A man believed to be a UF student was hit by a truck early Thursday morning on West University Avenue at the corner of Northwest 12th Street.
When I was in the fifth grade, my teacher introduced a new weekly competition called "Student of the Week." Every Friday afternoon she would saunter out from behind her desk, a freshly word-processed certificate in hand, and appoint one poor soul to a weeklong sentence of hatred from his or her peers.
UF's Florida Alternative Breaks program, which recently won the 2009 National Alternative Break Program of the Year from Break Away, will have summer trips from Aug. 9 through Aug. 19 this year, and interested students need to have their applications in by July 13.
There are some people who strive for greatness. Ken Edwards, of England, ate 36 cockroaches in one minute. Jackie Bibby, "The Texas Snake Man," sat in a bathtub with 87 rattlesnakes. Director Jon Russell Cring shot 12 movies in 20 months with equipment his wife won in a student filmmaking contest.
If UF officials have their way, it may be a little harder to get drunk at the next Florida-Georgia football showdown, which has been held in Jacksonville since 1933.
Enrolled in UF's College of Pharmacy? There's an app for that.
The Gainesville Police Department is trying to identify the driver of a dark-colored pickup truck involved in a hit-and-run early Thursday morning.
The Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program will not raise funds to cover the tuition hikes coming this fall after undergoing several changes made by the Florida Legislature.
Joshua Lyon became addicted to prescription drugs when he was introduced to Vicodin as part of an assignment for Jane magazine.
The Fine Print, a progressive magazine designed for UF students, was deemed Best New Publication of the Year by Campus Progress Wednesday at a conference in Washington, D.C.
Some moments are simply better enjoyed in person.
No matter the time or setting there is a likely to be the sound of a phone buzzing or a screen being rapped on nearby.
While temperatures in Gainesville consistently reach the mid-90s, one UF student is spending the summer in a much cooler climate.
A man is separated from his wife.
Editor's Note: This is the third of a five-part series as we reveal who a six-man alligatorSports panel has voted as the Top 10 UF Athletes of 2008-09.
We are all witnesses &ndash when it's cool with LeBron James and Nike, at least.
New York City styles the world. As home to the most notable fashion design academies, an extraordinary talent base, and Seventh "Fashion" Avenue, its style is unparalleled.
A ceremony Monday will officially kick off construction on a new administrative building on UF's Eastside Campus.
Most people who go to college do so not because they enjoy sitting in stuffy lecture halls while listening to monotone-voiced professors, but so they can carve out a better place for themselves in the world when they graduate. Or at least, that's what most expect.
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