Banned Books Week, which began Sunday, recognizes the freedom of reading for the 30th anniversary of national Banned Books Week. They include a showing of “Easy A” and a speech by the president of the national Kurt Vonnegut Society.
Senior Tyler McCumber has had success at the Olympia Fields/Illini Invitational before, and on Sunday he got out to another strong start.
Junior Alicia Mathieu’s job on Sunday was much different than a majority of the field. While most Gators only had to worry about swimming 100 or 200 yards for an event, Mathieu had to swim a mile.
As Pedro Bravo remained in Alachua County Jail, accused of a murder in connection to Christian Aguilar’s disappearance, court documents released Saturday shed more light into what happened on Sept. 20.
The Florida defensive linemen are getting their rest. That wasn’t always the case in 2011.
Adriana Leon only needed one goal to get her confidence flowing.
For those who actually read my column (thank you!), you know I devote it to progressive politics. Well, you won’t be hearing about that today.
The “Peanuts … Naturally: Charlie Brown and Friends Explore Nature” exhibit will kick off from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Florida Museum of Natural History.
Both the Students Party and the Swamp Party appeared around campus and provided students with information about their campaign platforms and party messages.
Runners and beer enthusiasts will gather at the Gainesville House of Beer today at 6 p.m. to run a 5K to benefit nonprofit organizations A Walk in My Shoes Inc. and the Pledge 5 Foundation. Race director and event coordinator Dan Phillips said 200 people have already registered.
Sen. Truman Williams, on behalf of the Swamp Party, filed an elections violation complaint against Sen. Umair Asghar and the Students Party for misrepresenting a fact in a guest column Asghar wrote for the Alligator.
Freshman Brianna Morgan has made more progress than any player assistant coach Dave Balogh has seen in his time at Florida.
The fourth annual Academic Sports Challenge will bring in money to the George A. Smathers Libraries for every touchdown scored in the season. Students, faculty and alumni can pledge dollars per touchdown to donate to the library system.
A family that unicycles together, stays together, his dad always said, and although Elsner has fallen hundreds of times over the years, he’s still unicycling.
If the hardware hanging in coach Gregg Troy’s office isn’t enough to prove he’s accustomed to winning, the hardware around his swimmers’ necks should be.
The African spiny mouse could become a new base for regenerative medicine research in mammals, said Ashley Seifert, a 36-year-old Department of Biology postdoctoral fellow at UF who worked on the study.
UF is the first university in the nation to offer XBowling, a social mobile application that combines traditional bowling with technology. It allows bowlers to connect with players worldwide, said Bill Fasig, chief marketing officer at its parent company, Sports Challenge Network.
In a press conference at the Alachua County Fairgrounds Wednesday morning, Gainesville Police spokesman Ben Tobias said police confirmed that Pedro A. Bravo purchased a shovel and a roll of duct tape several days before Aguilar went missing.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s annual “Education at a Glance” report, which studies the education systems of countries across the world, showed it costs a U.S. student between $116,000 and $117,000 to pursue a college degree, including direct costs and a calculation of possible wages lost while in school.
The recent UF graduates reviewed from a salary database spent $73,476 on out-of-state tuition and fees over fours years and made a median salary of $46,200, earning 182 points on the magazine’s scale. Georgia Institute of Technology lead the ranking with 202 points.
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