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UF alumna hopes to raise money and start clinic in India

By Ethan Bauer | June 27, 2016

Yunfai Ng can thank procrastination for her new opportunities.

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New program aims to fight mosquitoes, educate public

By Nicole Kocian | June 27, 2016

About a dozen agents at UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences have signed up for the organization’s new Zika Challenge, and members can sign up until Friday.

From left: Mike Hill, UAA executive associate athletics director for external affairs, and Chip Howard, executive associate athletics director for internal affairs, watch Jeremy Foley, the UF athletics director, speak about his career at an Accent Speaker’s Bureau event in the Evans Champions Club on Tuesday. “It’s not a perfect science,” he said about the process of hiring a new coach. “The fit part is really important. The honesty and integrity part is really important.”

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Unknown to unmatched: Foley key in rise of UF athletics

By Ethan Bauer | June 16, 2016

When Jeremy Foley first arrived at Florida, he was unknown.

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Campaign contributions point to professors’ political slant

By Emma Green | June 15, 2016

Professors at UF tend to be more liberal on paper but more moderate and unbiased in practice, according to an analysis of campaign contributions.

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UF joins national agricultrual research project

By Nealy Kehres | June 15, 2016

UF and 12 other research institutions united with Supporters of Agricultural Research to create a report that highlights the benefits of agricultural research and innovation.

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Professor to retire after 30 years dedicating life to trees

By Nealy Kehres | June 15, 2016

Ed Gilman strengthened more than just trees.

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Senate talks bike sharing, library hours and SNAP

By Paige Fry | June 15, 2016

During Tuesday night’s Senate meeting, Senate President Jenny Clements started her report with a moment of silence for victims of the recent mass shooting in Orlando.

Donors line up outside OneBlood Blood Donation Center in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday, June 12, 2016. The center was flooded with donors after a mass shooting early Sunday morning at a gay nightclub, Pulse, in Orlando. A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside the nightclub early Sunday, killing at least 50 people before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said. It was the worst mass shooting in American history. (Loren Elliott/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

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Gators team up in Orlando to support blood donors

By Catherine Dickson | June 13, 2016

ORLANDO — UF alumni joined fellow Orlando residents to support thousands of blood donors Sunday afternoon.

Performers Bomin Park, Mayan Essak, Zhao Yuhang, Anna Gilliland and Christina Lai (left to right) rise to bow for the audience at the first piano recital held for the International Piano Festival on Saturday. The event brings together outstanding pianists from around the world for daily masterclasses and evening recitals with guest artists from North America and China.

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Piano festival features international musicians, classes

By Jessica Gonzalez | June 13, 2016

At this year’s UF International Piano Festival, finalists for the pre-college solo piano competition include one pianist from China and two pianists from the U.S.

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UF designates new names for old structures

By Jasmine Osmond | June 13, 2016

A student finds refuge from a Monday afternoon rain storm at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

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Gainesville community offers support after Orlando mass shooting

By Emma Green | June 12, 2016

Gainesville locals turned to love and community strength Sunday in the wake of the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando.

A screenshot of gameplay from Newton's Dream

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UF alumni create virtual reality puzzle game

By Kelby Martin | June 8, 2016

Before maturing into a billion dollar industry, video games weren’t much more than distractions.

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Supreme Court nominations pass unanimously

By Paige Fry | June 8, 2016

During Tuesday night’s meeting, the Senate voted on Student Body President Susan Webster’s Supreme Court nominees, which included Christopher Tribbey as Supreme Court chief justice and John Angstadt-Shearer, Ashlyn Robinson, Meagan McCarthy and Travis Allen for Supreme Court associate justices.

Amanda Iaryea, 23, looks over at Andy Crews, a blood donor technician, to see how to squeeze her fist while she gives blood for the first time in the LifeSouth van by Century Tower on Wednesday. The UF Summer graduate student, who’s working toward a Master’s degree in public health, said she decided to donate because she saw that they’re in a time of emergency need.

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Blood bank to host themed drive

By Catherine Dickson | June 8, 2016

Tuesday is World Blood Donor Day, and LifeSouth is celebrating with a superhero-themed, weeklong blood drive.

The new Chemistry/Chemical Biology building, located on the corner of West University Avenue and Buckman Drive, in January. The building has been under construction for more than two years.

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Chemistry building delayed, classes canceled, switched

By Monica Andrade | June 8, 2016

The new Chemistry/Chemical Biology building, located on the corner of West University Avenue and Buckman Drive, in January. The building has been under construction for more than two years.

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CRC to host virtual career fair for UF alumni, students

By Demi Wolfe | June 8, 2016

In less than a week, current UF students and alumni can network with employers in the comfort of their own bed.

Zackery Bobb, a 19-year-old UF chemical engineering freshman, slides a disc across a glowing shuffleboard in the Reitz Union during GatorNights on January 8. Bobb said his friends convinced him to go.

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GatorNights considers setting age requirement

By Nicole Kocian | June 6, 2016

Starting July 8, all guests brought to GatorNights by UF students might have to be at least 18 years old.

Brooke Eliazar-Macke (left), 32, and Regan Garner (right), 41, both members of the National Women's Liberation, hold signs at the Rally and Speak Out against Rick Scott's Policies event in downtown Gainesville on Friday on the corner of University Avenue and Main Street. The Speak Out event organized by the National Women's Liberation gives women a political opportunity to share their personal experiences.

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Protesters rally in downtown Gainesville

By Jasmine Osmond | June 6, 2016

On the corner of University Avenue and Main Street, protesters gathered Friday to bring attention to Florida House Bill 1411, which they said restricts women’s access to reproductive services by redirecting funding meant for Planned Parenthood to other clinics.

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Gainesville citizens show care, support to less fortunate

By Jose A. Sanchez | June 6, 2016

Each weekend, members of the homeless community in Gainesville wait in line to receive free food from a group of diverse UF students.

Florida shortstop Dalton Guthrie hits during UF's 4-2 win over Florida Gulf Coast on Feb. 19, 2016, at McKethan Stadium.

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'You lose, you’re done': UF baseball begins NCAAs

By IAN COHEN | June 2, 2016

Before he found a shaded spot in Florida’s first-base dugout, his hands resting on his knees while fielding questions from a ring of reporters, Dalton Guthrie had a word of advice for his freshman second baseman.