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Vision Party swept the UF Spring 2026 Student Government elections in an entirely uncontested race, in which no one ran for other parties or as independent candidates.
Tuesday marked the first day of voting for the Spring 2026 Student Government elections.
In Spring 2025, Change Party received almost one-third of the votes for the eight senators from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. They got, however, zero seats. With only around 64% of the votes, Vision Party took all nine seats. Vision prevailed in this district, but not by enough to deserve a sweep.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated Cody Fahm's last name.
As an April 24 federal deadline approaches, UF faculty are overhauling hundreds of lectures, slides and documents to comply with updated disability access rules — leaving some overwhelmed and questioning whether they have the time or tools to get it done.
Before they even step onto the practice court, Gators men’s basketball players are already taking shots. But not free throws or 3-pointers. This is a different kind of shot — one that comes in a plastic scoop and has a single, staple ingredient: creatine.
Jennifer Rodriguez Perez started her Thursday as a typical 19-year-old UF marine sciences junior. She ended it with a new title: “head of the lettuce.”
The city of Gainesville converted several streets near UF’s main campus into one-way pairs in January.
Tras los tiroteos mortales de dos ciudadanos estadounidenses en Minneapolis el mes pasado, miembros de la comunidad de Minnesota están encabezando titulares por advertir a sus vecinos sobre agentes federales de inmigración mediante una red clandestina de silbatos y videos de iPhone. En Florida, que registró casi 10,000 arrestos del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) solo en la primera mitad del año pasado, los activistas están siguiendo el mismo camino.
The neon green and blue lights of Brew & Root illuminate the sidewalk of University Avenue.
I missed UF’s famous fall football season, so my first real glimpse of American sports culture didn’t come through tailgates and Saturday kickoffs. Instead, it showed up in smaller moments: the way people talk about games while in line for coffee, the way a logo on a sweatshirt becomes a conversation starter and the way the Super Bowl can turn a normal Sunday into something that feels closer to a national holiday.
When I first arrived in Spain three weeks ago, I thought I had made a huge mistake.
In an office break room, a classroom or a crowded restaurant, the room shifts the moment four men in tuxedos step forward with a long-stemmed rose.
Florida’s public university system has approved a significantly shortened Introduction to Sociology textbook that eliminates several core subject areas, a move faculty members say reshapes how the discipline is introduced to thousands of students statewide.
This Valentine’s Day, love is in the air — and on the web.
In addition to Saturday’s game being a ranked Southeastern Conference contest, it will mark the return of a former Gator who played an important role in last season’s national championship.
Social media posts showcasing Valentine’s Day gifts and celebrations can increase pressure to spend, reinforcing consumer habits tied to the holiday.
Free speech holds a powerful place in American culture, yet it’s frequently misunderstood and occasionally used as a shield for behavior it was never meant to protect.
Rising rent prices across Gainesville are pushing UF and Santa Fe College students farther from campus, making housing near the university increasingly unaffordable. A study published in September 2025 listed Gainesville as the 11th most expensive metro to live in out of the 196 most populous areas in the U.S.
Following the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis last month, Minnesota community members are making headlines for warning their neighbors about federal immigration agents through a shadow network of whistles and iPhone videos. In Florida, which saw nearly 10,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests in the first half of last year alone, activists are following suit.
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