UF Student Government announced Emmy-winning actress Britt Lower will be the university’s next Accent speaker.
Dozens of students danced and sang on stage under colorful lights Friday evening in the name of homecoming spirit and school pride.
The UF Student Senate extended its regular meeting to say goodbye to departing senators and elect new leadership.
Two years later, 48 hostages remain in Gaza, and about 20 are believed to be alive, according to the Associated Press.
A federal court case accuses UF trustee James W. “Bill” Heavener of defrauding the government by inflating numbers at two universities he manages.
At 7 years old, Holmes — one of Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo’s white-handed gibbons — is swinging into a new chapter of his life.
One of the nation’s most prominent vaccine experts, Dr. Paul Offit, spoke at a UF event on Wednesday about the importance of immunizations.
Citrus plants are usually defenseless in cold weather, according to UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, and they’re unable to survive extended periods of time below 28 degrees Fahrenheit.
Vision Party won the 49 Student Government seats up for election Tuesday night, maintaining its dominant majority in the Student Senate.
There’s a new chief in town for the Santa Fe Police Department, but his name is far from unknown.
Only one Student Government party entered the Fall 2025 election. But UF students still lined up at the Reitz Student Union, Norman Education Library and other campus polling locations to cast their ballots in races that are largely uncontested.
Gov. Ron DeSantis commended UF’s accomplishments and Florida’s success in higher education, earning praise from university and state officials alike, at a Monday morning news conference on campus.
In an email response to The Alligator, Harrison wrote he didn’t expect his words to draw so much backlash.
Despite canvassing, tabling and campaigning efforts, UF Student Government elections have a low turnout rate. But among large public universities, UF isn’t alone.Student turnout for elections is historically lowIn the Fall 2024 SG election, about 10,000 UF students and graduate students cast ballots, based on data from UF SG’s Financial Reports and Results.
Vision Party is the only Student Government political party running in the Fall 2025 election — the first time in recent SG history.
The Santa Fe College Board of Trustees voted to expand the college — both literally and figuratively — during its meeting Sept. 23.
Chronically Outside UF, a student organization dedicated to outdoorsy students of all abilities, emerged earlier this year. Bullard said the club provides a great opportunity for students to go outside and meet people enduring similar difficulties who want to build a safe space together.
UF ranked No. 7 in public universities and No. 30 in national universities for 2026, maintaining the same spots it held last year, according to the U.S. News & World Report.
For the first time in three years, community members strolled through the Florida Museum grounds for its fall plant sale.
Three palettes of kosher meat hauled from Miami, 1,500 rolls of challah loaded up in the rabbi's minivan and hundreds of volunteers are all part of the Chabad UF Jewish Student Center’s preparation heading into the Jewish high holidays.
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