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Thousands of UF students lined up across on-campus polling locations Tuesday for the first day of the Spring Student Government elections.
Sofia Clementina Noriega. Matthew Angelo Spampinato. Za’niyah Williams. Ke’Yahonna Stone.
Sen. Ben Sasse's first official appearance on UF campus Oct. 10 was cut short when more than 300 protesters moved up Emerson Hall’s spiral staircase and flooded the President’s Ballroom, drowning out the senator’s responses. Just over three weeks later, organized outrage has yet to match this impact.
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Sen. Ben Sasse’s first impression of UF’s student body began with a Q&A forum and ended with the chants and jeers of hundreds of protestors outside of the President’s Ballroom.
Dr. Joseph Ladapo, in his role as the Florida’s Surgeon General, has recently led the publication of new Florida Department of Health guidance recommending that medical professionals in the state deny proper healthcare to transgender and gender-diverse children and adolescents. These recommendations directly contradict, and fail to cite, the thoroughly researched and referenced consensus standards of care for transgender and gender-nonconforming children and adolescents by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the Endocrine Society, and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health. In their place, the recommendations put forth by Dr. Ladapo cherry-pick evidence from portions of individual studies that align with the political ideology of the executive branch of the Florida government.
A UF professor filed a grievance over UF’s hesitancy to create a concentration that included the words “critical” and “race,” adding to the ongoing challenges to academic freedom at the institution.
The mask mandate in Alachua County Public Schools has been a focal point of debate for months, but Wednesday’s school board meeting signaled the mandate may soon be over.
In the ongoing masking battle between the Florida Department of Education, the Alachua County School Board and public school parents, the school board signaled the beginning of the end.
“Think globally, act locally” is a phrase repeated by climate activists and politicians alike. But to Quinn Zacharias, it’s more than a phrase — it’s a necessity.
Four months of boycotts, occupations and protests for local, sustainable and ethical food at UF failed to win local activists a seat on the committee negotiating UF’s next food provider contract.
Four organizations are taking a stand against UF’s official food service provider to protest its use of prison labor.
David Kaplan, an ACPS parent and associate professor at the University of Florida, speaks on behalf of Prescott Cowles, ACPS science teacher, at the state of education event at the Alachua County Public Schools Office on October 20, 2020. Kaplan mentions Cowles’ thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic and how the education sector will be affected. (Samantha Harrison/Alligator Staff)
A strong education system requires everyone. And Alachua County Public School parents made that known Tuesday afternoon.
Vintage is back — now accompanied by face masks.
Dear Students:
The masked crowd responded when it was asked what it would do with $1 million.
Studying for the Medical College Admission Test is like training for a marathon, Basil Hashimi said. He created a study schedule and planned specific practice problems and exams right up until May 16.
UF will soon begin distributing partial housing and dining refunds for students, as well as clinical trials of a new antiviral treatment. UF Senior Vice President for Health Affairs David Nelson, UF faculty and the UF Board of Trustees met yesterday during their quarterly meeting to discuss university responses to the pandemic.