UF President Kent Fuchs will begin a multi-city tour Friday during which he’ll share his goals for his presidency and plans for making UF a top 10 public research university.
Twelve orphans were given the tools to emerge as leaders on a trip to UF.
A Gainesville man was admitted to the hospital under the Baker Act on Monday night after he reportedly fought with a police officer.
Despite his men’s squad losing its top spot in the USTFCCCA rankings, coach Mike Holloway said he was pleased with how the Gators men’s and women’s track and field teams have performed across the board.
Between classes, business students can discover more about themselves.
Six days after graduating from UF in 2012, Mercedes Young escaped the Swamp and headed to Los Angeles.
Before he returned to Florida for the start of spring practice, shortstop Richie Martin did some light reading.
More than 100 students, adults and children gathered for a round-table discussion to provide context about the current issues in France.
They say the first cut is the deepest.
I was eating lunch last week and heard, “It weighs 8 grams.” My eardrum sent a text to the memory library, forcing an intern to check Catalog Random. The intern hunted the shelves, returning to the master librarian red-faced and wheezing. “Weight is 8 grams times 9.8 m/s2,” the intern gasped, “but how do we explain?” To illuminate complex ideas, I look to a computer science concept called abstraction.
Any time I hear news regarding immigration policy in Arizona, I hold my breath. First, they passed a bill allowing police officers to demand documentation from people who prompt “reasonable suspicion” of being in the country illegally. Then, they banned Latino literature and ethnic studies from the classroom because it supposedly fosters racial resentment — as if banning an entire culture from the classroom doesn’t kindle any resentment. Thursday, however, I exhaled a sigh of relief while reading about Arizona in The New York Times. U.S. District Judge David Campbell issued a permanent injunction requiring the state to issue driver’s licenses to immigrants who have been deferred from deportation under President Obama’s DREAM Act.
Many gymnasts likely wish they had half the talent of Alex McMurtry.
Disappointed by the failure of last year’s medical marijuana amendment?
There’s a new face hanging around the Florida men’s golf team.
Happy spring semester, Gators! With this blog, I'll talk about cool stuff that’s happening in the science world, whether it’s near, far, wherever you are (does the heart really go on, Celine?). I also want to hear from you! If there’s a subject you want me to explore further, let me know with a comment below or send an email to The Alligator blog editor at lchan@alligator.org. Now, let’s get to it!
The Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity invited two World War II veterans to its home Sunday to show gratitude for their service.
The Gator Stompin’ tradition will live on in 2015 in order to pay off debt from last year’s event.
For $15,000, two UF freshmen pledged to shave their heads.
The hunt could be back on after two decades of banning black bear hunting in Florida.
Sandra Wilson is switching seats in the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
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