Progress Energy Florida gave the university a 100-kilowatt solar photovoltaic array for free through the SunSense Schools solar energy program, which aims to provide renewable energy education to Florida students.
Innovation Hub director Jane Muir credits the center’s early success to entrepreneurs, employees and students who are investing their talents in Gainesville. She said UF and Santa Fe College students are taking full advantage of the 48,000-square-foot business incubator and its resources.
Will Muschamp always wears his realistic glasses.
La Lola Loca, UF’s first food truck, is in the middle of its first week serving Latin fare to go.
On Monday, more than 20,000 teachers walked off the job in Chicago-area schools. This left hundreds of thousands of students with nothing to do, and parents with extra headaches.
Participants can submit up to 10 photographs, according to the contest rules posted on the City of Gainesville website. Entries should be composed according to the contest theme, which is “My Gainesville is...” The rules state the photos should represent Gainesville’s culture beyond UF.
Texas A&M’s eight sacks against Florida on Saturday did not faze offensive coordinator Brent Pease. He believes the Gators’ offensive line is the “strength of the team.”
The two will hash out the national issue at UF during the Accent Speakers’ Bureau event “The Great Weed Debate: Heads vs. Feds.” It will take place at 8 p.m. Sept. 24 in the University Auditorium.
Tickets to see Seinfeld live Nov. 2 at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts go on sale Friday at noon.
Gainesville Police charged Celestia Vanessa Howard, 44, Sunday night with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to a GPD arrest report.
GPD officers later arrested Kenneth Roy Coleman, 30, after he was found hiding under a bed.
Educated Quest looked at UF’s retention rates, graduation rates and tuition in comparison to those of private Ivy League schools, said Stuart Nachbar, the website’s publisher and president.
For the Gators volleyball team, black and blue have become the unofficial team colors this season.
Sherry Benton, director of UF’s Counseling and Wellness Center, said about 35 percent of students who go to the center report difficulty sleeping among their symptoms of stress.
Camilla Hedberg started her 2012 season perfectly on Tuesday. Not only did the Gators win the Cougar Classic, but the sophomore also grabbed the first individual title of her college career.
As a product of the ‘90s teen pop revolution, it is incredibly difficult to avoid referencing Britney Spears in my writing.
According to the Department of Labor monthly jobs report, almost 500,000 people ages 16 to 24 have stopped looking for jobs.
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Benjamin Hebblethwaite, who works in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, $240,804 — the second-largest award it gave in Florida this year.
Clearly, you have opinions about textbooks and their relationship with your college education. There must be some deep-seated reason you wrote this article beginning with a rant about textbook prices and royalty fees, but that’s an entirely different story for a different day.
Students in the College of Journalism and Communications will be represented by two senators instead of one. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the College of Pharmacy will each lose one senator, making their total numbers six and one, respectively. The undergraduate freshman class will add another senator for a total of four.
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