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(01/22/24 2:00pm)
When Em Petlev first heard she’d be eating her meals in a tent for the remainder of the Spring semester, she felt like a contestant on the Great British Baking Show.
(01/16/24 2:00pm)
Alyson Adams wishes the UF College of Education’s new master’s program was more competitive. But even though the course load is free, online and just one year long, applicant numbers are slim, she said.
(01/16/24 2:00pm)
Siete meses después que Gob. Ron DeSantis felicitó a la corte suprema de los Estados Unidos [United States Supreme Court] por su resolución a acabar que las admisiones de las universidades fueran basados en la raza o origen étnico, su órden ejecutivo más reciente lanzó acusaciones que él está pasando la misma legislación que criticaba.
(01/16/24 2:00pm)
Seven months after Gov. Ron DeSantis praised the United States Supreme Court’s ruling to end college admissions based on race or ethnicity, his latest executive order launched accusations that he’s passing the type of legislation he criticized.
(01/10/24 7:34pm)
Gov. Ron DeSantis directed Florida universities to waive certain application requirements for Jewish transfer students fearing antisemitism during his annual State of the State address Tuesday evening.
(01/09/24 6:57pm)
UF President Ben Sasse announced Scott Angle as provost in an email to faculty and community members Tuesday morning.
(01/08/24 1:00pm)
After six years, 32-year-old Sara Hejazi had finally convinced her best friend to move from Iran to Florida to join Hejazi in studying medicine at UF.
(12/05/23 6:55pm)
On Nov. 13, Rep. Katherine Waldron (D-District 39) filed a House bill that would ban corporal punishment for students with disabilities in Florida public K-12 schools and require parental consent in all cases.
(12/05/23 6:52pm)
A Very GNV Holiday Parade began its route down University Ave. Saturday morning to the sound of motorcycle engines, Michael Bublé and marching snares.
(12/04/23 11:46am)
Ethan Garrepy began doing drag with a $10 Target face paint palette, an old Halloween wig and a lot of time on their hands during the COVID-19 quarantine. Three years later, the 19-year-old UF musical theater sophomore is one of many artists and performers who make up Gainesville’s flourishing drag scene.
(11/20/23 12:15pm)
At Butler Plaza, a mix of grocery-store chains — Sam’s Club, Whole Foods, Publix, Trader Joe’s, Walmart and Aldi — compete for Gainesville shoppers’ attention, all within a one-third mile radius. But one store is noticeably missing, not just from the plaza, but from the city entirely.
(11/15/23 3:11am)
The City of Gainesville announced its director of financial services has submitted her resignation and will be leaving office Dec. 1.
(11/13/23 12:00pm)
Andrew Scholberg has been arrested 13 times. But that doesn’t deter the 71-year-old freelance writer and pro-life activist from continuing the work he’s been doing for almost 50 years — standing outside abortion clinics to pray and offer alternatives to women entering the building.
(11/06/23 12:45pm)
Gregory Hanna wandered back and forth on the narrow median strip dividing Southwest Archer Road. Dressed in a neon T-shirt and matching bucket hat, he clutched a folded piece of paper as traffic roared by on either side of the intersection.
(11/05/23 3:06pm)
Car horns blared at South First Avenue and South Main Street Saturday afternoon, when oncoming traffic found the road blocked by a crowd of 150 pro-Palestinian protestors standing in the middle of the intersection. Of the crowd, some carried roses, while others carried children on their shoulders — all chanting in unison for an end to the siege of Gaza.
(11/04/23 1:27am)
Florida Sen. Jason Pizzo considers himself the “biggest no-bulls—t person in the Florida state legislature.” He’s spent the past two weeks on the road to prove it.
(10/30/23 5:18pm)
The Fest, one of the world’s largest punk-rock music festivals, kicked off its 2023 festivities in an unexpected location. Festival goers clustered in the Gainesville City Hall courtyard instead of a strobe-lit stage, listening to Mayor Harvey Ward rather than moshing to Gorilla Biscuits.
(10/26/23 1:28am)
A day after Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered Florida universities to deactivate pro-Palestinian student groups, a crowd of over 250 people rallied on UF’s campus with Palestinian flags draped over their shoulders and drawn onto cardboard signs.
(10/23/23 10:45am)
During the 2021-22 school year, 717 students in Florida public K-12 schools were paddled, spanked or otherwise struck by a teacher or principal. Under Florida’s state statute, schools have every right to do so.
(10/13/23 8:23pm)
When Cat Deesse stayed at the Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville while her 12-year-old daughter received spinal fusion surgery, she had no idea she would later become the chief financial officer of North Central Florida’s own RMH.