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UF radio receives media award for emergencies

By Tyler McClennan | Feb. 23, 2015

UF’s news station was recognized this year for its emergency preparedness.

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UF students visit Yale for European Student Conference

By Alison Eckerle | Feb. 23, 2015

Vedrana Damjanovic was the only UF student to attend a conference at Yale University.

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IFAS program awards more than $800K in grants to faculty

By Aaron Albright | Feb. 23, 2015

Seventeen faculty members in the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences received research grants that will help young researchers kick-start their careers.

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Food pantry could help more than 1,000 students, plans to open in summer

By Danielle Veenstra | Feb. 23, 2015

Construction of a food pantry for students in need may begin this summer.

Alan Crotzer, who spent more than 24 years in prison for rape, kidnapping and robbery before being proven innocent in 2006 at age 45, speaks at the Levin College of Law on Monday. He told his story and encouraged law students to become the kind of attorneys who help people who are wrongly convicted of crimes.

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Innocence Project inspires others to work against wrongful convictions

By Jessica Rodriguez | Feb. 23, 2015

Dozens of students gathered in the UF Levin College of Law’s Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center Courtroom on Monday to hear a story of wrongful conviction.

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Santa Fe Student Senate resolves to make campus more accessible for those with vision loss

By Hunter Williamson | Feb. 23, 2015

For students with visual impairments like Andrew Daugherty, Santa Fe College used to be much easier to navigate.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Voting can only help

Feb. 23, 2015

Elections for Student Government, including president, vice president and treasurer, begin today. Polls will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. at specific locations on campus; all that’s needed is, uh, you.

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Swamp Party Student Body president candidate addresses students

Feb. 23, 2015

After a long season of campaigning, it’s finally time for you, the distinguished students of UF, to decide who you want to represent your university in Student Government. This semester has demonstrated how important it is for our party to continue to follow through on its promises and show how qualified we are to represent every student on this campus.

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Access Party President addresses students

Feb. 23, 2015

UF students,

Fan Zhang (left), 24, and Xuesong Ding, 21, both UF urban and regional planning students, and Darren Lane, 44, fill plates from a buffet including buffalo, python and elk meat Saturday during the Beast Feast, a fundraising dinner held by the UF Wildlife society at Whitehurst Lodge in Archer. For video coverage of the event, visit www.alligator.org.

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Beast Feast patrons enjoy exotic offerings to fund UF Wildlife Society

By Nicole Gomez | Feb. 22, 2015

On Saturday, about 250 people gathered at the Whitehurst Lodge in Archer to feast on deer, elk, crickets and a variety of other wild beasts. The dinner is an annual fundraiser for the UF Wildlife Society.

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UF not hesitant to host Cuba study abroad program

By Ariella Phillips | Feb. 22, 2015

This summer, the UF International Center is hosting its first university-sponsored study-abroad program to Cuba.

Dr. Heather Gardner, a 29-year-old oncology intern at the University of Florida Small Animal Hospital, performs an exam on Anora, a greyhound with cancer.

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UF Small Animal Hospital receives top certification after 6 months

By Kristina Manus | Feb. 22, 2015

The UF Small Animal Hospital is the first facility in Florida to receive a top certification for its emergency and critical care facility from the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society.

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Liti-Gators pushing for nationals

By Savana Morie | Feb. 22, 2015

UF’s mock trial team, the Liti-Gators, once again landed at the top of a regional competition.

A rendering depicts the driveway area of the Solar Living House, a house a group of about 70 UF students will create as part of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. The house will be completely powered by solar energy and presented from Oct. 8-18 in Irvine, California, for the competition.

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UF students build livable solar-powered house for competition

By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Feb. 22, 2015

Gabrielle Heffernan didn’t always plan to pursue a career in architecture.

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UF Signing Gators rally to contribute to Deaf school-building

By Chelsey Freeman | Feb. 22, 2015

Various individuals, organizations and companies around Gainesville are fundraising to build a school for Deaf children in Qalqilya, Palestine.

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UF celebrates notable Gators

By Alligator Contributing Writers | Feb. 22, 2015

IFAS

Brandon Peebles, 21, an art coordinator for Project Makeover, paints an alligator on the sidewalk at W.A. Metcalfe Elementary School. Members and volunteers painted murals all around the school, including musical instruments in the music room, a Dr. Seuss themed kindergarten area and an ocean scene in the cafeteria.

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Project Makeover comes to W.A. Metcalfe Elementary, brings UF alumni

By Michelle McNally | Feb. 22, 2015

UF alumni returned to Gainesville over the weekend to give local children a better place to play.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Student conference focuses on Florida online voter registration bill

By Olivia Vega | Feb. 22, 2015

Students from all over the state gathered in Pugh Hall this past weekend for the Future of Florida Summit.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Alligator endorsement: Access Party

Feb. 22, 2015

At the risk of exaggeration, this Spring’s Student Government campaign has been one of the saltiest and most dramatic in the history of this campus. Now that it’s all going down, it’s high time we go public with our party endorsement.

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Response to the Innovation Academy Town Hall

Feb. 22, 2015

On Saturday evening, the Innovation Academy (IA) Ambassadors held a UF Student Government Town Hall in preparation for the upcoming elections. IA students have been underrepresented and largely voiceless in SG since the program began, and this event was an attempt to change that. The expectation was to have Access and Swamp Party executive candidates address concerns pertaining to Innovation Academy as a panel.