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“4 Hungry College Boys”: UF student publishes cookbook

By Adrianna Santiago | Sep. 30, 2018

The book was released on Sept. 13

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Spotty RTS service doesn’t do a busy Gainesville justice

Sep. 30, 2018

RTS has been too extreme in its service reductions.

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UF Health awarded $200,000 grant for pediatric cancer research.

By Jordyn Kalman | Sep. 28, 2018

The money would be used to find a new treatment for Leukemia and Lymphoma.

Warren Zanes, 53, answers questions from the audience on Thursday night in Weimer Hall's Gannett Auditorium after being interviewed about his most recent book, “Petty the Biography.” Zanes was a member of the 1980s rock band The Del Fuegos and first met Petty as a teenager when his band opened for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on one of their tours.

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‘S--- went down in the driveway’: Tom Petty biographer talks about new book, Petty

By Katie Boykin | Sep. 27, 2018

Warren Zanes, the author, was paid $3,000.

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UF seeks health information from 20,000 people for national study

By Annelise O’Donnell | Sep. 27, 2018

The national goal is 1 million people

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The Fall graduation that keeps disappointing: speaker and all

Sep. 27, 2018

Last week, I met with UF President Kent Fuchs regarding the commencement ceremony changes, and one notion he communicated to me stood out. He firmly believed, despite almost 12,000 signatures that said otherwise, that he was only adding value to UF students’ graduations, not taking anything away.

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Cultural Revolutions Can Happen Everywhere, Even Gainesville

Sep. 27, 2018

Like Tom Petty, make the most out of your time in Gainesville.

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Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Stephen Stills to speak at commencement

By Jessica Curbelo | Sep. 26, 2018

Faculty member Onye Ozuzu will also speak at the university-wide commencement

Lexie Atlas, a 19-year-old UF sophomore engineering student, celebrates with her friend Kyle Levy, who just won a District B Senator seat for the Impact Party. The results were read in the Reitz Union Wednesday night where Impact won 35 of 50 seats.

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Impact retains Senate majority. Inspire seats turnover.

By Gillian Sweeney and Angela DiMichele | Sep. 26, 2018

200 fewer students voted in this Fall election compared to last year.

Leaders from the Institute of Black Culture and Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures, along with UF President Kent Fuchs and Student Body President Ian Green, break ground on the site of the new buildings for the IBC and La Casita located at 1510 W University Ave. on Wednesday evening.

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New Institute of Black Culture, La Casita, break ground

By Gabrielle Seminara | Sep. 26, 2018

The project will cost about $10 million

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LIVE: Student Government Fall Senate election results

Sep. 26, 2018

This fall’s election has 50 candidates run on Impact Party's ticket and 43 candidates ran under Inspire Party's ticket, according to a list of candidates provided by Supervisor of Elections Henry Fair. This election more contested seats than Fall 2017 elections when 42 seats had multiple candidates.