UF Student Body president-elect speaks out after arrest
By Paige Fry | Mar. 12, 2017Editor’s note: Smith Meyers declined to answer any questions regarding his arrest after multiple requests for comment. Read his statement here.
Editor’s note: Smith Meyers declined to answer any questions regarding his arrest after multiple requests for comment. Read his statement here.
Despite what some wish to think, it is possible to believe in both science and religion.
Five UF faculty members have joined UF President Kent Fuchs as fellows of an international science association.
Today, I’m in Boston with UF alumni celebrating the induction of five UF faculty members as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society, and this week’s meeting has 10,000 attendees. UF now has 51 AAAS fellows, an indicator of our excellence in science and engineering.
Alexis Brocious’ petition started as a joke, but then more than 300 people signed it.
Five hours south of campus, UF’s latest satellite office aims to connect prospective students in South Florida with the university.
Five days after President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban, UF students refused to eat Tuesday, a show of solidarity with their Muslim peers.
After two years in the city, UF President Kent Fuchs will be declared Gainesville’s citizen of the year today.
The UF Board of Trustees will now help decide how UF Health Shands Hospital will manage $800 million of debt.
In the past week, we’ve tried to give this new administration the bene t of the doubt. We’ve talked about choices, keeping in mind that statistically, half our readership voted for our new president. Though we’ve expressed hesitation at some of his more bombastic orders, we have tried to hope that in the end, moderation would win out. But we cannot do that anymore.
A few weeks ago, I met with a UF professor who was uncomfortable with my occasional use of the word “prayer” in editorials and messages to campus. We met over a cup of coffee and had a robust and stimulating discussion on why I sometimes say “my prayer” instead of “my hope” and “in my prayers” instead of “in my thoughts” when I wish to convey a strong personal sentiment.
Victoria Camargo walked into class Thursday morning to find a 6-foot-long rope tied into a noose. It was about 9 a.m., and the noose lay on her professor’s lectern inside the Gannett Auditorium at Weimer Hall. The UF advertising sophomore thought it may have been a prop to be used in class. But her professor never acknowledged it. After the two-hour class, police were called and hauled the rope away.
Hanna Clayton plans to graduate in three years, but after having trouble registering for upper-level English classes, she’s starting to stress about whether that will happen.
UF’s Board of Trustees officially put their support behind Gainesville becoming the “New American City.”
In a suit and tie, UF President Kent Fuchs did 12 pushups Wednesday to send a message about veteran suicide rates.
Before he was hired, J.C. Deacon made UF athletics director Jeremy Foley a promise.
After being introduced as Florida’s new athletics director on Tuesday, Scott Stricklin said he intends to carry out Florida’s athletic facility upgrades as planned.
In a small conference room in a corner of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, 13 people waited for Jeremy Foley to speak.
I am frequently asked about my views on leadership and the qualities that make a great leader.
As the afternoon storms disappeared Tuesday, a rainbow appeared and a crowd of more than 600 people stood in silence as Century Tower’s bells rang 49 times.