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UF researcher aiming to make golf courses eco-friendly nationwide

By Daphna Krause | Apr. 22, 2018

A UF researcher wants to make golf courses nationwide more eco-friendly.

SWAT Officer Daniel Rengering, right, will report live from the Grammys for PopWrapped TV. Rengering said he will also be a host at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan. 27 and will be a guest speaker at the 91st Annual Rudolph Valentino Memorial in August.

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One of GPD’s ‘hot cops’ will be at the Grammys, then Oscars

By Rachel Porter | Apr. 22, 2018

One viral Facebook post has led a Gainesville Police “hot cop” to be at the 61st Grammy Awards show in Los Angeles in early 2019 to interview celebrities on the red carpet.

Cajun's trainer Sidnee Santana-Mellor reaches out to the new mother during a demonstration training session Sunday morning at the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo. The 3-week-old newborn is clinging to Cajun's stomach.

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Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo welcomes newborn gibbon

By Angela DiMichele | Apr. 22, 2018

As Clarie Santiago spoke to about 20 people Sunday morning, a white-handed gibbon named Cajun swung down from the top of her enclosure with a 3-week-old black peach-fuzz fur baby clutched onto her stomach.

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Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy, group shot at by other group

By Robert Lewis | Apr. 22, 2018

Three days after two Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office deputies were slain, a Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy was shot at early Sunday morning, MCSO said.

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UF students launch app that rewards eco-friendly habits by planting trees in other countries

By Christina Morales | Apr. 22, 2018

A student-developed app tracking environmental impact will allow users to help trees be planted in Nepal, Madagascar and Haiti.

Students at Eastside High School walkout of class in support of gun reform.

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Eastside High School students participate in walkout

By Jessica Giles | Apr. 22, 2018

Hours after a single gunshot rang out at Forest High School about 40 miles away, about 200 students walked out of Eastside High School on Friday morning as part of a National School Walkout.

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GPD: Man shot, killed in northeast Gainesville

By Robert Lewis | Apr. 22, 2018

Update 9:30 a.m. Monday: Gainesville Police identified the man killed and said his killer knew him.

Coach Roland Thornqvist said his team will try to learn from its mistakes after Florida fell to Vanderbilt in Sunday's SEC Tournament championship game. “We can start from zero in our preparations," he said.

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Vanderbilt dominates Florida in SEC Tournament final

By River Wells | Apr. 22, 2018

Last year, Florida’s women’s tennis team fell to Vanderbilt in the championship match of the SEC tournament. This year, it was more of the same.

Senior Alex McMurtry scored a season-high 9.975 in uneven bars in Florida's third-place finish at the Super Six on Saturday.

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Florida finishes third at Super Six, UCLA wins national title

By Alana Gomez | Apr. 21, 2018

For the second night in a row, the Gators gymnastics team held the same narrative. Similar to its performance at the NCAA Championships on Friday, it all came down to the floor routine if Florida wanted to stay afloat in the Super Six team finals on Saturday night in St. Louis, Missouri.

Junior midfielder Sydney Pirreca scored four goals on five shots in Florida's 18-13 win over Denver on Saturday.

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CONFERENCE CHAMPS: Florida survives in Denver to Big East regular season title

By Tyler Nettuno | Apr. 21, 2018

With snow flurries in the air, the Gators lacrosse team was able to endure the cold conditions, as well as a challenge from the Denver Pioneers, to walk out of Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium as the 2018 Big East regular-season champions.

Left fielder Amanda Lorenz went 2-for-5 from the plate with a grand slam in Florida's doubleheader against Mississippi State on Saturday.

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Gators complete sweep of Mississippi State behind performance of Lorenz

By Mark Stine | Apr. 21, 2018

Florida’s softball team mobbed left fielder Amanda Lorenz as she hopped on home plate in the bottom of the fourth inning.

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UF loses match play to Arkansas, gets knocked out of SEC Tournament

By Chris O'Brien | Apr. 21, 2018

Through nine holes, it looked like UF might stage an upset in match play of the SEC Tournament, going up 3-2 against Arkansas on Saturday. Down the stretch, however, the Gators couldn’t pull it off.

Tyler Dyson allowed three runs on four hits through 2.0-plus innings in Florida's 3-2 loss to Kentucky on Saturday. He didn't record a strikeout in his shortest outing of the season.

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Dyson roughed up with little support in Florida’s series-closing loss to Kentucky

By Ethan Bauer | Apr. 21, 2018

Wil Dalton tapped his right cleat with the barrel of his bat after watching strike three blow past him.

Senior Josie Kuhlman scored the deciding point in Florida's 4-2 win over Arkansas in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament. The Gators will face either Ole Miss or Vanderbilt for the title on Sunday.

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Gators defeat Razorbacks, advance to SEC Tournament championship match

By River Wells | Apr. 21, 2018

In Florida’s match against Arkansas on Saturday, one could not spell “clincher” without senior Josie Kuhlman.

Sophomore Marta Perez led the Florida women's golf team in stroke play at the SEC Tournament on Friday, shooting a 1 under to drop her final score over three rounds to even par.

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Florida finishes stroke play in tie for fifth, advances to match play of SEC Tournament

By Chris O'Brien | Apr. 20, 2018

It was more of the same for the Florida women’s golf team during Round 3 of the SEC Tournament on Friday: not terrible, but certainly left a lot to be desired.

Senior Peggy Porter's 6-2, 6-2 singles victory on Friday helped Florida clinch a 4-2 victory over LSU in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament.

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Florida defeats LSU, advances to semifinals of SEC Tournament

By River Wells | Apr. 20, 2018

Last Saturday, senior Peggy Porter could only watch helplessly as she lost the decisive singles match in Florida’s 4-3 defeat against Vanderbilt to end the regular season.