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NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

UF Student Government Senate approves nominees amid political tension

By Vivienne Serret | Sep. 13

With the recent tensions brought forth by campaign season and a new apportionment map, recent Senate meetings have fallen short of being considered productive. Senators have taken public comment as an opportunity to vent their frustrations into the mic — calling one another corrupt and disorganized.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

UF Supreme Court passes Gator Party’s Fall 2023 Apportionment map

By Vivienne Serret | Sep. 5

The UF Supreme Court ruled 4-1 in favor of a districting map that consists of 37 at-large seats with some dorm seats being altered — making the Fall 2023 election a winner takes all.

Akshat Pant (left) and Nishant Nagururu (right) promote Candor, an app that connects UF students to Student Government, at the Curtis M. Phillips Center on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023.

NEWS

UF students create app to connect Student Government with student body

By Vivienne Serret | Aug. 28

Akshat Pant, a 20-year-old UF computer science junior, and Nishant Nagururu, a 19-year-old UF computer science sophomore, had a vision to design an application streamlining students’ connection with SG. The app is called Candor — meaning open, honest and sincere. Pant and Nagururu picked the name after realizing they wanted to make an app providing those qualities to the student body.

A Florida football player during the Gators' game against Eastern Washington Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

The Alligator Sports 2022 year in review

By Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 31, 2022

Before 2022 ends, don't miss out on our best Sports coverage of the year.

Shaquille O'Neal, also know as DJ Diesel, plays music for over 3,000 people at his Halloween party Monday, Oct 31, 2022.

THE AVENUE

The Florida Avenue 2022 year in review

By Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 30, 2022

Before 2022 ends, dive into our most powerful, heartfelt and colorful coverage of the year.

NEWS

The Independent Florida Alligator 2022 year in review

By Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 28, 2022

As the year 2022 comes to an end, here's a roundup of some of our most impactful news stories.

Election Day for Gainesville City Commission was on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. Polls were open across Gainesville from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Two candidates held watch parties later in the evening. The special election was held to fill the seat vacated by Gail Johnson when she resigned. Matt Howland, Cynthia Chestnut, Scherwin Henry, Patrick Ingle and Gabe Kaimowitz faced off for the open seat, but none prevailed yet. Howland and Chestnut will face off in January during the runoff election.

METRO | CITY COUNTY COMMISSION

Cynthia Chestnut and Matt Howland progress to City Commission runoff

By Alligator Staff report | Nov. 16, 2021

Neither candidate received more than 50% of the vote, which resulted in a necessary runoff election on Jan. 25. Chestnut received 46% of the votes, with a 560 lead over Howland, who received 41%. More than 13% of the nearly 90,000 eligible Gainesville voters turned out in the election, according to the Supervisor of Elections Office.

Mary Parker, the University of Florida’s new vice president for enrollment management and associate provost, poses for a portrait in her Criser Hall office on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2021.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Mary Parker is UF’s new vice president for enrollment management and associate provost

By Antonia LaRocca | Aug. 16, 2021

With over two decades of experience in enrollment services and higher education, Mary Parker said she is ready to start at UF in her new position by building relationships with the university’s community.

Lisa Armour, Santa Fe College's new interim provost, stands in the Rock Cycle Garden at Santa Fe College's northwest campus on Tuesday, June 8, 2021.

NEWS | SFC

Lisa Armour is Santa Fe College’s new interim provost

By Antonia LaRocca | June 9, 2021

Santa Fe College’s new interim provost, Lisa Armour, has worked at Santa Fe College for 10 years.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF students create app to combat misinformation

By Makiya Seminera | June 4, 2021

Seeking to counter the spread of misinformation on social media, a group of nine UF students developed an app called String News. The founding team envisioned the app as a platform for users to view free, reliable news stories without distractions, such as misleading infographics and memes easily found on social media.

Samuel Overly, a UF Health clinical leader, is the first to get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital on Dec. 16, 2020. Suzy Wise administered the anticipated shot.

COVID 19 | ALACHUA COUNTY

UF Health begins administering COVID-19 vaccines in Gainesville

By Julia Coin | Dec. 16, 2020

UF Health Shands Hospital administered its first 12 vaccines from UF Health Jacksonville at a news conference early Wednesday morning. All UF Health workers are expected to be vaccinated within two months.