As Katharine Hargrave prepared for her classes, she packed her backpack with notebook paper, books and her laptop. Lifting the bag across her back, the bag didn’t seem to weigh her down, but something else did — the clunk of change trailing behind her.
This Thanksgiving, about 40 percent of UF’s 4,000 graduate assistants will earn salaries below the federal poverty line. Many will struggle to feed their families.
Employers and students braved the cold Tuesday on the Reitz Union Breezeway to talk about jobs.
Dr. Stephanie Ryan wants to break the stereotypes associated with LGBT patients.
Clay Olsen’s column, “Democrats mistake government spending for kind-heartedness,” was a conservative attempt to define liberalism as willy-nilly government handouts to the poor. He cites Lyndon Johnson’s “War on Poverty” and declares it a failure without mentioning its success before former President Ronald Reagan gutted the program. He mentioned Medicare liabilities without mentioning that President Barack Obama and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan proposed to cut the same amount from the program. The big difference in the cuts is that Obama targets fraud on the supply side of Medicare, whereas Ryan proposed exclusively consumer-side cuts, which would increase the copay of every American.
As mosquito activity wanes in the approaching winter, a UF study released this month suggests the paperclip-sized vampires bite female birds twice as much as males do.
When JP Bremer saw “John Wick” with his father this weekend, he noticed his chair shook during intense scenes.
UF’s pre-health honor society and a local health nonprofit organization are teaming up to host an HIV testing and sexual health awareness event for the first time today.
Snapchat users can now put their money where their face is — by sending “Snapcash” to friends.
Four days after Daniel Lavaughn Jerkins was arrested for aggravated domestic assault, he was arrested again after police said he picked up his 5-year-old son from school and later smoked a marijuana blunt in front of him Tuesday evening.
Kevin Skipper smoked 30 cigarettes a day for 15 years. And then he quit.
UF researchers have released new findings on the embryonic origin of external genitalia and birth defects.
In eight days, many students will gather around tables and eat all kinds of delicious, artery-clogging foods with family members and friends.
UF Student Government will host its state of women’s affairs address today from 7 to 9 p.m. in Pugh Ocora.
After getting back to its winning ways on Sunday, Florida is looking forward to carrying that momentum forward into the later stages of the NCAA Tournament.
Florida offensive coordinator Kurt Roper is used to not staying in one place for too long.
No. 8 Florida has a lot it can learn after falling to unranked Miami 69-67 on Monday.
J.C. Deacon has accomplished a lot in his first season as the coach for the Florida men’s golf team.
Will Muschamp will sit down with Dante Fowler Jr. and his family "at an appropriate time" regarding the junior’s option to enter the NFL Draft.
The College Football Playoff committee released its fourth top 25 rankings on Tuesday evening, and there were some surprises within the top four. Let’s breakdown the committee’s top four, and analyze the teams on the outside looking in.
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