Innovation Academy hosts annual catalyst showcase
By Lindsay Schindler | June 13UF’s Innovation Academy hosted its 10th annual Summer A Catalyst Showcase, the first in-person one since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Friday.
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Coursehero could earn students a lawsuit
By Elena Barrera | Mar. 28
Tim Tebow to speak at April’s commencement
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Santa Fe College dropout makes six figures as a full time Twitch streamer
By Omar Ateyah | Mar. 21Emad Nasif, a 21-year-old Gainesville Twitch streamer, spends much of his day shouting. Nasif believes that a high level of energy and enthusiasm is required for him to maintain his audience, and attaining success in the streaming world is no easy task.
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Students experience first Spring Break since pandemic shutdowns
By Fernando Figueroa and Maia Botek | Mar. 14Last year, UF students did not partake in their long-awaited Spring Break. Administration canceled the break “for the purpose of making the Spring semester as successful and healthy as possible” and instead gave students an extra week of Winter Break. This year, students’ mid-semester break from March 5 to 13 came amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine invasion.
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Renewable energy could save UF millions of dollars
By Lucille Lannigan | Mar. 9A new analysis suggests UF could transition to renewable, cheaper energy and save $100 million, rather than move forward with its current more expensive plan to construct a gas plant. The Rocky Mountain Institute, an environmentalist think tank, presented its analysis to a group of climate scientists, retired professors and Matt Williams, UF’s sustainability director, on Wednesday. It found UF can save money by using clean energy to achieve its energy needs while protecting the natural environment.
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Students climb for a cause in first annual Ben Hill Griffin relay race
By Elena Barrera | Mar. 2On Saturday, Ron Farb, co-founder of The Climb For Cancer Foundation, partnered with members of UF’s Alpha Epsilon Delta pre-health honor society to raise more than $12,000 for their first-annual Gator Mountain Challenge, a relay race up and down the 90 rows of the stadium.
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UF community protests Don’t Say Gay bill
By Fernando Figueroa | Feb. 21The UF Young Democratic Socialists of America and Take Action Florida collaborated with Arcenas and Katz to gather 130 students and community members to march from the corner of West University Avenue and 13th Street to Cora Roberson Park. The 1-mile-march protested the “Don’t Say Gay” companion bills HB1557/SB1834 which passed its first reading in the House on Thursday. The bills would prohibit “discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in certain grade levels.” These policies could destroy students’ bonds with teachers, like Arcenas’ bond with Leach at Sebring High School.
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March for Our Lives Gainesville holds vigil to remember mass shooting victims
By Gregorio Ruiz-Perez | Feb. 16The vigil, held at the Plaza of the Americas, commemorated the 14 students and three faculty who were killed during the 2018 Parkland shooting and the two students who passed after.
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Infamous TikTok street preacher “Sister Cindy” returns to UF, draws a crowd of heckling students
By Fernando Figueroa | Feb. 11In a long skirt and a blue T-shirt with the slogan “Ho No Mo,” ‘Sister Cindy’ pranced inside a circle of more than 500 students, blocking the walkways of Plaza of Americas Monday afternoon. “Welcome to the ho no mo’ revolution!” she shouted.
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Student Government hosts its first UF Gator Gala
By Maia Botek | Jan. 31SG and Gator Nights partnered to host the inaugural Gator Gala Friday evening at the Reitz Union. The free event was open to all UF students from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom with live music, poker tables and raffles for free items, including a UF basketball jersey worth $109.99.
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UF hasn’t offered any federal emergency relief this semester; some students worry they never will
By Lucille Lannigan | Jan. 24A new federal grant has not been funded for Spring, causing some students to worry as they continue to face impacts from the pandemic.
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Gainesville gym memberships increase along with omicron cases
By Carissa Allen | Jan. 18Despite the surge in Alachua County omicron COVID-19 cases, local gyms’ memberships and business increased this month.
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UF all-female team takes Florida Hackathon grand prize
By Allyssa Keller | Jan. 18The all-female UF team won the grand prize for the Florida Hacks with International Business Machines competition, of which the results were announced Jan. 6. The team won a grand prize of $30,000 and access to a UF supercomputer.
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“To be her friend was to feel true joy.”: In Honor of Sabrina Marie Obando
By Allessandra Inzinna | Jan. 10Obando, a 22-year-old Miami native, graduated cum laude in Fall 2021 with a degree in art history. On Jan. 4, Obando was hit by a pickup truck while she was crossing the sidewalk around 12:30 p.m. on the intersection of Northwest 8th Ave. and Northwest 10th St. Following the crash, she was transported to UF Health Shands Hospital where she died from her injuries.
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UF graduate student wins $25,000 award in Deep Space Food Challenge
By Maia Botek | Jan. 5The UF doctoral student led one of 18 U.S. teams selected as winners in the Deep Space Food Challenge to each receive a $25,000 prize. The challenge, hosted by NASA and the Canadian Space Agency, sought tasty solutions to preserve nutrients in food for years-long journeys to Mars and beyond.
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Special Olympics Florida hosts Inaugural Race for Inclusion
By Thandie Brown | Dec. 10The Gainesville Race for Inclusion, an inaugural event, happened on UF’s Flavet Field. Hosted by Special Olympics Florida, the fundraiser had almost $2,000 more than its original goal of $50,000 by the time the event started.
