Runners and beer enthusiasts will gather at the Gainesville House of Beer today at 6 p.m. to run a 5K to benefit nonprofit organizations A Walk in My Shoes Inc. and the Pledge 5 Foundation. Race director and event coordinator Dan Phillips said 200 people have already registered.
Sen. Truman Williams, on behalf of the Swamp Party, filed an elections violation complaint against Sen. Umair Asghar and the Students Party for misrepresenting a fact in a guest column Asghar wrote for the Alligator.
Freshman Brianna Morgan has made more progress than any player assistant coach Dave Balogh has seen in his time at Florida.
The fourth annual Academic Sports Challenge will bring in money to the George A. Smathers Libraries for every touchdown scored in the season. Students, faculty and alumni can pledge dollars per touchdown to donate to the library system.
A family that unicycles together, stays together, his dad always said, and although Elsner has fallen hundreds of times over the years, he’s still unicycling.
If the hardware hanging in coach Gregg Troy’s office isn’t enough to prove he’s accustomed to winning, the hardware around his swimmers’ necks should be.
The African spiny mouse could become a new base for regenerative medicine research in mammals, said Ashley Seifert, a 36-year-old Department of Biology postdoctoral fellow at UF who worked on the study.
UF is the first university in the nation to offer XBowling, a social mobile application that combines traditional bowling with technology. It allows bowlers to connect with players worldwide, said Bill Fasig, chief marketing officer at its parent company, Sports Challenge Network.
In a press conference at the Alachua County Fairgrounds Wednesday morning, Gainesville Police spokesman Ben Tobias said police confirmed that Pedro A. Bravo purchased a shovel and a roll of duct tape several days before Aguilar went missing.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s annual “Education at a Glance” report, which studies the education systems of countries across the world, showed it costs a U.S. student between $116,000 and $117,000 to pursue a college degree, including direct costs and a calculation of possible wages lost while in school.
The recent UF graduates reviewed from a salary database spent $73,476 on out-of-state tuition and fees over fours years and made a median salary of $46,200, earning 182 points on the magazine’s scale. Georgia Institute of Technology lead the ranking with 202 points.
The McKnight Brain Institute asked UF art students to submit a proposal for an art piece related to the brain, said UF biology professor and School of Art + Art History scholar-in-residence Jamie Gillooly.
Andre Debose grinned from ear to ear as he celebrated on EverBank Field at the end of the 2011 season. Florida had just beaten Ohio State 24-17 in the Gator Bowl, and Debose hoisted the Most Valuable Player trophy high above his head. The hopes for his 2012 campaign flew even higher.
The bye week seems to be the only thing that can slow Jeff Driskel. Since earning the starting job against Bowling Green on Sept. 1, the sophomore quarterback has improved each week.
Well, cold and flu season is back, and we all know what that means: For the next few months your life will resonate the general theme of a horror movie.
UF students in the Design Innovation course will participate in the Make a Difference project throughout the next two months. The project was introduced to the students Tuesday and encourages them to use their skills in small ways to make big differences, said Margaret Portillo, a professor and chairwoman for the Department of Interior Design.
Holly King likes to use her head.
Aguilar, an 18-year-old biomedical engineering freshman from Miami, was reported missing Thursday night. The search continues for him.
As the Division I Men’s and Women’s Tennis Committee deliberated on changes to speed up the college game, Florida senior Bob van Overbeek reacted with three simple words:
Florida hasn’t done anything this season.
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