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UF Harn museum to celebrate 25th birthday

By Alexandra Fernandez | Sep. 22, 2015

The Harn Museum of Art is not much older than most of UF’s students.

Mac Stone, a local conservation photographer, speaks about preserving the Everglades on the Philips Center for the Performing Arts stage during a TEDxUF conference. His talk, “Everglades: America’s Wetland,” will be featured on TED.com.

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TEDxUF speaker goes global

By Alexandra Fernandez | Sep. 22, 2015

People around the world can watch Gainesville local Mac Stone talk about preserving the Everglades on the Philips Center for the Performing Arts stage.

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UF geography club returns, adds mentors

By Jenna Kline | Sep. 22, 2015

After a one-year hiatus, the UF geography club is back in action.

Infinity Hall residents attend the Student Government meeting at the UF Levin College of Law on Sept. 22, 2015, to voice their opinions about wanting their own student senator.

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Infinity Hall residents ask senate for their own senator

By Caitlin Ostroff | Sep. 22, 2015

Infinity Hall residents pleaded with UF Student Body President Joselin Padron-Rasines to veto a bill that would group them into District A instead of giving them their own senator.

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Film director inspires cultural pride

By Daniela Bulla | Sep. 22, 2015

HBO Latino director for "Habla" Alberto Ferreras is from Spain, and people ask him about it.

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UF organization to discuss race and prison

By Danielle Veenstra | Sep. 22, 2015

While registering voters in 2012, Kayla Malone met people who couldn’t register.

Jordan Shepherd, a 23-year-old sushi roller and former president of NORML Gators, jumps in to freestyle rap during the club’s meeting on cannabis and creativity Sept. 22, 2015. “Sober is hard, guys,” he said, laughing, after his performance.

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Students showcase pot-influenced art

By Nicole Gomez | Sep. 22, 2015

Marijuana was a gateway drug to Polynesian dance for Alex Couture.

Lara Alqasem, a member of the Radical Students Alliance and then-UF political science sophomore, speaks during a candlelight vigil in support of refugees in 2015. “You only leave home when home is the mouth of a shark,” she said. “No one puts their children on boats unless the boat is safer than the land.”

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Vigil honors Syrian refugees

By Martin Vassolo | Sep. 21, 2015

As the last rays of sun disappeared, the first candle was lit.

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UF releases results of sexual assault survey

By Caitlin Ostroff | Sep. 21, 2015

Almost one in five women at UF has been sexually assaulted, according to a campus assault survey released Monday.

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UF students use LinkedIn to prepare for Career Showcase

By Jennifer Jenkins | Sep. 21, 2015

UF finance sophomore Caroline Hammoud learned how to build connections for UF’s Career Showcase — online.

Mike Foley (left), a UF master lecturer in the College of Journalism and Communications, interviews best-selling writer and UF alum Michael Connelly in Gannett Auditorium on Sept. 21, 2015. Connelly spoke about storytelling and his career shift from reporter to novelist.

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UF journalism alumnus Michael Connelly shares insight on storytelling

By Brooke Baitinger | Sep. 21, 2015

Michael Connelly, a best-selling and award-winning author of nearly 30 mystery novels, started his UF career as an engineering major.

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A look at the Fall 2015 Student Government party platforms

Sep. 21, 2015

The Access and Impact parties on Monday released their platforms ahead of next week's Fall 2015 Student Government elections.

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UF center hosts voter-registration kickoff

By Van Miller | Sep. 21, 2015

UF health science sophomore Pooja Surkanti isn’t registered to vote, but she’s taking a step to change that today.

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New RecSports building to increase jobs, provide equipment

By Courtney Grigsby | Sep. 21, 2015

Next summer, students will be able to rent tents from a new Department of Recreational Sports center.

Nikki Nguyen, a 21-year-old UF sociology junior and Alpha Kappa Delta Phi sister, laughs with a friend while representing her sorority at the 2015 Asian Kaleidoscope Month opening ceremony Sept. 21, 2015. "Our sorority got a pink rose for one of our sisters for her first public performance," Nguyen said.

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Asian Kaleidoscope Month kicks off at opening ceremony

By Taylor Maloney | Sep. 21, 2015

UF biology freshman Naba Zabih walked through rows of tables highlighting Asian-American student organizations Monday night.

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Caught in the middle: International students restricted to on-campus jobs

By Alexandra Fernandez | Sep. 20, 2015

Vinayak Ganesh said the day he left Mumbai, India, was one of the saddest of his life.

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Keys fire leaves residents without laundry room, Wi-Fi

By Ariana Figueroa | Sep. 20, 2015

Aamir Rahim hadn’t done laundry in two and a half weeks.

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Student Body president files petition to UF supreme court

By Caitlin Ostroff | Sep. 20, 2015

UF Student Body President Joselin Padron-Rasines filed a petition with UF’s Supreme Court on Friday regarding the constitutionality of the current SG executive committee.

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Impact candidate denies charges

By Caitlin Ostroff | Sep. 20, 2015

Gainesville Police filed charges against a current Fall Student Government candidate in 2013 for possession of a fake ID, but the candidate, Octavious Buiey, denies the charges ever existed.

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For low-income UF students, money goes far

By Janiece Sebris | Sep. 20, 2015

When UF biochemistry senior Johanna Lee was looking at colleges, she found UF more affordable than other Florida schools. The 21-year-old said she needed an education but didn’t want to take out loans.