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Erin Wagner, 21, examines ceramic cups on the Plaza of the Americas at the Handbuilt or Thrown Clay Spring Sale on Monday. The UF art junior said she admired the work of Stephanie Wilhelm, who she said worked with bodies a lot.

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UF ceramics fundraises for conference

By Rachel Surette | Apr. 4, 2016

A UF club is raising money to send students to a ceramics conference.

From left, clockwise, University of Florida Odyssey of the Mind team members Raymond Salzmann, John Michael Timmel, Niell Shikada, Shandy Sulen, Camilo Gonzalez, Brian Hayes Emily Long and Samantha Patten, pose for a photo. Odyssey of the Mind is a competition that tasks participants with coming up with creative solutions to a variety of problems before presenting them at local, state and world-level competitions.

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Problem-Solving club to compete in finals

By Meryl Kornfield | Apr. 4, 2016

UF’s Odyssey of the Mind team is preparing to compete at the World Finals in May.

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Coaches McElwain and White to speak at Accent Speakers Bureau event

By Katelyn Newberg | Apr. 4, 2016

Students will get to ask two UF coaches questions this month.

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UF’s second steam outage this week, temporary hot water loss

By Meryl Kornfield | Apr. 4, 2016

Some UF students lost hot water Monday.

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UF hosts student movie festival

By Cecilia Mazanec | Apr. 4, 2016

UF students will become filmmakers today.

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Three new art exhibits open at the College of the Arts

By Monica Humphries | Apr. 4, 2016

A new UF exhibit is showing students failure is necessary.

A collection of Aesop’s Fables lays open to the fable of the gnat and the lion inside Marston Science Library as part of a campus-wide exhibit titled “Capturing Nature: The Insect World in Art.” The exhibit shows how insects are important to different areas of study, including calligraphy, children’s literature and jewelry.

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UF exhibit highlights bug importance

By Nate Phillips | Apr. 4, 2016

A 19th century fairytale book, opened to a story about a heroic black beetle, sits within a glass case at Marston Science Library.

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Workshop to teach Alachua residents safe food canning

By Janiece Sebris | Apr. 4, 2016

Two free workshops will teach Alachua County residents how to properly can food today.

Florida players celebrate during the team's 10-7 win over Texas A&M on April 3, 2016, at McKethan Stadium.

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Statement Sweep: No. 2 Florida defeats No. 1 Texas A&M

By Luis Torres | Apr. 3, 2016

JJ Schwarz had been struggling at the plate during Southeastern Conference play.

Aubree Munro catches a ball during Florida's doubleheader sweep of Jacksonville on Feb. 17, 2016, at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.

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Alabama hands Florida softball first series loss of season

By Matt Brannon | Apr. 3, 2016

The infield collapsed as Alabama’s Chandler Dare showed bunt.

Freshman infielder Jonathan India hits a ball during Florida's 7-4 win over Texas A&M on April 1, 2016, at McKethan Stadium.

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Column: UF baseball should be feared

By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Apr. 3, 2016

After recording the final out in No. 2 Florida’s series finale against top-ranked Texas A&M, Shaun Anderson pumped his right fist twice as the rest of the Gators gathered around the pitcher’s mound.

Karolina Vlckova (right) celebrates with coach Emily Glaser during the 2015 SunTrust Gator Invitational at UF's Mark Bostick Golf Course.

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Florida women’s golf finishes regular season with sixth win

By Alfredo Morales | Apr. 3, 2016

Emily Glaser made history on Sunday.

Sam Horsfield hits a shot during Round 2 of the SunTrust Gator Invitational on Feb. 21, 2016, at the Mark Bostick Golf Course.

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UF men’s golf finishes second in Mason Rudolph Championship

By Ray Boone | Apr. 3, 2016

Sam Horsfield sank a short putt for birdie on the 18th hole.

Michael Gonzalez, a graduate student in the UF department of entomology and nematology, holds a Madagascar hissing cockroach at the entomology BugFest on Saturday morning in Steinmetz Hall.

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Students spit crickets, race cockroaches

By Meryl Kornfield | Apr. 3, 2016

Despite pouring rain, hundreds showed up to learn about insects Saturday.

Members of the Nashaa dance group perform a dance to the song “Prem Ratan Dhan Payo,” from the eponymous Bollywood film at the UF Pakistani Students’ Association 20th annual cultural show. Asim Azhar, an emerging pop star from Pakistan, performed at the show for the first time ever.

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Students dance, joke, celebrate Pakistan

By Paulina Rios | Apr. 3, 2016

UF students surrounded the stage as a Pakistani pop artist sang Justin Bieber and Pakistani songs Saturday night.

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Entrepreneurship conference draws students of all majors

By Briana White | Apr. 3, 2016

Vincent DiMenna listened to UF alumni talk about entrepreneurship Friday.

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Board discusses mental health

By Katelyn Newberg | Apr. 3, 2016

President Fuchs told UF’s Board of Trustees he worries about students’ health Friday morning.

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Middle-schoolers try engineering for a day

By Brian Dusape | Apr. 3, 2016

Middle-schoolers built bridges and robots at UF on Friday.

Alex Faedo pitches during Florida's 7-5 win over Missouri on March 20, 2016, at McKethan Stadium.

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Bounce-back outing from Faedo carries Gators to series-clinching win over Aggies

By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Apr. 2, 2016

Kevin O’Sullivan walked to the mound to talk with starter Alex Faedo in the top of the first inning.

Alex McMurtry performs on floor during Florida's loss to LSU on Feb. 26, 2016 in the O'Connell Center.

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Gators win NCAA Regional, advance to semifinals

By GRAHAM HACK | Apr. 2, 2016

The Gators are now one step away from their fifth-straight Super Six.