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Wednesday, July 22, 2026

COVID-19

Pictured is the Santa Fe College clock tower. 
News

Santa Fe College COVID-19 update

511 Santa Fe College students and 44 employees have tested positive for COVID-19 since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March. The college is not making students test routinely.


Students exit UF's Southwest Rec Center on a Sunday night.
News

How UF’s gyms are handling COVID-19

To accommodate more students this Spring, UF gyms are increasing capacity restrictions. Students will also have to be cleared for campus to enter the gym, certain areas are closed and students will have to log attendance for contact tracing purposes.


Rev. Milford Griner, a local pastor, community leader and advocate, speaks to the audience on the importance of fighting the racism that continues to pervade society today at the Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church memorial service Friday evening.
Metro

The path to reconciliation: How Alachua County confronts its history of lynchings

Since June 2018, County Commission Chair Charles Chestnut has led a county-wide effort to recall Alachua County’s legacy of racial violence with Truth and Reconciliation. Heading into the first few months of 2021, Alachua County is prepared to continue hosting commemorative events to remember victims and continue to reconcile with stories like Jim Dennis’.  


Photo of Fredric Levin
News

Levin College of Law namesake dies of COVID-19

Fredric Levin was born and raised in Pensacola, Florida, under a roof that housed him and his five brothers. He met his wife, Marilyn, during his time at UF, and after raising four children together and 51 years of marriage, she passed away in 2011, according to the Levin Papantonio Rafferty Law Firm.  



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