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UF alumnus creates app that helps count homeless population

By Valentina Botero | Feb. 16, 2020

The count happens in the last 10 days of January

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Gators roll through Vanderbilt

By Brendan Farrell | Feb. 15, 2020

Billy Donovan’s final game against Vanderbilt was almost exactly five years ago. The Gators lost an ugly 50-47 game in the middle of a disappointing campaign where they went 16-17 and missed out on both the NCAA Tournament and the NIT for the first time since 1997.

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UF shuts out Marshall to clinch opening-weekend series

By Bryan Matamoros | Feb. 15, 2020

Florida’s batters had a difficult time against Marshall right-hander Brady Choban in the early stages of Saturday’s game.

Team captain of the UF Quidditch team Jeremy Kowkabany, a 21-year-old UF astrophysics junior, runs across the field with the ball.

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Nationally ranked UF Quidditch team is heading to a championship

By Tristan Wood | Feb. 14, 2020

The team will send 21 students to compete

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Proposed bill may merge Florida Polytechnic University and UF

By Stephany Matat | Feb. 14, 2020

if passed, the bill would reduce the number of Florida’s public universities

Research spending has increased gradually over the years at UF. In 2019, UF spent $928.6 million in research spending.

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Report: UF research spending breaks previous record

By Christopher S. Cann | Feb. 14, 2020

Research spending for the 2019 fiscal year is $928.6 million

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NAACP hosts “A Guide to Higher Learning” SG debate

By Kaelyn Cassidy and Chasity Maynard | Feb. 14, 2020

Only Inspire Party candidates attended

The inscription of a poem dedicated to a person named Cheryl is displayed in front of the steps of Matherly Hall. It was investigated and discussed in a podcast called 'Cheryl '77.'

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Who is Cheryl? A podcast aims to find out

By Tristan Wood | Feb. 13, 2020

A love message was inscribed in 1977

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UF: If you've traveled from the Hubei Province of China, you should self-quarantine

By Stephany Matat | Feb. 13, 2020

Students must be self-quarantined for 14 days if they return from China

Inspire (left) and Gator Party (right) executive candidates argued in their first Student Government debate.

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Gator and Inspire Party executives debate funding and representation

By Meghan McGlone | Feb. 11, 2020

The parties also discussed issues with impeachment and illegal recordings

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Students represent democratic primary presidential candidates in educational forum

By Kaelyn Cassidy | Feb. 11, 2020

Eight students represented the democratic candidates

KC Jeong, a UF/IFAS associate professor of animal sciences, and Dr. Klibs Galvao, an associate professor in the UF College of Veterinary Medicine, work to make cow bacteria less resistant to antibiotics. They are funded by a National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant.

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UF/IFAS ranked the No. 1 public institution for agricultural sciences

By Christopher S. Cann | Feb. 10, 2020

Niche.com bases rankings on analysis of U.S. Department of Education data.

UF freshman Christina Lynch, left, purchases a textbook at the UF Bookstore inside the Reitz Union on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2011.

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Secret Shoppers: UF students help to improve on-campus businesses

By Charlene Medders | Feb. 10, 2020

More than 100 student volunteers have participated in the program since 2016

Firefighters battle the Morton Fire as it burns a home near Bundanoon, New South Wales, Australia, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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Australia study abroad programs to continue despite fires

By Gracie Johnson | Feb. 10, 2020

Visiting the country is the best way to get it back on its feet, experts say

Dees first used the chair's standing feature in a speech to UF alumni and administration

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UF student journalist receives advanced standing wheelchair

By AJ Bafer | Feb. 10, 2020

Drew Dees is using a power wheelchair to advance his career

Denise Griffiths, a UF English language and literature senior, died Wednesday after succumbing to brain and spinal injuries. She was 21. Griffiths was a spoken word poet and aspiring rapper.

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More than 300 attend UF student’s funeral

By Chasity Maynard | Feb. 9, 2020

Griffiths passed away Jan. 29

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UF students unsure when Amazon Echo Dot will make its way to on-campus housing

By Allessandra Inzinna | Feb. 9, 2020

Students who live on-campus are unable to connect their Amazon Echo devices to the residential network

Kayla Kalhor is on the bottom right with the rest of the contestants for Jeopardy! College Championship.

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UF sophomore competes in Jeopardy! College Championship

By Valentina Botero | Feb. 7, 2020

Who is Kayla Kalhor?

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Former Santa Fe President Jackson Sasser retires

By Sarah Mandile | Feb. 7, 2020

Santa Fe College’s new president, Paul Broadie II, delivered his inaugural address Tuesday afternoon. As he steps into his new role, Santa Fe students and faculty reflect on former President Jackson Sasser’s legacy at the college.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law on Monday, Jan. 28, 2019 that will make post-secondary education more available to students. A goal of the bill is to increase the percentage of people in the Florida workforce with post-secondary education from 49 to 60 percent by 2030. The bill also has a Last Mile program to financially assist students who dropped out of college within 12 credits of their degree.

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Florida bill could make college, university president searches private

By Samantha Chery | Feb. 7, 2020

Some Floridians are concerned about a lack of transparency