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Hit-and-run victim dies
By Clare Lennon | July 12, 2012UF junior Rebecca Harris died Wednesday night from injuries she sustained when she was hit by a car while riding her bicycle on June 23.
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Music professor sells jewelry
By Kelly Price | July 11, 2012On the Reitz Union Colonnade, Stoner’s orange and blue jewelry creations catch the eyes of sneakered parents dangling canvas Preview totes, a man in a tie eating a Burger King Whopper and students in sunglasses sipping on Starbucks.
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UF study finds alcohol to be gateway to more substance use
By Michael Scott Davidson | July 11, 2012Alcohol can be the first step toward substance use, said Adam Barry, an assistant professor and researcher in the College of Health and Human Performance.
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UF journalism and music library collections moving
By Javier Edwards | July 11, 2012Collections from the Allen H. Neuharth Journalism and Communications Library, which is already closed, will be housed in the six-story facility by fall.
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Norman Hall will get touch-screen classroom
By Jessica Clayton | July 11, 2012Room 2309 in Norman Hall will be made over with state-of-the-art educational technology by summer 2013.
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CRC’s retired director, mentor Wayne Wallace dies at 66
By Chris Alcantara | July 11, 2012For more than 20 years, Wayne Wallace helped build the UF Career Resource Center from the ground up to become one of the best university career service centers in the nation.
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Part of roof collapses, woman sent to hospital
By Samantha Shavell | July 11, 2012Part of the roof in Sade Williams’, 26, master bedroom at the 2017 NE 15th St. house fell on her head.
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The Alligator Awards: Columnists debate ‘Best Individual Performance’
By COREY MCCALL | July 9, 2012As part of The Alligator Awards recognizing the best in UF athletics during the 2011-12 season, columnists Joe Morgan and Corey McCall will debate two of the five nominees in each week’s category. Vote for the winner online at alligatorSports.org.
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Students, non-students can now register for UF leisure courses
By Katherine Hahn | July 9, 2012UF’s Leisure Course Program begins Monday for Summer B, offering hobby, music and sports classes to students and Gainesville residents.
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UF researchers assist in discovery of the Higgs boson
By Samantha Shavell | July 9, 2012About 40 UF researchers were among the thousands of scientists who discovered what they believe to be the “God particle.”
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Off-duty paramedic finds stabbed running man in road
By Benjamin S. Brasch | July 9, 2012An off-duty Alachua County paramedic found an unidentified man stabbed early Monday morning.
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Student football season tickets still not sold out
By Kelly Price | July 9, 2012Gajda said this year, the department is 1,000 tickets below its average 21,500 UF band and student tickets — about a 5 percent decrease.
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Gatormania celebrates diversity of campus
By Michael S. Davidson | July 9, 2012They had just performed at Gatormania, a student organization fair showcasing diversity on campus.
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Gainesville ranked best Florida business city by Forbes magazine
By Chris Alcantara | July 9, 2012Gainesville was recently named the top city in the state for Forbes magazine’s 14th annual “Best Places for Business and Careers.”
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Off-duty paramedic finds unidentified man stabbed
By Benjamin S. Brasch | July 9, 2012An off-duty Alachua County paramedic found an unidentified man stabbed at about 4:30 a.m.
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Birds found dead on east coast sent to Gainesville for examination, display
By Kelly Price | July 4, 2012On the east coast of Florida, more than 250 birds have washed onto shores they’ve never seen. Now they’re in Gainesville, but they’ll never see that either.
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Fanfares and Fireworks event brought thousands to Flavet Field
By Kelly Price | July 4, 2012Thousands packed picnics, Frisbees, footballs and blankets for a sunny afternoon on Flavet Field, where the UF College of Journalism and Communications hosted the Fanfares and Fireworks event. It has been a Gainesville tradition for about 15 years, said Randy Wright, executive director of the college’s division of multimedia properties.
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Florida linebacker commit Hearns eager to return from ACL tear
By ADAM PINCUS< | July 4, 2012Football didn’t always come easy for James Hearns.
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UF football commit Adams playing in IFAF U-19 World Championship
By ADAM PINCUS< | July 3, 2012Rodney Adams wakes up every morning at 6:30 ready to take the field for two-a-days.
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The Alligator Awards: Which Florida duo was superior during the 2011-12 season?
By COREY MCCALL | July 3, 2012As a part of The Alligator Awards recognizing the best in UF athletics during the 2011-12 athletic season, columnists Joe Morgan and Corey McCall will debate two of the five nominees in each week’s category. Vote for the winner online at alligatorSports.org.
