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Former UF quarterback Danny Wuerffel to host Gator Growl 2022
By Alissa Gary | Sep. 8, 2022He will take the Stephen C. O’Connell Center stage alongside headliner Flo Rida and opener Olivia O’Brien.
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UF researchers investigate link between bacteria and depression
By Siena Duncan | Sep. 6, 2022A study from UF researchers, published Aug. 22 in Scientific Reports, found the saliva of some college students with suicidal thoughts lacked bacteria that promote brain health. If the research is further tested and proven true, the medical treatments for those with depression could drastically expand.
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UF Health pauses booster shots as new COVID-19 boosters targeting Omicron are on the way
By Melanie Pena | Sep. 5, 2022UF Health has pre-ordered, redesigned boosters and is expecting the shipment early next week, according to a UF Health Shands Hospital email Friday. The health system also temporarily paused booster administration of the current Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines to those 12 and older until it receives the new boosters.
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‘Football family’: ‘Tailgators’ return to the Swamp
By Alissa Gary | Sep. 5, 2022The Two-Headed Tailgaters are just some of the hordes of people, including alumni, grad students and football fans who arrive early to the Swamp to tailgate.
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Senate passes Senate reapportionment bill, recognizes 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at first Fall meeting
By Alissa Gary | Aug. 31, 2022The most contested bill of the night was the Senate Reapportionment Act of 2023, which defines the number of seats each sector of campus will be allotted within the Senate.
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UF, embattled former Honors Program director at odds over nature of termination
By Christian Casale | Aug. 29, 2022Mark Law and UF administration are publicly at odds about the nature of his termination. Honors students say they were confused about the nature of Law’s firing, and some faculty who already distrusted the administration rallied to Law’s cause.
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‘A political weapon’: UF community left divided on how to navigate Florida’s new ‘Stop WOKE’ Act
By Peyton Harris | Aug. 29, 2022House Bill 7, dubbed the “Stop WOKE Act” by Gov. Ron Desantis, went into effect July 1, 2022. The law is an expansion on Florida Statute Section 760.10, now including language that prohibits certain material from being taught at universities in the Florida State University System.
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After five years of waiting, UF bats finally start moving into their new home
By Siena Duncan | Aug. 27, 2022Bat house three is occupied as of Thursday morning, meaning that a summer of work enticing them inside for a UF team made up of conservationists, biologists and construction workers has finally paid off.
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Accent Speakers Bureau reschedules Josh Richards for first Fall speaking event
By Anushka Dakshit | Aug. 26, 2022Accent Speakers Bureau rescheduled TikTok star Josh Richards to do the first Fall show September 8 at 7 p.m. at the University Auditorium, according to an announcement Thursday.
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Flo Rida, Olivia O’Brien to perform at UF’s Gator Growl 2022
By Alissa Gary | Aug. 26, 2022UF Homecoming and Gator Growl announced Friday headlining artist, Flo Rida, and opener, Olivia O’Brien, will perform at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center Oct. 7.
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‘What’s poppin’?’: Rain, technical issues didn’t stop Joey Bada$$ and Jean Deaux’s first day of school performance
By Alissa Gary | Aug. 25, 2022Joey Bada$$ and Jean Deaux took to the stage to play a UF student-only concert at the O’Connell Center Wednesday night.
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Local Gainesville favorites SweetBerries and Opus Coffee arrive to new campus locations
By Claire Grunewald | Aug. 24, 2022SweetBerries' newest location can be found at UF Newell Hall, replacing another campus favorite, Au Bon Pain. Another popular Gainesville eatery, Opus Coffee, has also arrived on campus at Norman Hall.
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Housing, academic freedom, abortion: What issues matter most to UF students this election cycle?
By Siena Duncan | Aug. 22, 2022Several student groups have geared up to throw their support behind candidates who come out of the primaries victorious. Due to internal policies, most groups don’t endorse partisan state-level candidates early in an election cycle to avoid putting stock behind a candidate that might not make it through to the next stage.
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UF Graduate Assistants United agrees to new stipend minimum — the first raise in five years
By Siena Duncan | Aug. 21, 2022UF Graduate Assistants United announced its agreement with the university Thursday regarding a final minimum stipend offer, which is the equivalent of a yearly salary that some graduate assistants depend on for their main source of income.
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Joey Bada$$, Jean Deaux to perform at UF first day of school concert
By Alissa Gary | Aug. 18, 2022In the first SGP sponsored concert of the year, Joey Bada$$ and Jean Deaux will perform Aug. 24 at the O’Connell Center. Tickets are free for UF students and will be available at Gate 1 of the O’Connell Center starting Aug. 19.
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UF Board of Trustees fires longtime Honors Program director allegedly with no reasoning
By Christian Casale | Aug. 15, 2022The director of UF Honors Program was fired Monday. He said he wasn’t given an explanation by the Board of Trustees.
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Innovation Academy’s Catalyst Summer B brings young, innovative minds together
By Kyle Bumpers | Aug. 5, 2022Faculty and alumni from the program’s last decade went to the event to see 28 groups of students’ solutions to the question: How might we effectively engage residents in a 21st century live/work/play community?
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Thespians bear brunt of thinning SG funds
By Sandra McDonald | Aug. 1, 2022The Florida Players did everything right, she said, but they still lost funding.
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UF receives $3 million for new civic center
By Lindsay Schindler | Aug. 1, 2022The Council on Public University Reform requested UF be granted $3 million by the state to fund the Hamilton Center for Classical and Civil Education.
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Stephen A. Smith encourages UF students to be authentic, competitive
By Kyle Bumpers and Sandra McDonald | July 29, 2022On Wednesday night, sports analyst Stephen A. Smith spoke to over 300 UF students for an ACCENT Speaker’s Bureau event.
