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Niam Villabrera, Susanna van de Graad, Sedona Iodice and Nathan O’Donnell (front to back) canoeing in the coed sprint race.

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UF wins first place in concrete canoe competition

By Meagan DiPolo | June 22, 2019

UF’s team themed their canoe around Tom Petty

Ashley Grabowski explains to the Senate that Inspire Party will be objecting to several of the Replacement and Agenda Committee’s nominations for Summer replacements seats because they were voted on without being properly discussed.

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Two SG senators forced to resign their seats following Tuesday’s meeting

By Charlie Daffron | June 20, 2019

The Senate voted on appointments and LGBTQ+ accommodations

Dr. Leslie Parker examines a premature infant in the NICU at UF Health Shands Hospital.

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UF research refutes routine procedure used on premature babies

By Lily Huerkamp | June 20, 2019

The procedure has been done for decades

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Something is rotten in the SG Senate

By Zachariah Chou | June 20, 2019

With a minority party asserting its place in the Senate, a lot of the practices that the majority party got away with in the past are now being exposed.

The terraformer is made up of 1,100 rectangular blocks that can be individually manipulated to mimic trees and buildings during wind tunnel experiments.

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UF builds fan bank for wind tunnel capable of simulating hurricane-force winds

By Charlie Daffron | June 17, 2019

The project was partially funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation

UF’s International Piano Festival participant Ahui plays classical music at UF Health Shands Hospital.

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Pianists perform in UF Health Shands Hospital

By Meleah Lyden | June 17, 2019

Beethoven, Ravel and Schubert echoed through the UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital Monday as pianists honored the classics.

Madison Grasty smiles for a group photo with Izabella Neira (far right) and her three sisters (from left) Jessy, Mia and Alynna during a high school Dance Marathon.

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UF graduate selected as a recipient of Dance Marathon award

By Kyndal Rock | June 14, 2019

She’s one of 20 students across the country to receive the award

A volunteer stocking shelves with canned food at the Field and Fork Pantry on UF's campus in 2016.

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‘It’s not a resource that runs on its own’: Hunger pangs felt throughout campus

By Meleah Lyden | June 13, 2019

UF study shows 31.5 percent of students experience food insecurity

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UF allocates $200,000 to The Alligator

By Tori Whidden | June 13, 2019

This is the first financial support from the university since 1973

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Student Senate approves executive nominations and resolutions

By Charlie Daffron | June 13, 2019

Forty new appointments were made and two resolutions were passed

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UF researchers develop environmentally friendly sunscreen

By Sarah Morton | June 13, 2019

Mom says to use sunscreen, but could it actually be harmful?

The set with lighting for “Hills on Fire” in the Black Box Theatre. The lighting design for the show is by Jordan Lindquist, a UF lighting design junior.

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UF scene design student makes “Hills on Fire” set recyclable

By Tori Whidden | June 11, 2019

The set of “Hills on Fire” cost the college less than $1,000

A memorial for Telles-Irvin will be held on Friday on Northwestern’s campus where she served as the vice president of student affairs since 2011.

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Former UF Vice President for Student Affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin remembered

By Charlie Daffron | June 11, 2019

Telles-Irvin helped create Machen Florida Opportunity Scholars

Students conducting their chemistry lab in-person for two weeks with Candace Biggerstaff (far left), the teaching lab specialist for Chemistry I.

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UF launches in-person chemistry lab for online students

By Lily Huerkamp | June 11, 2019

New hybrid class provides flexibility and on-campus interaction

The UF Board of Trustees meeting on June 8, 2019 held in Emerson Alumni Hall.

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Board of Trustees approves over $100 million in construction projects

By Tori Whidden | June 8, 2019

The Board of Trustees has approved four construction projects on the UF campus totaling over $100 million.

Bianca Z. Quiñones will officially start her role as the new Program Director of Hispanic-Latinx Affairs on July 1.

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UF welcomes new program director of Hispanic-Latinx affairs

By Yanet Centeno | June 8, 2019

Bianca Z. Quiñones will start July 1

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UF researchers find stormwater ponds may harbor invasive species

By Sarah Pickett | June 8, 2019

Florida ranks in the top three states affected by invasive species

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UF Veterinary College partners with Miami-Dade County to care for neglected animals

By Charlie Daffron | June 5, 2019

As part of the program, Miami-Dade County pays UF an annual sum of $120,958.

Taylor Forte, a 21-year-old UF civil engineering senior, prepared a picnic with her fiancé, Trevor Walters, last Thursday evening. After about 30 minutes, an alligator came out of Lake Alice and consumed their entire set up

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Gator takes a chomp at couple’s picnic

By Tori Whidden | June 5, 2019

UF students enjoyed a picnic by Lake Alice when an alligator interrupted

Shelters on campus open based on the circumstance and are usually not all opened at the same time.

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UF prepares for hurricane season

By Meleah Lyden | June 3, 2019

UF emphasizes the importance of personal preparedness.