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UF graduate and family housing to remain open amid rumors of closing

By Tori Whidden | May 13, 2019

Fifty-one units are closed for maintenance issues

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean, David Richardson, gestures to pause the commencement ceremony. Richardson announced the ceremony would be delayed by 30 minutes, but the ceremony was later moved to an insidehallway of the stadium.

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Students respond to college graduation and makeup ceremony

By Kelly Hayes | May 13, 2019

About 180 students have sent an RSVP for the makeup ceremony

In this April 15, 1955, file photo, American actress and singer Doris Day holds a bouquet of roses at Le Bourget Airport in Paris after flying in from London. The Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed Day died early Monday, May 13, 2019, at her home in Carmel Valley, Calif. She was 97.

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Actress Doris Day dies at 97

By Julia Rubin | May 13, 2019

She was known for movies “Pillow Talk” and “The Man Who Knew Too Much”

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UF student charged with sexual battery

By Rachael Schirmer | May 11, 2019

The incident occurred on March 22

Officials guide students off a bus and into a recreation center where they were reunited with their parents after a shooting at a suburban Denver middle school Tuesday, May 7, 2019, in Highlands Ranch, Colo.

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1 dead, 8 hurt in Colorado school shooting, 2 in custody

By The Associated Press | May 8, 2019

Two students opened fire Tuesday inside a charter school in an affluent suburb of Denver not far from Columbine High School , killing a teenager, wounding eight and spreading terror before they were taken into custody, authorities said.

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UF football player arrested Monday for simple battery

By Mark Stine | May 7, 2019

Brian Edwards was accused of grabbing his girlfriend of two years by the neck

Syed Muhammad Omar holds a banner during the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences commencement ceremony on Sunday. Omar, a 27-year-old UF psychology bachelor’s graduate, said he is involved with Divest UF.

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Graduates protest prison labor at UF commencement ceremonies

By Josephine Fuller | May 7, 2019

Amid fellow UF graduates with decorated caps and flags of their country of origin, Juan Esteban Zapata strolled onto the O’Connell Center’s jumbotron with a white sheet.

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UF responds to commencement cancelation with makeup ceremony indoors

By Kelly Hayes | May 6, 2019

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences commencement will be May 18 at the O’Connell Center.

The Sukhoi SSJ100 aircraft of Aeroflot airlines is covered in fire retardant foam after an emergency landing in Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 5, 2019. Scores of people died when the Aeroflot airliner burst into flames while making the emergency landing at the airport Sunday evening, officials said.

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Investigators probe cause of Moscow jet crash that killed 41

By Jim Heintz | May 6, 2019

The plane that burst into flames while making an emergency landing at a Moscow airport, killing 41 of the 78 people on board, was without radio communications because of a lightning strike, Russian news media on Monday quoted the pilot as saying.

Bestselling author James Patterson speaks to an estimated 2,500 students at UF's university-wide commencement on Saturday. "If you only take one thing away from today, please take this: Passion is the key reason for choosing a career,” Patterson said.

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James Patterson, Tom Petty and boycotts: UF hosts weekend of graduations

By Josephine Fuller | May 5, 2019

An estimated 2,500 graduates of the more than 7,000 who ordered regalia attended the hour and a half university-wide commencement at the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday, said UF spokesperson Steve Orlando. The ceremony featured a speech from bestselling author James Patterson and a new tradition of singing Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down.”

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UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences graduation ceremony rained out

By Kelly Hayes | May 5, 2019

About 200 to 300 students were not called on the main stage.

Julian Obligado, a 21-year-old UF business management senior, was known for his love of cooking, video games and Supreme clothing.

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Supreme garments and robot dances: Remembering Julian Obligado

By Lina Ruiz | May 2, 2019

Julian Obligado could always be seen wearing Supreme. When he wasn’t wearing it, he was buying more of the skateboarding brand or selling what he owned to his friends.

UF freshman quarterback Jalon Jones was accused of two instances of sexual battery on April 6 according to two University Police reports. Charges were not pressed for either incident.

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Jalon Jones accused of sexual battery

By River Wells | May 2, 2019

He was accused of two separate incidents, but no charges were pressed.

Students gather on the campus of the University of North Carolina Charlotte after a shooting Tuesday afternoon, April 30, 2019, in Charlotte, N.C.

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North Carolina campus shooting leaves 2 dead, 4 injured

By The Associated Press | Apr. 30, 2019

A shooting on a North Carolina university campus left two people dead and four wounded Tuesday, prompting a lockdown and chaotic scene in the state’s largest city.