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Florida displays depth during weekend victory against Baylor

By ELI MARGER | Jan. 23, 2012

When Florida defeated Baylor on Sunday, there was plenty of praise to go around.

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Local apartment rent may increase next year

By Alli Langley | Jan. 23, 2012

Some students and Gainesville residents could pay a little more for apartment living next year.

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Exhibit shows students importance of agriculture

By Hana Engroff | Jan. 23, 2012

From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., visitors can walk through Monsanto's America's Farmers Mobile Experience, an exhibit explaining today's farming practices and technology.

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New therapy may treat form of blindness

By Webb | Jan. 23, 2012

UF researchers have developed a new gene therapy that could be used to treat a form of blindness.

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Journalism college to offer multimedia master's program

By Matt Boles | Jan. 23, 2012

UF's College of Journalism and Communications announced Thursday that a new master's program will start taking students during Summer B.

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Anthropology major still attracting pupils

By Sarah Loftus | Jan. 23, 2012

Gov. Rick Scott questioned in October why taxpayers' money should go to educate anthropologists when no jobs are available for them.

A triceratops skeleton cast is transported from storage onto a flatbed truck to be taken to the Florida Museum of Natural History on Monday. The dinosaur model will join 29 fossils, 19 color prints and five murals in the museum's new "Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway" exhibit.

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Dinosaur cast moves into Florida Museum of Natural History

By Brittany Ann Morrisey | Jan. 23, 2012

The Florida Museum of Natural History has a new triceratops horridus skeleton cast.

UF alumnus Barrett Keene visits with orphaned children in Croix-des-Bouquet, Haiti, at one of the 15 orphanages supported by The Global Orphan Project.

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UF alumnus to walk across country to raise money for orphans

By Molly Vazquez | Jan. 23, 2012

On Jan. 28, UF alumnus Barrett Keene will start walking, stopping in major cities to spread awareness about and raise funds for orphaned and abandoned children.

Kathleen Bly, 25, cleans the rust off an Italian wheel with steel wool at The 8th Ave Bike and Coffee House, which is participating in the UF Office of Sustainability's Bicycle Benefits program.

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City program offers discounts for bicyclists

By Kelsey Grentzer | Jan. 23, 2012

Bicyclists' wallets may be getting a little lighter, and not just because they're saving on gas.

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Students celebrate Chinese New Year at Phillips Center

By Niaz Moshtagh | Jan. 23, 2012

Families and students from different cultures celebrated the Chinese New Year with singing, dancing and music on Sunday night.

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UF's Engineers Week gets green-certified

By ERICA A. HERNANDEZ | Jan. 23, 2012

Although UF's Engineers Week has been around for 60 years, this year it will make history as the first to be green-certified by UF's Office of Sustainability.

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Columnist wrong for claiming capitalism can cure poverty

By Nicole Safker | Jan. 23, 2012

While I couldn't really figure out exactly what Travis Hornsby was advocating for or complaining about, the main thrust of his column on Monday — that poor people would be just fine if only the rich were allowed to hang onto their assets in totality — is just plain wrong.

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Santa Fe ups security on campus

Jan. 22, 2012

Santa Fe College has added extra police officers, lights and self-defense classes on campus after the Jan. 12 kidnapping.

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UF gets $100K for math, science programs

By Samantha Shavell | Jan. 22, 2012

UF and four other universities each received a portion of a grant donated by AT&T to UTeach, a national program that trains math and science teachers.