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From left: Mike Hill, UAA executive associate athletics director for external affairs, and Chip Howard, executive associate athletics director for internal affairs, watch Jeremy Foley, the UF athletics director, speak about his career at an Accent Speaker’s Bureau event in the Evans Champions Club on Tuesday. “It’s not a perfect science,” he said about the process of hiring a new coach. “The fit part is really important. The honesty and integrity part is really important.”

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Jeremy Foley speaks about career, new facility during talk

By Cyanne Dunn | Apr. 7, 2015

UF athletic director Jeremy Foley is not a fan of white helmets.

Trish Kearney, a 43-year-old UF health education and behavior junior, and Jonathan Batista, a 23-year-old UF chemical engineering senior, stand on Plaza of the Americas on Tuesday. They and four other students marched between there and Turlington Plaza with their mouths taped and hands tied to highlight human trafficking.

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Students marched to combat human trafficking

By Olivia Vega | Apr. 7, 2015

With their hands tied with black fabric and mouths covered with red tape, six students held posters that read, “We stand one day for their every day” and “Gators Against Human Trafficking,” sharing the words they felt but couldn’t say.

From left: Amanda Bateh, 19, Eric Brown, 21, Tesneem Shraiteh, 21, Amanda Nelson, 21, and Farah Khan, 21, speak on Turlington Plaza on Tuesday about discrimination that Palestinian Christians face as their Easter celebration approaches Sunday. “I feel like this is the least I can do, to be involved in this campus organization,” Bateh said, “because injustice happens every day in Palestine.”

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UF group educates students on discrimination in Palestine

By Lindsay Alexander | Apr. 7, 2015

A member of UF’s Students for Justice in Palestine held a sign Tuesday that read, “IDF attacked Palestinian Christians in Beit Jala during Palm Sunday service — Do you care?”

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UF senate allows Innovation Academy senators to pick Fall replacements

By Ariana Figueroa | Apr. 7, 2015

A bill allowing Innovation Academy senators to appoint a replacement senator for Fall terms was unanimously approved at Tuesday night’s UF Senate meeting.

Marvin Andujar, a 25-year-old UF human-centered computing doctoral student, poses for a photo with a mind-controlled drone that he and his partner, Chris Crawford, programmed.

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UF doctoral students program software for mind-controlled drone

By Cresonia Hsieh | Apr. 6, 2015

Marvin Andujar and Chris Crawford have been inseparable for about three years and can practically read each other’s minds. Now they have a drone that can read theirs.

Jacob Goodling (left), a 20-year-old UF mathematics sophomore, competes against Esaias “Leaf” Delfin, 18, in a Super Smash Bros. for Wii U tournament at GatorLAN on Saturday.

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UF gaming community to host largest free-gaming event in Florida

By Adrian Cibran | Apr. 6, 2015

Arturo Bustamante said gaming has shaped his UF experience.

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Research roundup: baseball injuries, milk and alcohol

Apr. 6, 2015

UF is teeming with brilliant people working on cutting-edge technology that saves lives, reveals mysteries and solves problems. We’re here to share the latest in UF’s advancements, research and studies.

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UF Wetlands Club's cypress trees are selling fast

By Paige Levin | Apr. 6, 2015

Even Texans are looking to the UF Wetlands Club to buy cypress trees.

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UF researching termite species resistant to pesticides

By Pulley | Apr. 6, 2015

Two of the world’s most destructive species of termites are creating hybrid colonies in South Florida, and they may be more resistant to pesticides.

Michael Brown (left), a 22-year-old UF nutritional science senior who has multiple sclerosis, receives a certificate for a $1,500 scholarship from David Nassau, the 20-year-old co-founder of Hopping 4 A Cure, a non-profit dedicated to raising money for MS research. Gainesville residents eligible for the scholarship must be affected by or diagnosed with MS.

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UF-based non-profit awards first scholarship to student with MS

By Olivia Vega | Apr. 5, 2015

A UF student plans to use his new scholarship to further his education and help others suffering with chronic illnesses.

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Biotech company to invest $1 million in UF, promote research in biomedical engineering

By Sophia Karnegis | Apr. 5, 2015

A prominent biotechnology company is investing in UF’s biomedical engineering department.

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UF alumnus to give sex and spirituality talk on Tuesday

By Ali Eckerle | Apr. 5, 2015

As sexual assault controversies continue to make headlines, UF students can learn more about the positive side of sex Tuesday.

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UF alum to promote Instagram-powered app on campus

By Frances Verjano | Apr. 5, 2015

A new social app is ready to hit campus this week after a UF alumnus accidentally launched it on Valentine’s Day last year.

Kent Fuchs and his wife, Linda, Gator Chomp after the Cornell University provost was named UF’s 12th president at Emerson Alumni Hall on Wednesday.

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Fuchs calls for more diversity at UF at board meeting

By Alyssa Fisher | Apr. 5, 2015

President Kent Fuchs asked UF’s Board of Trustees five questions to improve undergraduate education Friday before sharing his excitement over his ESPN Sports Center debut.

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Recovery community to host events for Alcohol Awareness month

By Veronica Garcia | Apr. 5, 2015

The UF Collegiate Recovery Community is working to foster healthy relationships with alcohol this month.

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UF Law alumni partner to bring legal education to rural Panama

By Sophia Karnegis | Apr. 5, 2015

Gator alumni from a nonprofit corporation and a software company are collaborating to bring legal education to the indigenous communities of Central America.