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Librarian works to preserve Gainesville history
By Kat Bein | Jan. 13, 2011For most residents of Gainesville, this town is temporary. The mere launch pad of life, a stop on a train ride that isn’t over yet.
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UF campaign encouraging helmet use gets $5,000 Pepsi grant
By Mina Radman | Jan. 13, 2011In spring 2009, senior Wendy Alderman got into an accident while driving her scooter.
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Court says SG violated open records law
By Al Pantone | Jan. 13, 2011On Monday, an Alachua County court ruled in favor of Frank Bracco, a UF graduate who filed a lawsuit against UF for denying him access to Student Senate records.
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UF selling copies of Microsoft Office for $15
By Alexander Klausner | Jan. 13, 2011Fifteen bucks can get you a myriad of goodies. It can get you 15 downloads on iTunes, a new Blu-ray or a meal at Yamato Japanese Steakhouse.
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Creativity in the Arts and Sciences Event Sunday
By Greene | Jan. 13, 2011The UF Howard Hughes Medical Institute Science for Life program and the College of Fine Arts will team up to host the third annual Creativity in the Arts and Sciences Event on Sunday.
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NASA worker shares experience on Apollo Program
By Christina Devarona | Jan. 13, 2011In a salute to the wonders of space exploration, the UF Chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics presented “The Apollo Program: The Space Race to the Moon” Thursday at Weil Hall.
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Faculty members discuss Haiti relief efforts on panel
By Joshua Jurnovoy | Jan. 13, 2011A panel of six UF faculty members from five different colleges held a panel discussion at the Reitz Union on Thursday that addressed various work being done in Haiti. “Rebuilding Haiti: Perspectives from the Field” included Michael Bannister of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, William Tilson of the College of Design, Construction and Planning, Ben Hebblethwaite of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Timothy Townsend of the College of Engineering, Andrew Kane of the College of Public Health and Health Professions, and Bernard Okech of the Emerging Pathogens Institute.
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Vigil honors Haiti victims
By Hannah Winston | Jan. 12, 2011When the earthquake hit Haiti one year ago, Getro Naissance didn’t feel right being in Gainesville.
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UF freshman arrested after bar fight downtown
By Kat Bein | Jan. 12, 2011Update October 2013: The felony charge against Yasha Lichtschein was amended to misdemeanor battery and dismissed.
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Poster sales down at Reitz
By Alexander Klausner | Jan. 12, 2011The poster sale at the start of each semester at the Reitz Union has has been held for more than 30 years and has become a tradition, but sales haven't been doing well so far this semester.
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Higher education may be the next bubble that bursts
By Daniel O’Sullivan | Jan. 12, 2011After watching another two-hour lecture on my computer, I wondered: Why I am getting such a mediocre education?
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Salvation Army continues to provide Haiti relief
By Morgan Watkins | Jan. 12, 2011One year ago, Kevin Smith stood on a soccer field in Haiti surrounded by running children and makeshift tents.
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AMPED with UF Athletes: UF gymnast Maranda Smith
By ALLISON BANKO | Jan. 12, 2011When describing UF gymnast Maranda Smith, “bubbly” would be an understatement. Although she gleams with a gleeful smile and eyelids full of sparkles, Smith is full of spice — as is her iPod.
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UF groundskeeper writing sci-fi novel on the side
By Alexander Klausner | Jan. 12, 2011Dan Scholes spends his days at UF, armed with lawn equipment — usually a lawn mower — tending to the landscaping that students walk over every day on their way to class.
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Author discusses beliefs about future of technology
By Miguel Chateloin | Jan. 12, 2011Famous for his books on the future, Ray Kurzweil spoke to an audience of almost 1,700 at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
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Dance Marathon receives $15,000 grant
By Madeline Chivington | Jan. 11, 2011The Pepsi Refresh Project at UF announced Dance Marathon at UF as the $15,000 grant winner Saturday night at the Gators men’s basketball game against University of Mississippi.
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Haiti: One nation still united
Jan. 11, 2011Jan. 12 marks the first anniversary of the earthquake that tore through Haiti, an event that left thousands dead, billions of dollars in damage and a countless number of people asking why.
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Senators praise tuition delay
By Chelsea Hull | Jan. 11, 2011Senators celebrated Student Body President Ashton Charles at their Tuesday night meeting for her efforts to postpone the implementation of block tuition.
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Lice help pinpoint when humans first got dressed
By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 10, 2011Until 170,000 years ago, humans hung around Africa in their birthday suits.
