The Innovative Product Development Center at Santa Fe College is aiming to help entrepreneurs and innovators in Alachua and surrounding counties develop their discoveries into commercial products. Its main focus is mentoring start-up companies.
France Jackson, 29, and Jessica Jones, 28, made history on May 4 by becoming the first African American women to receive PhDs from the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department at UF.
UF President Kent Fuchs spoke at a Faculty Senate meeting Thursday afternoon. During the conference, Fuchs outlined his initial plans to create a task force aimed at reforming future commencement ceremonies.
The marshal who was caught on video pushing students during a graduation ceremony has been placed on paid administrative leave, according to UF spokesperson Margot Winick.
Nafeesah Attah planned to do a traditional dance move called a duck walk – by waving her arms up and squatting while stomping her feet – as she walked across the graduation stage Saturday afternoon. That is, until an administrator grabbed her and forced her to stop.
Jodi Kantor, a Pulitzer-prize-winning reporter for The New York Times and one of the two reporters who broke the story that Harvey Weinstein was paying off sexual harassment accusers, was kicked off her college newspaper in the late ‘90s, she candidly told her student audience at UF.
A noose in Weimer Hall. Slurs on a whiteboard. Richard Spencer.
When Michael Cizek graduates in May, he’s saying goodbye to more than just the UF campus. He’s parting ways with an icon: an orange and blue 1968 Schwinn Twinn dubbed the Gator Tandem.
Alexa Tirse was devastated three years ago when she thought she was denied admission to her dream school, UF.
Former Student Body President Smith Meyers completed his term Tuesday, and President-elect Ian Green will take over today. Here’s a review of what suggestions the Impact Party made during Meyers’ campaigning that were accomplished or are in progress:
During her time as a student, Lindsay “Coco” Hames has seen fax turn into email, Tim Tebows’ career come and go and her band’s song feature in the movie “Whip It.”
Paislee Peyton first noticed a problem in the UF Reitz Union Bookstore in September.
When Solomon O’Leary lost his vision four years ago, he never thought he’d run errands alone.
UF researchers have discovered ways to identify patients who may suffer from long-term physical pain, which can help physical therapists provide tailored treatment instead of prescribing opioid medication.
A UF researcher wants to make golf courses nationwide more eco-friendly.
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.
A student-developed app tracking environmental impact will allow users to help trees be planted in Nepal, Madagascar and Haiti.
When Desmond Grimes heard the fuzzy voice of control center from his bus radio, he told himself he would still find time for his daughter.
For the first time in more than seven months, 1-year-old Valeria Ocampo’s heart beat on its own.
Carolina Sepulveda doesn’t know when she’ll die, but she knows what she wants to get done beforehand.
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