After members of the Jewish Student Union spent nearly four hours Tuesday promoting Jewish Heritage Month, a man wearing a swastika armband rode his bicycle nearby, prompting outrage from students and members of the Jewish community.
A bill placing an amendment on the Spring ballot caused contention in Student Senate on Tuesday.
At Tuesday’s Career Showcase, some UF students and employers used their smartphones to navigate their way through the newly constructed O’Connell Center.
With one hand in a cast bound with orange and blue tape, Heather White used a mallet to pound a hole into the wall of the Career Resource Center.
UF students strapping on their high heels and tugging on their business jackets will have access to a new app during Career Showcase today and Wednesday. The app, called UF Career Services, was created by the Career Resource Center and is free for about 6,000 students who are planning to attend the event. The app also includes a map of about 300 employers’ booths in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center, said Liza Allison, a graduate assistant with the center. During the event, students can learn about employers’ education requirements and what they’re hiring for. “(The app) is live, and it’s out right now,” Allison said. Many students go to Career
At the age of 30, Dustin Pfundheller believes he will soon become the youngest American to travel to all 193 U.N. member states, all while working a full-time job.
This summer, fifteen UF journalism students will fly to Cuba to hone their reporting skills in a country that ranks among the worst in terms of press freedom, according to activist groups.
A UF alumna is one of five finalists competing to get her board game published through Hasbro.
UF researchers identify brain receptor in rats to help improve working memory
UF’s chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority will teach students survival skills and about social justice this week during the sorority’s 40th-annual Spring Week.
In February, the white flowers of a newly planted magnolia tree will stand tall, a permanent mark on Gainesville for a fallen UF student.
Two friends have spent the past year taking pictures of more than 3,000 pages of UF Student Government resolutions in an effort to create a database.
By next week, the asbestos in the Reitz Union will be gone.
Portions of the Reitz Union are contaminated with asbestos — and they have been for more than a month, although UF’s spokespeople were unaware.
A UF researcher has found that when you treat your child’s doctor rudely, quality of care plummets.
When Brittany Munyer read the Tampa Bay Times series “Failure Factories,” she realized she wanted to be a teacher.
A few weeks ago, I met with a UF professor who was uncomfortable with my occasional use of the word “prayer” in editorials and messages to campus. We met over a cup of coffee and had a robust and stimulating discussion on why I sometimes say “my prayer” instead of “my hope” and “in my prayers” instead of “in my thoughts” when I wish to convey a strong personal sentiment.
UF students and Gainesville families gathered in front of the giant mammoth fossil at the Florida Museum of Natural History with phones in hand and smiles on their faces Wednesday.
Santa Fe College ended its yearlong 50th anniversary celebration by burying a time capsule and smashing a bottle of champagne Tuesday.
Students will vote on a constitutional amendment during Spring Student Government elections that could change how Summer replacement senators are chosen.
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