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A team worked quickly to excavate as much of the dugong’s skeleton from the rock as possible. Just feet from the Panama Canal, the site flooded within a week.

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Dig it: UF researcher discovers the Central America's oldest sea cow

By Sarina Nunes | Feb. 28, 2019

The skeleton is 15 feet long

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Former UF department chair loses defamation case against The New York Times

By Kelly Hayes | Feb. 28, 2019

The case is based on an article published in 2015

Gator robotics working on technology at a robotics workshop.

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UF robotics team goes through hoops to compete in basketball tournament

By Abraham Hunt | Feb. 28, 2019

The $2,000 robot will bring its game to potentially compete for $10,000

Akiya Parks, a first-generation student and Machen Florida Opportunity Scholar, addresses the crowd on the Plaza of the Americas Feb. 26, 2019, for the “Stand Up and Holler: Gator Nation Giving Day.”

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First Gator Nation Day of Giving raises $12.6 million

By Kelly Hayes | Feb. 26, 2019

Donations will help UF toward goal of top 5 public university

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Libby Shaw sworn in as Senate President as Michael Murphy leaves

By Hannah Beatty | Feb. 26, 2019

Senators had a mouthful to say Tuesday night as they voted for new Senate leadership.

Health science senior Daniel Valladares, 22, answers questions about his business idea for a parking service app called “QU Parking.”

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"Gator Tank" competitors 'bite' at opportunity to showcase original products

By Lina Ruiz | Feb. 26, 2019

The three winners will compete in April

Mirrors across eleven locations on campus were covered in paper in honor of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Students were encouraged to write inspirational messages on the paper.

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This is why mirrors across UF’s campus were covered on Monday

By Christina Mouttet | Feb. 26, 2019

Students wrote inspirational messages on covered mirrors

Duane Mitchell and Dr. Jianping Huang, Director of Clinical Laboratory Operations for the UF Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program, work together on research in a laboratory.

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Multi-million dollar donation kicks off brain tumor research at UF

By Christina Mouttet | Feb. 25, 2019

A neuromedicine clinic, neuro-oncology laboratories will be named in honor

Melissa Shabazz, a UF math lecturer, works in her office Saturday in Little Hall. Shabazz is the only African American professor in her department. She started working at UF during Fall 2018.

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Few African Americans teach math at U.S. universities. UF’s math department is no exception.

By Kelly Hayes | Feb. 24, 2019

Less than 1 percent of U.S. math doctorates are earned by African Americans

Pedro Sanchez, a 78-year-old UF research professor of tropical soils, has been to 68 countries to study tropical soils and address world hunger and food insecurity.

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68 countries, one mission: The UF professor studying soil to fight world hunger

By Brittney Miller | Feb. 24, 2019

The 78-year-old won over 30 awards

Alpine strawberries are tiny, soft and tasty. A UF researcher discovered a species that can grow in South Florida.

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UF Researcher aims to make big strides with small strawberries

By Danielle Ivanov | Feb. 24, 2019

A 4.4 ounce container of Alpine strawberries costs $12

Black UF students pose for a photo in the 1970 university yearbook. The UF African American Studies program was founded in 1969.

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'A sense of home': After 50 years, African American Studies program to be department

By April Rubin | Feb. 21, 2019

It will be the first of its kind in a Florida public university

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Impact and Inspire Party found in violation of campaign rules

By Hannah Beatty | Feb. 21, 2019

The Elections Commission heard seven complaints

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Phishing for opportunities: UF students still face email scamming in 2019

By Lakshmi Gomez | Feb. 21, 2019

Meleny Vega received an email to her UF account the summer before college offering her a job paying $30 an hour.

Michael Murphy, the 21-year-old Impact Party presidential candidate, celebrates winning the Student Government executive election Wednesday in the Reitz Union. He defeated Zachariah Chou, the 21-year-old Inspire candidate, 6,331 votes to 4,196. "I just can't wait to sit down for a little bit and just take it all in," Murphy said.

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Impact executive ticket wins, splits senate seats with Inspire

By Mikayla Carroll | Feb. 20, 2019

More than 10,000 students voted in the election

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LIVE BLOG: Student Government election results

Feb. 20, 2019

Tonight is Student Government election night. Impact Party and Inspire Party are vying for Student Body president, vice president and treasurer, along with 40 contested Senate seats.

FILE - In this Sunday, May 20, 2018, file photo, 21 Savage arrives at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It was a shock for fans when 21 Savage was taken into custody Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, by U.S. immigration agents in Georgia. It was an even bigger shock to learn he had been an immigrant in the first place. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

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21 Savage performance rescheduled to April 15

By Kelly Hayes | Feb. 20, 2019

Current tickets will be honored

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About 230 more students voted in the first day of SG elections

By Mikayla Carroll | Feb. 19, 2019

6,723 students voted Tuesday

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UF researchers develop stronger, better, faster powered medical technology

By Mikayla Carroll | Feb. 18, 2019

The algorithm is patent pending

Josh Greenspan, 22-year-old business administration senior, traveling in Kyoto, Japan, the second stop on his voyage with Semester at Sea.

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UF student on Semester at Sea lives the ‘suite’ life

By Karina Elwood | Feb. 18, 2019

Wifi is limited. Phone service is rare. Dining rooms are turned to classrooms, and students sometimes have to be excused for seasickness.

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