
Senate ratifies election results, elects new Senate president
(03/05/21 11:00am)
Minority Party members are losing representation in Student Government after the Gator Party won the executive ticket, which includes the Student Body president, vice president and treasurer positions. Gator also gained a supermajority in Senate, holding about 80 of the 100 seats.
COVID-19 Update: UF’s seven-day average positivity rate falls below 1% for on-campus testing
(03/03/21 12:00pm)
UF’s COVID-19 numbers have continued to decrease during the past several weeks as the university reported its lowest on-campus testing positivity rate and quarantines since the start of the Spring semester.
Los familiares de los estudiantes de UF que murieron en West University Avenue presentaron demandas por muerte injusta
(03/01/21 11:19am)
Traducido por Melissa Hernandez de la Cruz
Santa Fe community receives second dose of COVID-19 vaccine
(03/01/21 11:45am)
The Alachua County Department of Health administered second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to some members of the Santa Fe College community Friday.
Families of UF students killed on West University Avenue filed lawsuits for wrongful death
(02/26/21 7:09pm)
The families of Sophia Lambert and Maggie Paxton — two UF students who died in pedestrian crashes on West University Avenue about a month apart — filed wrongful death lawsuits against the drivers and car owners on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Three-year-old struck and killed by a truck in Gainesville
(02/26/21 12:47am)
A 3-year-old died after he was hit by a truck Wednesday evening. The boy was hit while riding a toy scooter near 4100 NE 15th St. in Northeast Gainesville.
COVID-19 Update: 169 UF-affiliates test positive in last week
(02/24/21 11:30am)
UF’s COVID-19 cases for students and staff continue to fall in daily positive results and quarantines.
COVID-19 Update: UF’s on-campus positive tests bottoms out at 1% weekly average
(02/17/21 11:15am)
UF’s positive COVID-19 cases are at their lowest average since Feb. 5, reporting daily case numbers between two and 56.
UF COVID-19 Update: Quarantine numbers drop to lowest record for Spring while total student cases pass 1,000
(02/10/21 11:30am)
The number of UF-affiliated staff and students in quarantine dropped to its lowest count since the start of the Spring semester.
Celebrate Black History Month on a full stomach
(02/08/21 11:00am)
Food, culture and community-building are indivisibly intertwined in Gainesville. In honor of Black History Month, the Avenue has compiled a list of some of the Black-owned restaurants, food trucks and cafés in Gainesville.
Establishing a connection with listeners: Celebrity host Elvis Duran’s radio show comes to the Ocala-Gainesville station
(02/05/21 9:28pm)
Over the years, Elvis Duran and his co-host Scot Langley, also known as Froggy, have shared their private lives with their listeners: from a disease that nearly cost Froggy his life to the ceremony that united Duran with the love of his life.
COVID-19 Update: 362 UF students test positive for COVID-19 in last week
(02/03/21 11:20am)
UF reported 362 COVID-19 positive cases among students in the last week on Tuesday, according to UF’s testing dashboard. Last Monday, the university had nearly 500 total student positives since the start of the semester. Now, the total positive student cases for Spring is 854.
Últimas Novedades del COVID-19: Casi 500 estudiantes han dado positivo de COVID-19 desde que empezó el semestre
(02/01/21 6:47am)
Traducido por Melissa Hernandez de la Cruz
COVID-19 Update: Nearly 500 UF students test positive for COVID-19 since start of semester
(01/27/21 12:30pm)
After 205 more UF students tested positive for COVID-19 since Jan. 19, the total number of infected students since the start of the semester is nearing 500.
La facultad y los estudiantes de posgrado de UF se preocupan con las capacidades del UCI
(01/24/21 8:48am)
Traducido por Melissa Hernandez de la Cruz
COVID-19 Update: UF COVID-19 on-campus testing stays at 2% positive weekly average
(01/20/21 3:54am)
UF’s in-house COVID-19 testing efforts have remained consistent during the first week and a half of classes. For the last seven days, positivity rates have plateaued at about a 2% average.
