State officials push for increase in Florida university online classes
By Catherine Dickson | Oct. 20, 2016The Florida Board of Governors hopes that by the year 2025, 40 percent of undergraduate credits will be completed online.
The Florida Board of Governors hopes that by the year 2025, 40 percent of undergraduate credits will be completed online.
Once a year for the past 25 years, Steve Perry looks for bubble trails in the water: a sign that an alligator is nearby.
After a Facebook event for Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz’s appearance in Gainesville today was posted, Bernie Sanders supporters began planning a protest.
Gainesville Police arrested a local man Wednesday for having about 30 pounds of marijuana at his home.
As part of a regional campaign, Winn-Dixie donated 250 UF football tickets to seriously ill children and their parents Thursday.
UF has extended the freshman admission application deadline following Hurricane Matthew.
After moving from his apartment’s kitchen to the back of a downtown restaurant, a UF student and entrepreneur now hopes to settle down his bakery business.
Kelly Harrison knew one cat at the Levy County Animal Services Shelter didn’t belong.
UF students will help raise money for girls’ education in developing countries Sunday.
A New York dance company will be performing on a raft on a pond Saturday.
I read an obituary for the Great Barrier Reef a few days ago that stated the reef had died after a long battle with bleaching. This bleaching was caused by stress from climate change and indirect human interaction such as toxins from oil spills and sediment from runoff. It didn’t seem right to me that I had never heard of the website that posted the obituary, so I did some quick research and learned it was just something meant to grab people’s attention in a dramatic way. The good news that is the reef is still alive. The bad news is it’s dying at a rapid rate and will most likely be completely destroyed soon if something isn’t done to slow the rate of climate change.
You’ve been studying all week. Late nights in the library. Early mornings with the study group. You’ve never felt more prepared for an exam in your life. Now, here you are, sitting in the exam room with your blue book in front of you. “I’m ready for this,” you think to yourself as the teaching assistants pass out the exams. Once they’ve all been dispersed, you read the first question on the exam. But it’s not really a question. You raise your hand, and a TA walks over. “Is this a joke?” you ask. The TA shrugs, mutters “good luck,” and walks away. You glance back down at the exam, hoping it’s changed. It isn’t. Staring right back at you are 35 questions, each with four multiple choice answers, each question and each answer reading nothing but…
Ready for a challenge? Make your smartphone a “dumb phone.”
This Halloween, adults will most likely be seen wearing red sweaters, political masks and gorilla costumes, though not necessarily all at the same time.
Hours before the final presidential debate began, Gainesville resident Kyle Young made his stance known, painting “Trump is Revolution” and “Hillary for Prison” on the graffiti-filled 34th Street Wall.
Update: Tim Kaine will be speaking at the Reitz Union on UF's campus at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
Florida goalkeeper Kaylan Marckese refuses to accept the bulk of the credit when it comes to her team’s recent success on defense.
Graduate Assistants United and UF officials are continuing a yearlong battle over wage increases.
Two weeks after a UF competitive Bollywood dance group was confronted with racial slurs, UF students want to show their support.
Kasey Hill and John Egbunu represented the Florida basketball team at the Southeastern Conference’s annual Media Day on Wednesday. Here are three takeaways from their appearance: