Picture the stretch between Murphree Hall and East Hall. That's how far UF students living in the area nicknamed "the Murph" have to travel to do their laundry.
The salty aroma of fresh seafood churned in the cool breeze blowing across the St. Johns River as children laughed and screamed out of joy or fear - and sometimes both - as carnival staff pushed mobile thrill rides to their limits.
The Gainesville chapter of Veterans for Peace erected more than 6,000 tombstones along a mile of Northwest Eighth Avenue between Northwest 34th Street and Northwest 23rd Street this Memorial Day weekend.
A broken air conditioning system, a hole in the roof and a busted water chiller. The cost of these would-be repairs, after Gov. Rick Scott vetoed roughly $12 million in funding for UF Thursday, would not come out of state funds.
UF broke ground Thursday on its new Clinical and Translational Research Building, a $45 million, 120,000-square-foot complex expected to be completed by January 2013.
Florida Ultimate failed to defend its Ultimate Frisbee national championship, suffering two losses Friday and Saturday at the 2011 USA Ultimate nationals tournament in Boulder, Colo.
Student Body President Ben Meyers' mission to expand free printing on campus is underway.
We feel such a move harms our ability to reach the widest campus audience possible, which is our primary goal: Every person on campus should have easy access to a copy of the Alligator.
Student Government's minority party is once again facing reorganization.
Memorial Day weekend will honor local veteran U.S. Army Pvt. Lamarol J. Tucker, 26, who was killed in Afghanistan last week.
They are young and old; students and recent graduates; soldiers, mothers and even doctors.
University officials have noted a healthy response to this year's Student Experience in the Research University survey, which is being used a second time at UF.
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.8 million grant to UF for the renovation of its helium liquefaction and recovery system.
Islamophobia brought Stephen Sheehi to speak at the Civic Media Center on Saturday.
UF Student Body President Ben Meyers announced an executive order to form a Free Printing Task Force at a student senate meeting Tuesday night.
The UF College of Agricultural and Life Sciences announced earlier this week that Teresa Balser will serve as its new dean.
Three baby squid aboard the space shuttle Endeavor had 24 hours to enjoy outer space before they - and the experiment they were a part of - were terminated.
Improved conditions in Haiti have led university officials to revise the UF policy for travel to the country where a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake occurred in January 2010.
The Southwest Recreation Center's weight room is undergoing a serious face lift this summer following a $16.3 million expansion completed last fall.
By 2016, students will be able to sit in their dorm room chairs free from the constant fear of falling backward.
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