News
UF challenges spread of invasive species with new guide
By Eli Rosen | Nov. 7, 2019They are in your backyard and at the border of your fence, dangerously taking over.
Campus
News
Letter to The Editor: Your degree doesn’t matter, just graduate
By Brianna Lowder | Nov. 7, 2019We’ve all heard the phrase “Education is the key to success,” and it’s especially thrown in the face of college students. Choosing a major during freshman orientation can seem like a monumental decision that dictates the trajectory of the rest of your life. I’m here to attest to the fact that it’s a lie.
News
What happened to Freshman Leadership Council?
By Emma McAvoy | Nov. 5, 2019The Freshman Leadership Council, a UF Student Government agency that has existed for 15 years, never commenced this semester. The person in charge says it is “intact.”
News
Students speak out against plans for Architecture Atrium awning
By Ana Escalante | Nov. 5, 2019After 12-hour work days for her architecture class, Grace Gallagher’s favorite thing to do during the late nights is go out and take a breath of fresh air — an option she may not have for much longer.
News
Graduate Assistants United demands UF to revisit prize money policy
By April Rubin | Nov. 5, 2019Graduate Assistants United released a press release Tuesday morning demanding UF revise its research and competition prize policy and give a UF engineering team the $2 million prize it won.
News
Innovation Academy receives endowment for program’s first scholarship
By Chasity Maynard | Nov. 4, 2019The Innovation Academy announced an endowment Oct. 22 to fund the first scholarship for its students.
News
UF’s Mobile Outreach Clinic bus lost power driving uphill. Then it crashed into a ditch
By Hope Dean | Nov. 4, 2019UF’s Mobile Outreach Clinic bus crashed into a ditch on Newell Drive at 3 p.m. Monday.
News
UF Mexican American Student Association remembers loved ones during Day of the Dead celebration
By Emma Barsky | Nov. 3, 2019More than 300 students honored the spirits of their loved ones and learned about one of Mexico’s most well-known holidays.
News
‘UF practically runs this town’: UF contributed $16 billion to state economy
By Kyle Wood | Nov. 3, 2019Florida’s flagship university contributed billions to the state’s economy, and the high numbers are no surprise to some.
News
Hispanic Student Association hosting Spanish-language book drive
By Tien Le | Nov. 3, 2019English-speaking children in U.S. hospitals may take Harry Potter and National Geographic Kids for granted. But for Spanish-speaking patients at UF Health Shands Hospital, a book in their native language is hard to come by.
News
‘Losing him was like losing a limb’: Friends, family remember UF student killed in car crash
By Ana Escalante | Oct. 31, 2019To those who knew him, going to the library on the Friday night of UF Homecoming wasn’t unusual for Amin Taghikhani.
News
After class registration glitch, UF student starts petition to fix ONE.UF
By Nora O'Neill | Oct. 31, 2019Students who were awake bright and early Wednesday morning to register for classes on ONE.UF’s website got an unwelcome message.
News
P.K. Yonge holds groundbreaking ceremony for new facility to open in 2020
By Hope Dean | Oct. 30, 2019Monday, more than 10 UF and P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School officials lined up on grounds south of Tumblin Creek. Each wore a suit or dress, but they all donned white construction hats and sank their shovels into the dirt anyway.
News
Student Government senators draft resolution supporting sexual assault survivors
By Emma McAvoy | Oct. 29, 2019A team of UF Student Government senators decided to speak out against sexual assault, but the resolution draft will have to wait for approval.
News
UF joins national alliance to increase STEM faculty diversity
By Tien Le | Oct. 29, 2019In her three years as an engineering student, Lauren Wonicker-Cook barely had female professors.
News
The mystery of the disappearing Student Government agencies
Oct. 29, 2019UF Student Government’s executive branch has agencies akin to our federal government’s departments. Each agency has its own mission. The ACCENT Speakers Bureau brings in speakers, as I’m sure you’ve all realized at this point, while Chomp the Vote dabbles in registering voters.
News
UF engineering team wins $2 million, but may not keep the prize money
By Meghan McGlone | Oct. 27, 2019A UF engineering team won $2 million as a contest prize last week, but it won’t know until December if it will receive the money or if UF will keep it.
News
RecSports to limit number of non-students who can play in Spring
By Kyle Wood | Oct. 27, 2019A new rule is intended to even the playing field between students and non-students competing in RecSports. But some students don’t see the point.
News
Learn about UFO and ghost sightings in this new UF class in Spring
By Tien Le | Oct. 27, 2019They are known as “ghost passengers.”
News
Krishna lunch transitions to new compostable materials
By Marlowe Starling | Oct. 27, 2019Century Tower chimes a familiar tune signaling noon. So do the rumbles produced by Lylia Jiang’s empty stomach.
