The UF Student Senate approved the first reading of the activity and service fee budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year on Tuesday.
Teresa Turner said she remembers watching the donations arrive faster than she could count them.
Each generation of UF students sets its own traditions, and they will all come together during the 2015 homecoming celebration.
Brélan Eytan Moritz, age 29, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2015, in Gainesville, Florida. He was born in Panama City, Florida, in 1985 and attended Lynn Haven Elementary, Mowat Middle School, and Mosley High School where he graduated as the valedictorian and achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. He received his undergraduate degree in Microbiology and Cell Science from the University of Florida in 2008, his master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from UCLA in 2009, and was a PhD candidate in Microbiology and Cell Science at the University of Florida. The process for the award of a posthumous Doctor of Philosophy degree has been initiated.
The UF Collegiate Recovery Community is working to foster healthy relationships with alcohol this month.
Gainesville Police arrested a UF student early Sunday after he reportedly stabbed a man in the leg with a knife.
About 60 percent of students entering college as STEM majors don’t follow through with it.
Deviating from the average conference, the UF American Medical Student Association will host a medical festival this spring.
A survey conducted in the fall by the University of California, Los Angeles, revealed that first-year college students are more depressed than ever. It’s not just first-year students who are facing mental health issues, however.
Finding your way around campus just got easier thanks to a new app on campus.
The middle of the Fall 2014 semester has arrived. The middle of the semester signals the beginning of some wonderful things, such as the ability to start tentatively unpacking your sweaters in preparation for cooler weather and the onslaught of the pumpkin spice flavor being marketed in every single food product imaginable. There’s a whisper in the air of the holiday season just around the corner, when we can go home and blissfully forget about project deadlines.
UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is working to recruit students to fill the shortage of young professionals in the agricultural industries.
Students scanned Turlington Plaza for hidden cash as part of a ClusterFlunk event Thursday.
The educational certification program UFTeach is participating in an initiative to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics in public schools.
In the Spring of 2014, The Independent Florida Alligator endorsed the Swamp Party for the Student Government executive elections. We expressed reservations about the potential for one-party rule in SG but determined that Swamp’s qualified slate of candidates and effective campaigning made them worthy of a formal endorsement.
The National Eating Disorders Association has implemented a new online program to serve college students dealing with body image confidence.
Gainesville Area National Organization for Women, a feminist organization, is hosting its first UF event in response to dozens of emails from students asking the group to move on campus.
Gators are now able to pay it forward with a new UF Alumni Association membership. Gators who are not yet members can receive a $25 one-year membership and extend this opportunity to a fellow Gator.
“Did you lose a slipper? Because you’re my Tinderella.” Now, insert a winky face. Tell me this is a joke.
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