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Sorina Vaziri created a 4-by-6-foot piece to hang in the McKnight Brain Institute. The 21-year-old aimed to depict neurons in a modern way.
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Brain institute combines science, art

The McKnight Brain Institute asked UF art students to submit a proposal for an art piece related to the brain, said UF biology professor and School of Art + Art History scholar-in-residence Jamie Gillooly.


Junior wide receiver Andre Debose smiles as he accepts the trophy for Most Valuable Player at the Gator Bowl on Jan. 2. in Jacksonville. Debose hasn't replicated the success he had in 2011. 
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Column: Benching Debose right move

Andre Debose grinned from ear to ear as he celebrated on EverBank Field at the end of the 2011 season. Florida had just beaten Ohio State 24-17 in the Gator Bowl, and Debose hoisted the Most Valuable Player trophy high above his head. The hopes for his 2012 campaign flew even higher.


Florida quarterback Jeff Driskel (6) attempts a pass while being hit by a UK defender during UF’s 38-0 win on Saturday in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Since Texas A&M sacked the sophomore eight times on Sept. 8, Driskel improved his pocket presence against Tennessee and Kentucky by getting sacked only three times.
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Driskel improving as year progresses

The bye week seems to be the only thing that can slow Jeff Driskel. Since earning the starting job against Bowling Green on Sept. 1, the sophomore quarterback has improved each week.


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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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