Tucked away in the back of the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo, 10 rescued gopher tortoises spend their days grazing and burrowing in a haven built just for them.
More than 15 people joined UF Students Demand Action and the UF College Democrats Wednesday afternoon in a campus vigil and call for action honoring the victims of the Florida State University shooting and those affected by gun violence.
Around noon Thursday, a gunman opened fire at FSU’s student union, killing two and injuring six. A vigil was held Friday at 5 p.m. to honor and mourn the victims.
Two people died, and six were hospitalized after a shooting at Florida State University’s student union Thursday.
Graduate Assistants United, the union representing UF’s more than 4,000 graduate workers, launched negotiations with the university for higher stipends in September 2023. But more than a year and half later, talks are stalling.
UF students and professors are once again expressing concerns — and annoyance — over the political implications of the state’s “Intellectual Freedom and Viewpoint Diversity Survey.”
On Thursday morning, hot off their national championship victory, a trio of Gators men’s basketball players traded their jerseys for Raising Cane’s uniforms.
UF confirmed four of its students had their visas revoked, according to an official statement from a UF spokesperson.
The University of Florida is partnering with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in an effort to crack down on undocumented international students.
More than 90 people gathered in Turlington Plaza at noon on Wednesday to protest the deportation of Colombian UF student Felipe Zapata Velasquez and advocate for the inclusion of an immigration attorney within the scope of Student Legal Services.
This fall, UF is scheduled to demolish three undergraduate dorms — Graham, Simpson and Trusler Hall — to kick off a 10-year, $1.1 billion plan to boost on-campus housing availability.
Saturday, 119 people gathered at Lake Alice Field at 7:30 a.m. to honor Nyla Holland, a 20-year-old animal sciences sophomore at UF and ROTC member.
Investment bank Goldman Sachs estimated 300 million jobs could be replaced by AI technology, but UF students and professors remain unconcerned.
Newly released minutes of a Feb. 25 committee meeting show trustees are willing to offer their pick to lead the state’s flagship institution an annual pay as much as $1 million more than what they offered former President Ben Sasse.
UF’s Planned Parenthood Generation Action chapter is working with the company Aunt Flow and student govenrment officials to expand access to free menstrual products in campus bathrooms.
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