Professor named UF Teacher/Scholar of the Year by UF president
By Romy Ellenbogen | Feb. 23, 2017Scott Powers said he doesn’t consider himself a great teacher — but UF President Kent Fuchs does.
Scott Powers said he doesn’t consider himself a great teacher — but UF President Kent Fuchs does.
Despite the revocation of a memorandum allowing transgender students in public schools to use the bathroom of their choice, Gainesville remains a sanctuary, Mayor Lauren Poe said Thursday.
Andrea Berteit felt more comfortable growing up in East Berlin in the ’80s than she does living under President Donald Trump’s administration.
Last week, Austin Ward had five exams over an eight-day stretch.
A UF fraternity will play games, grill food and collect clothing Saturday for Gainesville’s homeless community.
Aliya Miranda remembers standing in a sea of people as hundreds of thousands marched on Washington, D.C. in January.
UF’s Interfraternity Council was recognized for their academic success Saturday.
In Anderson Hall, a group of 54 undergraduate UF students spend 15 to 20 hours a week working late into the night to prepare for fake court cases.
UF researchers have participated in a National Institute on Aging study that discovered testosterone treatments can improve anemia in older men.
A significant part of every American’s upbringing is the instillation of American values and norms. Ambition, self-efficacy, confidence, individualism and a work-horse attitude are all traits taught in classrooms. We are a culture centered about the individual, each one of us acting as the captain for our own life, told since kindergarten that we could do whatever we set our minds to. If you can dream it, you can achieve it. Hidden underneath all of our lessons was a separate curriculum set by culture and society, a curriculum with no assignments or progress reports, but instead a prep course for the long and daunting stretch ahead.
It’s tempting to dismiss human trafficking as the shooting star of the criminal underworld — a series of one-off stories that evince a problem afflicting only a handful of the unluckiest people, inevitable tragedies like Ariel Castro’s decadelong capture of three young women. But the reality is that human trafficking is a global, multibillion dollar industry with branches that twist and burrow in our own communities, around our own friends, siblings and children.
Now that we’re at the end of Student Government election week, let’s get together and reflect on other important events. And if you’re going, “Election? That happened?” you’re not alone, so we will take this time to gather ‘round a metaphorical camp re and catch up on what’s been happening, locally and nationally, in this week’s edition of...
President/ Vice President
No. 4 Florida’s biggest issues during its loss to No. 1 North Carolina on Feb. 11 was its inability to win most of the draw controls.
After winning its fifth-straight SEC title, No. 6 Florida is using the experience from its conference championship to get ready for the NCAA Championships, which start March 22 in Indianapolis.
It’s OK to freak out a little bit.
With one week remaining in the regular-season schedule and the SEC Tournament looming, it’s finally starting to sink in for Ronni Williams that her, four-year journey at Florida is coming to an end.
The search for a 17-year-old boy off the coast of Cedar Key will continue Friday, as Levy County officials look for the remaining passenger of a single-engine airplane that went missing more than a week ago.
About seven months into his stay at the Alachua County Jail, an alleged bank thief was caught Tuesday plotting an escape, the sheriff’s office said.
When Sharon Burney saw her office building’s sign uprooted Wednesday, she knew it wasn’t an accident. Around 8:30 a.m., the program assistant