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The latest news on UF’s barring of professors from testifying against the state
Nov. 5, 2021UF faculty senate releases damning report on academic freedom probe
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President Fuchs asks university to reverse decision barring professors from testifying
By Elena Barrera | Nov. 5, 2021After at least eight professors claimed UF compromised their academic freedom and freedom of speech, President Kent Fuchs and Provost Joe Glover appointed a special task force to investigate the university’s conflict of interest policy, which was used to bar the professors from testifying.
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UF students hold debate for at-large City Commission race
By Jiselle Lee | Nov. 3, 2021The UF College Democrats and the Gator chapter of NAACP hosted an in-person 2021 special election debate Tuesday night, allowing students to ask the candidates questions about traffic safety, food accessibility, affordable housing and sustainable energy.
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Five additional professors say UF tried silencing them from testifying against state
By Elena Barrera | Nov. 3, 2021Professors Jeffrey L. Goldhagen, Kenneth Nunn, Sarah K. Wolking, Teresa Jean Reid and Mark Fenster have stepped forward in addition to the three initial political science professors that ignited the fight for intellectual freedom, according to a Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau report.
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Student Body President reflects on his term in State of the Campus Address
By Allessandra Inzinna | Nov. 3, 2021The annual address allows SG’s executive branch to list their accomplishments of the semester and what is to come. Tuesday’s address was the first in-person address since 2019, as SG held the most recent address online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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UF blocks professors from testifying against the state
By Elena Barrera | Nov. 1, 2021Three UF political science professors requested to lend their expertise by testifying in a lawsuit against the state of Florida. However, UF turned them down, telling them their participation as expert witnesses is adverse to the university’s interests.
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Petitioners solicit signatures, personal information on campus
By Serra Sowers | Nov. 1, 2021Since September, canvassers who claim to support Seminole Native American tribes have been spotted around campus collecting signatures for a cause many students know nothing about.
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Students, state leaders discuss unease and climate action at Campus Climate Corps conference
By Alexandra Harris | Nov. 1, 2021To introduce students and other attendees to the worldwide United Nation Conferences of Parties, about 50 attendees tuned in Sunday to the Campus Climate Corps Conference.
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UF researchers try breaking misconceptions against ‘spooky’ animals
By Max Taylor | Nov. 1, 2021While biology may not sound like a creepy affair, some UF researchers are closely studying bizarre diseases that rot amphibians’ skin, along with a new species of worm-like creatures and lizards that eat other animals and their eggs.
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Dance Marathon at UF celebrates money raised to help fight against pediatric illnesses
By Elena Barrera | Oct. 29, 2021The student-led non-profit organization hosted Moralloween to celebrate its successes during its big fall fundraising push Transform Today. Transform Today was a 26.2 hour period on Tuesday in which Dance Marathon members worked to raise as much money as they could, said Kristina Smith, the organization’s public relations director.
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UF Health mandates vaccines for employees
By J.P. Oprison | Oct. 28, 2021UF Health announced Wednesday all its employees must be fully vaccinated by Dec. 8. This comes amid President Biden's executive order requiring certain federal workers to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
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UF virtual climate conference to kick off on Halloween
By Alexandra Harris | Oct. 27, 2021World leaders will gather at the United Nations Climate Change Summit while UF students hold their own virtual conference from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 31. Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried and Orlando Rep. Anna Eskamani will be among the presenters.
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SG moves to give Reitz pond facelift
By Allessandra Inzinna | Oct. 27, 2021Built in April of 2009, the UF Veterans Memorial originally consisted of flags, a fountain and five granite pillars for each branch of the military. Now, the pond’s murky green water collects algae and has fallen into disrepair.
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Santa Fe College COVID-19 Update: Five positive cases reported in last week
By Eve Thompson | Oct. 27, 2021Santa Fe College reported five positive cases from students from Oct. 19 to Oct. 25. No employees reported testing positive.
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COVID-19 Update: County cases begin falling again as promising data on vaccines for children emerge
By J.P. Oprison | Oct. 27, 2021Cases at UF dropped at a steady rate for the seventh week in a row since the Sept. 3 spike in cases. The seven-day average of cases reported within the university is now below three cases a day.
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UF astronomy doctoral graduate files lawsuit for discrimination, unpaid wages
By Max Taylor | Oct. 25, 2021Gilda, a 29-year-old UF doctoral 2021 graduate, filed a formal complaint with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against UF’s astronomy department for discrimination, harassment, unpaid wages and intentional infliction of emotional damage. He also filed a lawsuit against UF for unpaid wages.
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Committee seats are disproportionately Gator Party
By Allessandra Inzinna | Oct. 25, 2021Gator Party has held a majority in Senate for more than a year since Spring 2020 when it won its first executive ticket. Now, with about 70 Gator senators in the chamber, the composition of Senate committees echoes this majority.
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Person responsible for vandalizing Institute of Black Culture sign still wanted by UPD
By Christian Casale | Oct. 22, 2021The sign outside of UF's Institute of Black Culture was uprooted last week
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UF Faculty Senate pushes back vote on COVID-19 ‘no-confidence’ resolution
By Camila Pereira | Oct. 22, 2021If voted in favor, the COVID-19 no-confidence resolution would formalize the faculty and staff’s disappointment in both the state and university leadership’s COVID policies. The vote does not fire anyone in the administration.
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SG Senate gives minimal public notice for committee meetings
By Allessandra Inzinna | Oct. 22, 2021Although open to the public, standing Student Government committee meetings are often only announced on a clipboard on the ground floor of the Reitz Union. Students who do not pass the area and are not members of the committees themselves have no other means to find out SG meeting dates and times.
