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Daniel Clayton, 23, UF electrical engineering senior, speaks to Ashley Marceus, 21, UF triple major in political science, African American studies and women’s studies third year about organizational planning inside the Black Enrichment Center on Tuesday afternoon.

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Students struggle to keep memory of IBC, La Casita alive

By Elliott Nasby | Apr. 24, 2018

A noose in Weimer Hall. Slurs on a whiteboard. Richard Spencer.

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UF senior to sell Gator Tandem featured in ‘Tandem Two Bits’

By Amanda Rosa | Apr. 24, 2018

When Michael Cizek graduates in May, he’s saying goodbye to more than just the UF campus. He’s parting ways with an icon: an orange and blue 1968 Schwinn Twinn dubbed the Gator Tandem.

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First 10 students to graduate from PaCE program this Spring

By Elliott Nasby | Apr. 24, 2018

Alexa Tirse was devastated three years ago when she thought she was denied admission to her dream school, UF.

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One year later, Impact executive ticket keeps promises

By Christina Morales | Apr. 24, 2018

Former Student Body President Smith Meyers completed his term Tuesday, and President-elect Ian Green will take over today. Here’s a review of what suggestions the Impact Party made during Meyers’ campaigning that were accomplished or are in progress:

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It took half her life, but this UF student and singer is graduating

By Jessica Curbelo | Apr. 24, 2018

During her time as a student, Lindsay “Coco” Hames has seen fax turn into email, Tim Tebows’ career come and go and her band’s song feature in the movie “Whip It.”

Members of UF's Florida Aquaculture and Aquarium Club are renovating the 500-gallon fish tank in the UF Reitz Union Bookstore.

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‘We decided that (UF) should have a top-tier fish tank’

By Tobie Perkins | Apr. 23, 2018

Paislee Peyton first noticed a problem in the UF Reitz Union Bookstore in September.

In this photo taken Wednesday, March 7, 2018, shows Sharon Van Etten, listening to a computerized voice in a vehicle equipped with software meant to help the visually impaired interact with self-driving cars in Ocala, Fla. Six years after a video went viral of a blind man going through a drive thru in a self-driving car, advocates for visually impaired people worry the industry is leaving them behind as they develop the cars of the future. So prominent groups are turning to university researchers like Brinkley to help build systems that will unlock the potential of autonomous cars' for the blind.

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UF researcher’s project to help blind, visually impaired

By Vivian Nguyen | Apr. 22, 2018

When Solomon O’Leary lost his vision four years ago, he never thought he’d run errands alone.

FILE - This Aug. 15, 2017, file photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York.

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UF study identifies patients prone to long-term pain

By Angel Kennedy | Apr. 22, 2018

UF researchers have discovered ways to identify patients who may suffer from long-term physical pain, which can help physical therapists provide tailored treatment instead of prescribing opioid medication.

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UF researcher aiming to make golf courses eco-friendly nationwide

By Daphna Krause | Apr. 22, 2018

A UF researcher wants to make golf courses nationwide more eco-friendly.

Cajun's trainer Sidnee Santana-Mellor reaches out to the new mother during a demonstration training session Sunday morning at the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo. The 3-week-old newborn is clinging to Cajun's stomach.

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Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo welcomes newborn gibbon

By Angela DiMichele | Apr. 22, 2018

As Clarie Santiago spoke to about 20 people Sunday morning, a white-handed gibbon named Cajun swung down from the top of her enclosure with a 3-week-old black peach-fuzz fur baby clutched onto her stomach.

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UF students launch app that rewards eco-friendly habits by planting trees in other countries

By Christina Morales | Apr. 22, 2018

A student-developed app tracking environmental impact will allow users to help trees be planted in Nepal, Madagascar and Haiti.

Desmond Grimes, 38, welcomes students onto the 117 Bus at the Reitz Union. Grimes’ route, “Park-N-Ride 2,” circulates through 34th Street back to the Reitz Union.

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Low pay for bus drivers leads to a shortage, forced overtime

By Meryl Kornfield | Apr. 19, 2018

When Desmond Grimes heard the fuzzy voice of control center from his bus radio, he told himself he would still find time for his daughter.

Carlos Ocampo, left, and Victoria Escobar, right, kiss their 1-year-old Valeria Ocampo, who was released from UF Health Shands hospital last Friday.

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In historic operation, baby given new chance at life

By Elliott Nasby | Apr. 19, 2018

For the first time in more than seven months, 1-year-old Valeria Ocampo’s heart beat on its own.

UF Health installed 12 “Before I Die” walls in downtown Gainesville, around UF Health buildings and on campus for the second year in a row. The walls raise awareness for advance directives, which are written statements of a person’s preferred medical treatment if they are too ill or incapacitated to communicate with a doctor.

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‘Before I Die’ walls promote end-of-life care to Gainesville residents

By Amanda Rosa | Apr. 18, 2018

Carolina Sepulveda doesn’t know when she’ll die, but she knows what she wants to get done beforehand.

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Gainesville Target is now offering a ‘Drive Up’ app service

By Amanda Rosa | Apr. 18, 2018

The Gainesville Target supermarket store is now making it easier to avoid binge shopping.

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UF groups discusses rape culture in LGBTQ+ spaces

By Angela DiMichele | Apr. 18, 2018

Andrew Lim told a group of about 30 people the LGBTQ+ community is not safe from rape culture.

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UF Student Body president denies involvement with Turning Point USA

By Christina Morales | Apr. 18, 2018

UF Student Body President Smith Meyers has denied being involved with a conservative nonprofit after his photo appeared in one of the organization’s brochures.

In a file photo shared by UF Libraries on Twitter, The Alligator named Margaret Anderson the Co-ed of the week. She was the President of Alpha Omega Pi Sorority.

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About 150,000 pages of The Alligator to be digitized by 2019

By Christina Morales | Apr. 17, 2018

About 150,000 pages of The Alligator will be accessible from any device with internet access by September 2019.

Andrew Schuffer, an 18-year-old neurobiological sciences freshman, plays ping pong outside Newell Hall Tuesday afternoon with Ariana Johnson, a 19-year-old microbiology and cell science freshman as part of the Newell Hall Block Party which marked the one year anniversary of the building's reopening.

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Renovated Newell Hall celebrates first year

By Jessica Giles | Apr. 17, 2018

Jessica Giessman threw her arms around Viper, a yellow Labrador retriever, and looked up at a UF police officer with puppy-dog eyes.

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UF student Senate change diversity committee composition

By Christina Morales | Apr. 17, 2018

Student senators unanimously passed a bill that would change the members of the Student Government Diversity and Programming Committee on Tuesday night.