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Design class seeks to help

UF students in the Design Innovation course will participate in the Make a Difference project throughout the next two months. The project was introduced to the students Tuesday and encourages them to use their skills in small ways to make big differences, said Margaret Portillo, a professor and chairwoman for the Department of Interior Design.


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Campaign rules go against UF’s mission

I agree with David Bradshaw that the recently enacted Student Government campaign rules needlessly obstruct free speech. I write to encourage fellow students and the administration to oppose these unreasonable time constraints on a candidate’s ability to campaign for SG elections.


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Religious group wants Tebow

In 2010, Alan Nanney was arrested for breaking into the First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, where, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, he was found barefoot and shirtless.


Brooke Schwartzman and Adam Firestone pass challah bread around the table during the pre-fast dinner for Yom Kippur at UF Hillel Tuesday night.
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Students fast for Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur is a day of atonement and reflection during which Jewish people ask for forgiveness for any wrongdoings, according to Rabbi Gail Swedroe, the newest campus rabbi at UF Hillel. There is also a 25-hour period of fasting.


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UF Florida Museum goes digital

The Florida Museum of Natural History received a three-year $339,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for researchers to expand their digitized collection of invertebrate specimens.


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Scientist gets grant to study worms

Akito Kawahara, an assistant curator at the McGuire Center of Lepidoptera and Biodiversity at the Florida Museum of Natural History, received the one-year grant to do field research in Central America to investigate the tobacco hornworm and relatives.


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UF grads launch businesses online

Despite the daunting nature of starting a business, two UF alumnae have taken the plunge to create their own startups. One launched her business this month, and another is celebrating one year running a successful website.



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