The worst winds of Hurricane Irma have passed through Gainesville, but the storm left its mark on UF’s campus.
The City of Gainesville and its residents are finalizing last-minute preparations for Hurricane Irma, which has already begun to affect South Florida on Sunday.
With Hurricane Irma moving up the Florida peninsula, UF students evacuated to on-campus shelters at Steinbrenner Band Hall and Southwest Recreation Center.
The change in Hurricane Irma’s path increases the amount of time the storm will be in Gainesville on Monday night, UF spokesperson Janine Sikes said. Campus officials would not be able to assess the damage or safety of campus until Tuesday, she said.
In preparation for Hurricane Irma, a major storm expected to hit late Saturday night, UF’s Housing and Residence Education has created a plan to keep residents safe.
Gainesville residents are bracing for the worst as Hurricane Irma creeps closer to Florida’s coast, but some UF students would rather be closer to the storm.
A Gainesville woman was arrested early Friday morning for attempted murder, Gainesville Police Department said.
Four years of research could be lost if Hurricane Irma hits Fort Pierce.
Hurricane Irma may have gotten Florida’s home opener against the star-studded Northern Colorado Bears canceled this weekend, but nothing is ever strong enough to interfere with an alligatorSports weekly picks column.
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With Category 4 Hurricane Irma threatening to reign over Florida, the Gators men’s and women’s cross country season began earlier than planned this year. After saying goodbye to standouts such as Taylor Tubbs on the women’s team and Carlos Miranda on the men’s team, younger players have proven they can rise to the occasion after Thursday’s performance at the North Florida Invitational in Jacksonville, previously scheduled for Saturday morning.
Although Hurricane Irma looms over the state of Florida, it’s business as usual for the Gators men’s golf team, which begins its season on Friday.
After losing their season opener to Michigan in Texas, the Gators were looking for a confidence booster. Florida’s matchup with Northern Colorado was supposed to be the team’s get-back-on-track game before its conference schedule begins Sept. 16. But with Hurricane Irma approaching, No. 22 Florida’s chance at a tune-up game is gone.
Hurricane Irma, a major storm with wind speeds of 175 miles per hour, shifted further west Thursday night, making the potential effects on Gainesville more severe.
At this point, everyone has heard the saying chivalry is dead. Honestly, I don’t know whether that’s true, but I have some better news. Regardless of what the boys are up to today, I can affirm that humanity, at least, is still very intact.
You slowly make your way into the Marston Science Library Starbucks, sleep-deprived and in desperate need of your favorite holiday beverage: the pumpkin spice latte. Yes, dear readers, it’s back.
I wanted to write about something political. I really did. I wanted to write about how I was told by two professors that class might be canceled either due to weather conditions or the violent threats of white supremacists. I wanted to write about the repeal of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
Man created computers, but could computers be what ultimately brings mankind’s demise? With the advent of artificial intelligence in the last couple decades, computers have not only developed a mind of their own, but have become better at many of the things humans try to do. It is the classic tale of the apprentice rising up and turning on his master, and I fear we are quickly approaching the iconic moment in every film that has this sequence: the fleeting moment of stillness when the master realizes his fate and that his end will come from the exact thing he created.
Nan-Yao Su was recognized for his subterranean termite research with a UF Foundation Term Professorship.
Beekeepers will toast with beer to the construction of a new bee lab on campus.
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