This legislation would replace the FSA with three shorter tests administered in the fall, winter and spring. These tests would provide information about students’ growth throughout the year to the students, teachers and parents, fostering improvement opportunities.
Senate elected its former Rules and Ethics Chair Annabelle Groux (Gator, District A) and former Judiciary Chair Noah Fineberg (Gator, District A) to serve as senate president and senate pro-tempore respectively.
Gainesville’s City Commission voted Aug. 19 to appoint Folston as the city’s interim director of the Office of Equity and Inclusion. The office works to improve Gainesville and its businesses through promoting diversity, equity and inclusion, Folston said.
The total number of reported positive cases since March 2020 is 1,064, with 970 cases from students and 94 from employees, according to a report from Santa Fe’s director of human resources Lela Frye.
There were 44 COVID-19 patients at Shands Tuesday, 16 of them in the ICU, UF Health spokesperson Ken Garcia wrote in an email. Additionally, there were 59 resolved patients, which are patients who are no longer positive but still in the hospital.
UF faculty honored the late judge Oct. 5 alongside a former U.S. senator Bill Nelson and the first woman to serve on the Florida Supreme Court
The Gators attempt to put last week’s misstep behind them as the Vanderbilt Commodores come to town for Homecoming.
Junior Jackie Lucena led the way for the Florida women’s golf team in Illinois this week, propelling the team to another third-place finish at the Windy City Classic.
Junior Yuxin Lin highlighted the Gators’ performance at the Colonial Collegiate Invitational, where he finished 13th, but his team managed only 12th in Fort Worth.
The “Mr. Two Bits” chant, with its yellow shirts and orange and blue ties, is a UF staple, and for homecoming, it’ll be carried out by Olympians.
The Gators sweep the singles and doubles finals at the Bedford Cup. McCartney Kessler claims the runner-up spot at the 15k ITF Pro Tennis Open in Lubbock, Texas.
Feb. 9, 2022 will be UF’s Day of Gratitude, with an overarching theme of reflecting on UF’s core values. Our core values include excellence, discovery and innovation, inclusion, freedom and civility, community and stewardship.
Alongside 650 other Women’s March events happening simultaneously across the country, Gainesville pro-choice advocates marched in a rally Oct. 2. Activists highlighted reproductive issues, such as access to abortion and menstrual products, equitable prison birth conditions and Florida's Heartbeat Act bill proposal.
UF and the City of Gainesville talking about solving housing affordability problems for graduate students
Change Party won 12 seats in the Fall election, whittling down Gator Party's supermajority.
In Florida’s bill, abortion would be allowed until detection of a fetal heartbeat, which generally happens about six weeks into a pregnancy. With proper documentation, exceptions are available or victims of rape, incest, domestic violence or human trafficking.
Atlanta-based law firm Griffin & Strong is conducting the disparity study in the city, CEO Rodney K. Strong said. The firm will determine if Gainesville is experiencing discrimination within its marketplace.
Historically, more expensive and higher maintenance sports like tennis haven’t always been accessible to Black children like Dallis. Historic barriers like income disparities and post-effects of segregation linger today.
The UF CDO search committee has been looking at possible CDO candidates since February when the university’s first and former CDO Antonio Farias resigned.
UF students could soon mark Feb. 9 in their calendars as a day off from class.
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