The tolling of bells and moments of silence marked Gainesville’s annual 9/11 memorial ceremony Thursday morning, as city leaders and residents gathered in solidarity at City Hall Plaza in honor of the lives lost 24 years ago.
Dr. Donald Landry, a Columbia University physician and academic leader, was approved in today’s Florida Board of Governors meeting to continue serving as UF’s interim president.
More than 100 people gathered in Turlington Plaza Wednesday to protest UF cutting funds for the Regional Transit System.
The UF Student Senate passed a bill Tuesday recognizing student support for restoring RTS funding cuts made this year.
UF published the contract for Interim President Donald W. Landry. It includes a $2 million base salary and outlines diversity, equity and inclusion restrictions, administrative efficiency and artificial intelligence initiatives.
As the owner of Sweetwater Organic Coffee Company in Gainesville, Pomeroy is one of many local business owners seeing smaller profits and less supplies since the Trump administration imposed sweeping tariffs in January.
Long traffic backups and packed parking lots have become the norm for UF employees after the university’s full return-to-work mandate took effect in August.
Social media surveillance is now a matter of national security. After a three-week suspension in May, international student visa appointments resumed on June 19 — this time, with new regulations from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Darren Aronofsky’s latest film will have viewer’s hearts racing, and not just during Austin Butler’s shirtless scenes.
A universal vaccine developed by UF scientists has shown breakthrough results for cancer treatment.
On Aug. 20, the U.S. Department of Education rescinded a 2015 guidance on English learner services. The guidance served as a roadmap for how these tools are provided to nearly 5 million students nationwide, including more than 1,000 in Alachua County.
Grab your carabiners and backwards baseball caps, and make room for UF’s performative masc lesbians.
Hold your Labubus tight — the performative males are approaching in oversized shirts and matcha in hand.
With more Hawaiian shirts and margaritas than a tropical resort, and fresh cheeseburgers grilled in paradise, the first annual Jimmy Buffett Fest welcomed local Gainesville bands and artists to Heartwood Soundstage Aug. 31.
The UF Board of Trustees unanimously confirmed Donald W. Landry as interim president Aug. 25. The decision came just days before Landry is set to take office. UF students and faculty have mixed feelings.
In “Man’s Best Friend,” Carpenter delivers 12 new tracks that lean into the confident, provocative energy that’s become a focal point of her brand. The songs are often brash and cheeky, but they’re also threaded with moments of vulnerability that remind listeners she’s still writing from lived experiences.
The city of Gainesville removed three rainbow-colored crosswalks, originally meant to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, to comply with new Florida Department of Transportation mandates. Towns across the state are painting over their rainbow crosswalks, too, as the state cracks down on street art that serves no traffic purpose.
“We would probably get nothing shy of 20 phone calls a day for two months after asking for Busch Light Apple,” said Ryan Barnett, co-owner of Gator Beverage.
Curtis Windom, who was convicted of a 1992 murder near Orlando, was executed Aug. 28 at the Florida State Prison in Raiford. Despite that one of Windom's victims was his daughter's mother, his family members say they forgive him. Windom became the 11th person executed in Florida this year.
Live music, low lights and Latin dancers welcomed new and returning Hispanic UF students into the Fall semester Wednesday evening.
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