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Kamya Bates, a 19-year-old UF marine science freshman, places a sticky note on a door in front of the Reitz Union during a National Coming Out Day celebration.

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Students celebrate National Coming Out Day with heart-shaped notes, bath bombs

By Hannah Beatty | Oct. 11, 2018

Over 170 people visited the event

Jhody Polk shares her story of incarceration

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Felon and University of Chicago professor share the stage in speech about felon rights

By Nicole Bowen | Oct. 11, 2018

More than 75 people came out.

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UF Navy ROTC unveils new mural in Van Fleet Hall

By Jordyn Kalman | Oct. 11, 2018

The mural is dedicated to UF alumni who graduated from the ROTC program.

Onlookers watch bees work in awe Saturday in the Observation Room at the Honey Bee Lab’s grand opening. At the event, artifacts are on put on display from age-old beekeeping methods. The Honey Bee Lab is located at 1881 Natural Area Drive.

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UF bee research lab kicking off Bee College conference Friday

By Fotini Sisois | Oct. 11, 2018

The conference is expecting 375 beekeepers.

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Genetic risk factors might be putting children at higher risk for obesity

By Kelly Hayes | Oct. 10, 2018

Children with the two genetic risk factors ate 20 percent more calories and sugar

The hurricane's path as of 10 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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UF to remain open during Hurricane Michael

By Dana Cassidy | Oct. 9, 2018

The impacts of the storm will not be strong enough to shut down the school.

The hurricane's projected path as of 10 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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UF to remain open during Hurricane Michael

By Alyssa Ramos | Oct. 9, 2018

UF has not decided if campus will close or not

Adam Recvlohe speaks to a group of about 35 people on Indigenous Peoples Day

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UF department commemorates Indigenous People’s Day with Muscogee Creek speaker

By McKenna Beery | Oct. 8, 2018

The talk discussed Florida's indigenous history

A close-up of the plaque that was made in honor of Abigail Dougherty. The plaque rests below the southern magnolia treeplanted for Dougherty on Thursday.

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Parents of UF student killed in bike crash given $25 million

By Jessica Curbelo | Oct. 8, 2018

Abigail Dougherty died in 2016 in a bike crash

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Letter to the Editor: Release Lara Alqasem

Oct. 8, 2018

On Oct 2, Lara Alqasem, 22, a former University of Florida graduate was detained at Ben Gurion Airport and ordered deported after Israeli security looked her up on Canary Mission, a right-wing blacklist site. Alqasem was going to study to get an MA at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and had received a visa valid for a year for that purpose. She remains in detention. Lara's detention and possible deportation raises major concerns about study abroad programs in Israel which might well deny entry to students of Palestinian origin or anyone who does not pass the right-wing litmus test. Unfortunately such tests are also being used to deny entry to people engaged in social justice work. Just recently, Professor Katherine Frank who arrived in Israel to lead a delegation of human rights activists, was detained and deported. In light of these concerns a number of faculty from the University of Florida and around the country have signed the statement below for the release of Lara Alqasem.

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