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Jimmy Clark races during the 2013 Mountain Dew Invitational.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS CROSS COUNTRY

UF seniors cap careers with solid showing at NCAA Championships

By Alejandro López | Nov. 22, 2015

Goals are crucial.

Cyads, which have been around since the dinosaurs, are labeled across from ‎Pugh Hall. GROW Botany has labeled six plants around campus Nov. 10.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF plants get name tags

By Caitlin Ostroff | Nov. 22, 2015

A fig tree stands proud on the Reitz North Lawn, and now students will know what it is.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF law library only open to law students

By Alexandra Fernandez | Nov. 22, 2015

Students studying for their biology finals won’t be able to do so in UF’s law library starting Sunday.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Researcher's Perspective: GMOs may not be as bad as you think

By Daniela Bulla | Nov. 22, 2015

Are genetically modified foods safe to eat?

Ronni Williams goes up for a layup during Florida's win against Longwood on Nov. 17.

SPORTS | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Florida rolls past Kennesaw State for second straight win

By Ethan Bauer | Nov. 21, 2015

Following a statement win over then-No. 6 Florida State, the Gators showed no signs of a hangover against a clearly overmatched Kennesaw State team.

UF cornerback Brian Poole (24) reacts after deflecting a pass intended for Florida Atlantic receiver Jenson Stoshak to seal Florida's 20-14 overtime win against FAU on Nov. 21, 2015, at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

NEWS | CAMPUS

ANOTHER CLOSE CALL: UF needs overtime to squeak past FAU

By Luis Torres | Nov. 21, 2015

With the rain coming down at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium and with Florida’s College Football Playoff hopes in the balance, the Gators leaned on their defense to come up with one more stop in overtime to make sure their playoff hopes didn’t drown.

UF forward Devin Robinson shoots a three-pointer during the second half of Florida's 104-54 win against North Carolina A&T on Nov. 16, 2015, in the O'Connell Center.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

Florida uses late run to roll past Saint Joseph’s

By IAN COHEN | Nov. 21, 2015

With a little more than a minute remaining, Chris Chiozza dribbled to his right, spun into the paint and passed out to Dorian Finney-Smith.

UF middle blocker Simone Antwi swings for a kill attempt during Florida's 3-1 win against Florida State on Sept. 20, 2015, in the O'Connell Center.

SPORTS | VOLLEYBALL

Florida powers past LSU behind blocking

By Patrick Pinak | Nov. 21, 2015

The Gators threw a block party Friday night, and Simone Antwi hosted it.

UF forward Savannah Jordan chases after the ball during Florida's 3-2 win against Oklahoma State on Sept. 4, 2015, at James G. Pressly Stadium.

SPORTS | SOCCER

UF soccer downs William & Mary in second round of NCAA Tourney

By Ryan Summers | Nov. 21, 2015

On Friday night, Florida moved one step closer to playing for the program’s second NCAA Championship.

Will Grier runs onto the field during Florida's 14-9 win against Kentucky on Sept. 19 at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. West Virginia announced on April 6, 2016, that Grier was transferring to WVU.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Florida quarterback loses NCAA appeal

By GRAHAM HACK | Nov. 20, 2015

Florida quarterback Will Grier has lost his appeal to reduce a year-long suspension by the NCAA, the school confirmed Friday night.

SPORTS

Former NFL running back Clinton Portis files Suggestion of Bankruptcy

By GRAHAM HALL | Nov. 20, 2015

Following months of financial woes, former NFL running back Clinton Portis filed a Suggestion of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy on Nov. 5, which revealed numerous debts totaling more than $2 million.

Jodi Bieluch (right), a 20-year-old psychology junior, leads a group of about 80 students to squat in an attempt to break a world record on the Plaza of the Americas on Nov. 19, 2015. Gators for UNICEF hosted the squat to inform students about the 2.5 million people around the world who don’t have access to restrooms.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF students squat on Plaza

By Asia Mckenzie | Nov. 19, 2015

Eighty-seven people popped a squat on the Plaza of the Americas on Thursday afternoon.

METRO

Haitian artists visit P.K. Yonge, paint a water-themed mural

By Brooke Baitinger | Nov. 19, 2015

A middle-school student and an artist stood side by side to paint a mural together Thursday.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF student dies during ROTC physical test

By Giuseppe Sabella | Nov. 19, 2015

University Police confirmed the death of a UF student after he collapsed early Thursday during Air Force ROTC training.

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Man arrested in armed robbery case

By Giuseppe Sabella | Nov. 19, 2015

Gainesville Police arrested a local man early Thursday morning after police said he robbed a UF student Tuesday. One suspect remains at large.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF Health to make room for more preemies

By Caitlin Ostroff | Nov. 19, 2015

UF Health Shands Hospital’s smallest patients are getting more space with the expansion of the neonatal intensive care unit.

METRO

City Commission Roundup 11/20/2015

By Hunter Williamson | Nov. 19, 2015

Gainesville city commissioners voted 6-0 with one absent at Thursday’s meeting to remove the criminal conviction history checkbox from city employment applications.

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Authorities to take extra gameday precautions Saturday

By Giuseppe Sabella | Nov. 19, 2015

After recent robberies in Gainesville and terrorist activity abroad, all levels of law enforcement will increase security during Saturday’s football game against Florida Atlantic University.

Outside Tigert Hall, the Co-President of Graduate Assistant United Alec Dunnin prepares to deliver a basket filled with items graduate students can’t afford because of university fees on Nov. 19, 2015. The 27-year-old UF political science PhD student said GAU wanted to make the $720 fee real and visible in a creative way.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Graduate assistants tell provost fees are too high

By Caitlin Ostroff | Nov. 19, 2015

Graduate assistants gifted a UF administrator a basket including bills, a bra and a condom.

Nicholas Nourieh, a UF biology junior and Syrian immigrant, flips through papers that hold memories of his past childhood, lost friends and a broken home country in Graham Hall on Nov. 3, 2015. After being away for three years, the 20-year-old visited his neighborhood in Homs, Syria, last summer and found destroyed buildings and spirits.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Starting Over: Life After Syria

By Martin Vassolo | Nov. 19, 2015

Sometimes Nicholas Nourieh spends hours looking at the relics of his past life.

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