Ofelia Schutte's uncle was on his deathbed in Cuba in 2006, but a U.S. law prohibited her from being there for him.
Despite possible future dips in state funding, UF has received a $21 million donation from a Jacksonville couple for medical education purposes and facilities.
Free samples of McCafe coffee drinks will be offered at local McDonald's fast-food restaurants for the month of March.
In separate crimes, two UF students were pushed down and robbed late Friday night and early Saturday morning.
In Philadelphia's prominent South Street corridor, the economic downturn has brought resurgence of one word rarely spoken these days - opportunity.
The transition from high school to college hasn't been an easy one for Ray Shipman.
My gym partner and I have been pretty consistent this semester, and as lifting heavy weights is only a passing distraction for me, I take almost every opportunity I can get to people watch. I've noticed a disturbing trend: A divide exists between male and female gym-goers.
Actor and film director Zach Braff ran onto the stage with a Red Bull clutched in his left hand Monday night, greeting the crowd and pointing to his butt before planting it in a cushy armchair.
This weekend I went to a rally organized by the Florida Education Association, Florida's largest educators' union, in support of full and sustainable funded public education in our state.
The UF men's tennis team will attempt to avenge two losses when it hits the Scott Speicher courts against FSU today.
The fat will hit the fire today in Tallahassee as state lawmakers convene in the capitol for the start of the spring legislative session.
I want to commend the work the United We Dream at UF Campaign has done in the past week. I believe the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (the DREAM Act) is of great importance because it will resolve the tragic irony that occurs in America.
Posters proclaiming "300,000 Dead 2.5 million displaced" and "It's not about our people or their people. It's about people" decorated Pugh Hall during a video and panel discussion about the genocide in Darfur Monday night.
It was a weekend full of wins for the UF softball team, but the Gators also suffered one very costly loss.
UF's women's tennis team managed to win its last two matches with only five scholarship players, but was unable to pull out a third, as the Gators lost to Florida State, 5-2, on a windy Saturday at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center.
There's a new bowling alley in town, and it's trying to reinvent the business.
With the Gators down just 5 points and 16 seconds still left on the clock, fans began to file out of the O'Connell Center.
Over the past few days, UF received verbal commitments from Charlotte (N.C.) Independence High's Victor Hampton and Bradenton Southeast High's Jonathan Dowling, two promising defensive backs.
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