This week, it’s all about recognition. We’ll be recognizing outstanding students. We’ll be recognizing outstanding organizations. We’ll be recognizing fun Gainesville events.
No one denies that the philosophical divide between Americans on the political left and right has only grown sharper in recent years. Bitter resentment and contempt for those of opposing views is commonplace. It often seems that the stronger the convictions or the more awareness one has of political issues, the more fervently one tends to see others as opponents.
John Pinckard, alumnus of the UF School of Theatre and Dance, helped produce “Clybourne Park.” The play won a Pulitzer Prize in 2011 for drama and took home “Best Play” at the Tony Awards Sunday night.
Mars Pub and Laser Tag transformed its laser tag arena into an arcade.
Ivey’s Grill offers a continental-style brunch menu with locavore flair.
After 21 years owning and operating Spin Cycle, it was time for a change.
Managing their newly opened retro clothing and beauty store, Ingenue Avenue, and their two-year-old cupcake bakery, Sarkara Sweets Cafe, takes up so much of their time they have little room for much else on their schedules.
Rhonda Faehn is thrilled to see the bulldozers and construction workers tearing apart the north end of the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.
The Gators’ roster boasts nine new MLB prospects, but Florida relied on more than its highly-regarded upperclassmen to advance to a third straight College World Series.
There was nothing junior about what the third-year Gators accomplished Sunday.
Corey: For those of you looking for a competitive NBA finals, don’t get your hopes up. The real finals ended when the Thunder took four straight games to upset the Spurs. Now begins the encore: like when you sit through a Dexys Midnight Runners concert. When they hit the stage at the end to play one last song, there is only one possible outcome.
Florida A&M University’s Board of Trustees members questioned the leadership abilities of the university’s president Thursday.
With a potential third-straight Omaha appearance on the line, the top-ranked Gators received a bit of help from the dark clouds hovering above McKethan Stadium.
The UF Institute on Aging received a $5.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging to continue research on physical disability in older adults.
Fanfares and Fireworks, a community-oriented event celebrating the Fourth of July, will return to UF after a year-long hiatus due to lack of funding.
Diane McFarlin spent most of her adult life on the road between Sarasota and Gainesville, but for now she’s here to stay.
After a year of campaigning to raise UF tuition to the market rate, President Bernie Machen decided to lower the tuition increase request for the upcoming year from 15 percent to 9 percent.
Sprinter Jeff Demps has the fastest all-conditions time for the NCAA in the 100 meter, senior Gray Horn has won the decathlon title in every Southeastern Conference Championship he’s competed in and Florida men’s 4x100 meter relay team set the second-fastest collegiate time earlier in the season. However, none of them competed at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
GRUCom, a Gainesville Regional Utilities telecommunications division, and UF agreed Monday to bring gigabit broadband connections to the district.
The one-credit course, “DIY Campus Eco-Art,” is open to students of all majors and will begin Summer B.
Solutions by The State News
