Underclassmen most at risk for sexual assault
(08/17/09 12:00am)
An 18-year-old girl who just started college spends the night hanging out with her roommate and her roommate's friends.
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UF campus to ban tobacco
(08/04/09 12:00am)
In an effort to become healthier and cleaner, UF will ban tobacco on its main campus beginning in July, joining over 100 campuses across the U.S. that have already gone smoke free.
$7.7M center to move Infirmary to west campus
(07/21/09 12:00am)
UF's Student Health Care Center, known as the infirmary, will eventually be moving out of the center of campus to Radio Road, near the Lakside Residential Complex.
Correction
(07/21/09 12:00am)
A story in Thursday's Alligator attributed a quote from Student Health Care Center director Phillip Barkley to Paul Myers, assistant director of the Alachua County Health Department. Barkley's quote reads, "The real question is gonna be what kind of flu season are we gonna have this fall."
Swine flu spreads in Gainesville
(07/16/09 12:00am)
As confirmed and probable swine flu cases continue to mount across the state, the total exceeding 2,000, UF students have not been immune.
Rwanda show premieres to sold-out theater
(07/09/09 12:00am)
A man is separated from his wife.
Speaker emphasizes swine flu, hopes for vaccines
(05/19/09 12:00am)
Despite recent cases of swine flu at schools across the United States, including one case at UF, there were only about 10 students at a lecture about the virus Monday night.
Swine flu infects 55 in Florida, one is UF student
(05/12/09 12:00am)
Florida had 55 confirmed cases of swine flu, including one UF student, as of Monday afternoon, according to the Florida Department of Health.
Policymaker speaks to 100 about health care reform
(04/14/09 12:00am)
Future health care reform in the United States will emphasize cost-effective treatment, upping health insurance requirements and healthy habits for citizens, according to Kristine Blackwood.
Gator Saver Day offers life–saving skills to UF students
(04/13/09 12:00am)
About 90 students will learn basic life-saving techniques today at UF's Gator Saver Day, hosted by the UF's Student Health Care Center and Student Government.
Understaffed hospitals force nurses to work overtime
(04/03/09 12:00am)
At 11 p.m., registered nurse Alexis Lynch gulps down a Dr Pepper and some animal crackers to give her energy for the 16th hour of her shift on the pediatrics floor at Shands at UF. She agreed to work late even despite being scheduled to leave at 7 p.m. because there were not enough nurses to cover the shift.
Recreation classes may see cuts under new proposal
(03/31/09 12:00am)
Along with more staff and faculty layoffs, UF's last sport and fitness classes are also on the chopping block after the release of budget cut proposals from three more colleges.
Pros of legal weed need consideration
(03/30/09 12:00am)
Stoners everywhere have been getting mixed signals lately thanks to the Obama administration's stance on legalizing marijuana. Last week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Mexico for her first diplomatic tour of the country that has been rocked by more than 7,300 deaths in the Mexican government's war on drugs. Clinton alluded to a change in U.S. drug policy after conceding that America's voracious appetite for drugs only fuels the problem.
Future of CLAS needs to include strong religion program
(03/25/09 12:00am)
Last Wednesday College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean Paul D'Anieri revealed possible CLAS budget cuts which, if implemented, would reduce funding for the Department of Religion at UF by 65 percent. This would leave the department with a mere four faculty members and would likely end the graduate program.
Former Miss Florida speaks about eating disorders
(02/26/09 12:00am)
A former Miss Florida and UF alumna spoke about her struggles with an eating disorder to about 30 students and faculty Wednesday night on the Plaza of the Americas.
Self–esteem expert speaks at UF, discusses eating disorders
(02/25/09 12:00am)
Lindsay Byers-Storey has been sober for a year and a half. She hasn't binged, purged or starved herself.
Guest speaker says race and health are connected
(02/19/09 12:00am)
B. Lee Green, vice president of the Office of Institutional Diversity at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, spoke about the differences between racial classes and their health on Wednesday.
UF hosts free STD testing at Student Health Care Center
(02/10/09 12:00am)
As the holiday that emphasizes love and intimacy approaches, students will have the chance to get checked for STDs.
Norovirus outbreak sickens sorority house
(02/06/09 12:00am)
UF's Delta Phi Epsilon sorority house reopened Monday after closing for nearly a week due to an outbreak of Norovirus, a food-borne illness, that may have infected about 35 girls in the sorority.
Second Baby Gator center opens on Newell Drive
(01/21/09 12:00am)
More adults than kids crowded the classrooms of UF's new Baby Gator Child Development and Research Center on Tuesday night.
