Remembering youth football coach Stacey Williams
By Lucille Lannigan | Jan. 18, 2021Stacey Williams was a kind and gracious family man, who took his role as "Coach" very seriously, knowing he was molding the minds of the future.
Stacey Williams was a kind and gracious family man, who took his role as "Coach" very seriously, knowing he was molding the minds of the future.
UF administration added a feature to its GatorSAFE app where students can report teachers for conducting in-person classes online. UFF-UF, the university's faculty union, believes this violates their collective bargaining agreement.
UF's Counseling and Wellness Center officially launched its online counseling program, SilverCloud, at the beginning of 2021 in response to the center's high demand for services.
U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack's first week in office included objecting to election results, sparking controversy and hiding from Capitol rioters. Now, some constituents are calling for her to resign.
The exhibit includes photographs taken at Gainesville’s Black Lives Matter memorial sites where protestors left behind candles and flowers. The exhibit also includes posters and items collected from the sites.
The proposed legislation will create a commission of experts to study Gainesville traffic patterns and introduce a transportation safety course to educate students.
UF alumnus Fred Levin died Tuesday afternoon of COVID-19 complications at the age of 83.
Gainesville RTS is adding four buses to existing routes 12, 13, 20 and 38 to accommodate returning UF students. It's also sticking with successful COVID-19 guidelines from Fall 2020, including mask requirements and social distancing.
If a student tests positive, classes won't be moved online, but positive individuals will need to join an online or HyFlex alternative of their class and self-isolate. They can return to campus once they've been cleared on One.UF.
Depending on how available the COVID-19 vaccine is come March, UF hopes to hold in-person graduation ceremonies for Spring 2021 and make-up ceremonies for the class of 2020.
David Richardson, UF CLAS dean, wrote faculty that students only need to be tested for COVID-19, not receive a negative result, to be cleared for campus. Dr. Michael Lauzardo answered questions about in-person classes at a faculty town hall meeting Saturday.
UF President Kent Fuchs received his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday morning along with UF professor Mike Foley and UF Health chief epidemiologist Nicole Iovine.
Gender stereotypes have led to bias from students and faculty.
Stahmer, a UF religion emeritus professor, died at 91 in Gainesville on Oct. 23 after a five year battle with Parkinson's disease. His actions and role in education left a memorable mark in his family and at UF.
Before Wright, no one spoke to the communities of East Gainesville that grew up on Hip Hop and R&B. Now, he makes sure to give his childhood neighborhoods shout-outs during his show called The Afternoon Drive.
The restaurant, previously located at 1642 W. University Ave. in Midtown, will be moved to 1026 SW Second Ave. in the Gainesville Innovation District, two blocks from UF’s campus. Construction will begin in the summer of 2021 and is expected to take 12 to 14 months.
Hanukkah began at sundown on Thursday and ends Dec. 18. The previous finals time was a week prior.
UF installed license plate readers at intersections around campus to improve safety and security. The license plate readers, installed in October, are cameras that constantly scan vehicle license plates and capture photos of the backs of vehicles.
UF alumni not only missed the chance to walk up the stage and celebrate the culmination of their studies, but some also had to unexpectedly replan or readjust their career plans.
Senate President Cooper Brown and Senate President Pro-Tempore Gabriella Zlatanoff will keep UF Senate meetings virtual until their terms end in the beginning of March.