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Kent Fuchs

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

UF President Fuchs’ last message of the semester

Apr. 18, 2019

The world watched in horror and grief on Monday as Notre Dame Cathedral burned. Her lead-covered wood roof and majestic spire collapsing into red flames as Parisians sang hymns on roads and bridges. Some 13 million people annually enter the cathedral. I have been one of those awestruck visitors on several occasions. Notre Dame is an exquisite example of French Gothic architecture and an unforgettable symbol of Paris, with its beautiful rose windows, flying buttresses and rib vault. Lost in the news of the past few days is the fact that Notre Dame is foremost a place for worship, particularly for Catholic Christians.

Student Government SG Generic

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

SG’s $20,000 end-of-the-year banquet welcomes new officers

By Hannah Beatty | Apr. 18, 2019

The night featured awards, farewell speeches and the swearing in of new officers

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF Law has second highest bar passage rate in Florida

By Christina Mouttet | Apr. 17, 2019

Ten of the 13 students who took the February exam passed

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NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Four things to know about the Student Government banquet

By Hannah Beatty | Apr. 16, 2019

The annual banquet will be held today at Champion’s Club

Florida Gov. Ron Desantis speaks about the environment to a crowd of about 50 people April 16 at the Steinmetz Hall courtyard.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Gov. DeSantis speaks at UF regarding environmental goals

By Kelly Hayes | Apr. 16, 2019

MED-Zika Mosquito-5 Things

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF research: Climate change may spread disease-carrying mosquitoes

By April Rubin | Apr. 16, 2019

A UF professor’s research shows that climate change will expose areas to disease carrying mosquitoes in the future.

UF spokesperson Margot Winick tweets that she is no longer working at the university.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF director of communications resigns

By Taylor Girtman | Apr. 16, 2019

Her last day at work was Friday

Rapper 21 Savage performs at UF Monday night.

NEWS | CAMPUS

‘I’m in savage mode’: Rapper 21 Savage performs at UF

By Kelly Hayes | Apr. 16, 2019

About 6,000 people attended the concert

NEWS | CAMPUS

Fewer minority students were admitted to UF this year

By Lakshmi Gomez | Apr. 14, 2019

There was a 4 percent decrease from 2018 to 2019

NEWS | CAMPUS

Why UF faculty members leave and what UF is doing to change it

By Kelly Hayes | Apr. 14, 2019

UF is on par nationally when it comes to rates of faculty leaving, but it is still working to address why.

Executive Director of Outreach & Incubation at UF Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center Nola Miyasaki (left), Brian De Souza (middle) and Pablo Garces (right) take a picture at e-Fest at the University of St.Thomas. Garces and De Souza, both 21-year-old UF computer science juniors,  competed with 24 other finalists for up to $250,000 in prizes this weekend.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF students win $20,000 in business pitch competition

By Naomi Cruz | Apr. 14, 2019

Thousands of dollars will go toward the full launch of an environmental app developed by UF students on Earth Day later this month.

Faith Taylor, a Gainesville drag queen, performs “Shut Up and Drive” by Rihanna at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, at 3201 Hull Road, Saturday night. She was one of several drag queens who performed at “Resilience: A Drag Performance,” hosted by UF Pride Awareness Month. “We’re here to show you we don’t have to be a RuPaul girl to be fierce,” she told the audience.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Beauty is pain: Local and 'Rupaul's Drag Race' queens perform at UF

By Ana Escalante | Apr. 14, 2019

About 300 people attended the show

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NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Remote online voting delayed after UF SG Supreme Court decision

By Hannah Beatty | Apr. 11, 2019

Court cited issues with the hierarchy of law and legislating from the bench

NEWS | CAMPUS

Survey asks students about sexual assault on campus

By Christina Mouttet | Apr. 11, 2019

The survey will be open until May 10

Hasan Minhaj, a 33-year-old comedian known for his time as a correspondent on “The Daily Show” and his Netflix show “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj,” answers questions Thursday at the  Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Around 1,750 attendees watched Minhaj answer questions asked by UF School of Journalism and Communications professor Mike Foley.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Saudi Arabia, car crashes and printers: Comedian Hasan Minaj speaks at UF

By Mikayla Carroll | Apr. 11, 2019

There was a sold-out crowd of more than 1,700

Pictures of Sophia Visent, a 22-year-old environmental management fourth year, are pinned on a tree Wednesday night as friends and family mourn her death with a candlelight vigil.

NEWS | CAMPUS

‘I will always have a place in my heart for you’: Vigil held for 22-year-old UF student

By Lakshmi Gomez | Apr. 11, 2019

More than 100 people attended the event in honor of Sophia Visent

EDM artist RL Grime and Lost Kings will perform on April 24 at UF.

NEWS | CAMPUS

RL Grime and Lost Kings to perform at Flavet Field

By Lakshmi Gomez | Apr. 9, 2019

It will be the last concert of the semester

The construction of the Herbert Wertheim Laboratory for Engineering Excellence is projected to cost more than $70 million, which is $20 million more than its projected cost. The building is located between the Reitz Union and Weimer Hall, and it will house study rooms and labs.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF College of Engineering construction delayed and is over original budget

By Rachelle Westervelt | Apr. 8, 2019

The building is now scheduled to be finished in Spring 2020

Sophia Visent, a 22-year-old UF environmental management senior, died by suicide last week. Her friends will hold a vigil to remember her 9 p.m. Wednesday on the Plaza of the Americas. A GoFundMe page is raising money for funeral expenses.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Friends to honor 22-year-old UF student with vigil

By Hannah Beatty | Apr. 7, 2019

A GoFundMe page is raising money for funeral expenses

George A. Smathers Libraries is holding the first annual meme contest in the Facebook group Swampy UF memes for top ten public teens for students to submit their best library-related content for a chance to win various prizes.

NEWS | CAMPUS

'This is fine.' Smathers Libraries hosts first social media meme contest

By Ana Escalante | Apr. 7, 2019

The first place winner will receive a $25 gift card

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