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UF campus tours disrupted by high-speed rainstorm

By Marina Masterson | May 25, 2016

Flying lounge chairs and falling trees welcomed visiting families to UF last Friday when tour groups experienced a damaging storm. Three campus tour groups and the orientation session, Preview, were caught in a rainstorm with high-speed winds that ravished the Student Recreation & Fitness Center’s pool area just after 11 a.m.

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Research Roundup: May 26, 2016

May 25, 2016

UF researcher Jamie Kim is developing a wearable technology called iMotion, a combination of glasses and a wristband that aims to improve tourism experiences, according to a press release.

NEWS  |  CAMPUS

UF libraries start program with publisher Elsevier

By RaSheba Jones | May 24, 2016

UF and Elsevier, a journal publishing company, are collaborating to allow more direct access to UF researchers’ final publications. The dean of university libraries, Judy Russell, conversed with different groups on campus about getting more content into UF’s institutional repository, or IR@UF, where researchers submit their articles.

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Research Roundup: May 24, 2016

May 23, 2016

Florida’s subtropical climate, coupled with its proclivity for sunshine, has traditionally been an attraction for snowbirds. Now the Nile crocodile is staking its claim to call Florida home.

Jeremy White poses for the American Paint Horse Association’s international modeling contest, hoping to be featured in Chrome magazine.
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Santa Fe student chosen as finalist in modeling contest

By Monica Andrade | May 18, 2016

A Santa Fe College sophomore and self-pro- claimed equestrian might become Chrome magazine’s next top model. Jeremy White’s love for horses led him to apply, and the magazine chose him as one of the top five male finalists for the American Paint Horse Association’s international modeling contest.

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UF to host Cuban opera singers Yilam Sartorio and Ramon Centeno

By Laura Gomez | May 18, 2016

To Yilam Sartorio, the U.S. feels more like home than any other country she’s performed in. The 33-year-old opera singer from Cuba has toured globally, playing sold-out shows in countries like France and Mexico. Now, she and her husband, opera singer Ramon Centeno, are visiting UF as part of their first-ever U.S. tour.

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UF Health Shands named one of nation’s best hospitals

By Jasmine Osmond | May 16, 2016

Amber Peelz was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2012. She spent a week in the Cancer Center at UF Health Shands Hospital and received three surgeries. Peelz said caring staff helped her through the process, holding her hand as she was put under anesthesia before a surgery that would give her another chance at life.

Netflix Office Interiors in Beverly Hills, CA on Friday, September 5, 2014. (Brandon Clark/ABImages)
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Netflix to raise its prices throughout the year

By Martin | May 11, 2016

Netflix has announced it will be raising its prices starting this month. Previously, the massively popular streaming service cost $7.99 for two HD screens. Those who paid the original price were grandfathered in when the price rose. But starting soon, this will no longer be the case.

NEWS  |  CAMPUS

RTS revises route schedules for the Summer semester

By Jessica Rodriguez | May 11, 2016

The Gainesville Regional Transit System changes its schedule in accordance with the collegiate semesters, making the Summer semester more limited for bus riders. Many routes, such as the 118, 121 and Later Gator routes D and F, go on vacation and will not run during the Summer semester, wrote Chip Skinner, the marketing and communications supervisor for RTS, in an email.

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GatorNights returns with first of four Summer A events

By Rosanne Ramraj | May 11, 2016

After a two-week break, UF’s Reitz Union Board Entertainment will resume its regular GatorNights event from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Reitz Union on Friday. Members of the student-run organization needed time to focus on final exams and graduation, Maggie Sutton, a graduate assistant for RUB, wrote in an email.

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