Change Party won 12 seats in the Fall election, whittling down Gator Party's supermajority.
The UF CDO search committee has been looking at possible CDO candidates since February when the university’s first and former CDO Antonio Farias resigned.
UF students could soon mark Feb. 9 in their calendars as a day off from class.
After arriving in the U.S. in 2011, Molly Wagner owned her identity as a person with a disability, overcame the expectations society set for her and made her way to UF. She challenged what it meant to be mobility impaired.
A total of 8,299 votes were cast, an increase of 35% from last Fall’s 6,130 ballots. Results were announced in person for the first time since COVID-19 hit in Fall 2019.
UPD says its working to keep students safe on campus with more lighting, safety training and police presence
The college opened 110 student case investigations and seven employee case investigations, bringing the total number of opened case investigations to 3,520.
Gainesville has seen a 26% increase in gun-related crimes that resulted in injury or death since 2019, according to a Gainesville Police Department spreadsheet.
UF Students have seven options of polling locations to cast their votes to decide who will fill the 50 available Student Government Senate seats. Voting will take place Sept. 28 and 29 from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Many residents claim the luxury they were promised in off-campus housing may not be as advertised. Despite the chronic issues, new apartments continue to be built surrounding UF’s campus.
Multiple students in Rawlings Hall have complained about cold-like symptoms over the past month.
The 34-year-old East Gainesville resident was homeless, addicted to drugs and unemployed after he was charged. He had nothing to guide him but his faith. Now Irving uses his life experiences to set goals for himself.
Without a party to back them up, independent candidates are responsible for building their own platforms and campaigns.
Ball, who lives in Canada, was accepted to UF Summer 2019 to pursue a graduate certificate in pharmaceutical chemistry but switched over to medical pharmacology and therapeutics last Spring. He planned on using the credits he earned during those programs to apply for a master’s in pharmacology.
Since March 2020, the total number of positive cases from students is now 935, and the total number of positive cases from employees is 93.
Twenty-six bus routes are detoured due to the construction happening across campus. These changes have not yet been updated on the Transloc app, which still shows pre-construction routes, a UF’s Transportation and Parking Division email reads.
Fields has committed himself to the education and development of Gainesville for 60 years. East Gainesville will always be Field’s home — even as university development continues to erode its Black history.
A $600 educational expense allowance from the UF Bookstore acts as a deferment option for students to use as a loan to be paid back once financial aid has been disbursed. Many students mistook it for the $600 received from Bright Futures.
After 578 days, roughly a year and a half, in darkness, the McGuire Pavilion Black Box Theatre was illuminated by spotlights once again. On Sept. 16, The School of Theatre and Dance at UF presented “Dog Act”, the school’s first live in-person performance since February 2020.
If a UF student is not already enrolled in a health care plan, the university automatically charges upward of $1,000 for its own health insurance option.
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