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Alumni Association names new executive director
By KATIE SANDERS | June 16, 2008The Gator Nation has a new leader.
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UF health administrator postpones resignation
By KRISTEN HUFF | June 16, 2008After announcing in March that he intended to resign, Dr. Douglas Barrett has agreed to stay on as UF's senior vice president for health affairs for at least one more year or until a replacement is found.
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Board’s $21 million statewide cuts won’t affect UF resources, Machen says
By KRISTEN HUFF | June 16, 2008Gov. Charlie Crist reduced funding for statewide agencies by another 4 percent Thursday, but UF President Bernie Machen assured the Board of Trustees on Friday that the cut would not drain any more of UF's resources.
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UPD uses Taser on teen after chase through Sorority Row
By APRIL DUDASH | June 16, 2008UF police chased and used a Taser on a Gainesville teenager Friday afternoon after he fled from police when they found marijuana and drug paraphernalia in his car.
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Harn Museum opens new African identity video exhibit
By MARGARET FRANCOIS | June 16, 2008The ambiguity of African social identity will be the focus of the Harn Museum of Art's newest exhibit, which opens today.
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Car crash kills one student and lands another in hospital
By KATIE SANDERS | June 16, 2008Friends of Jeremy "Norton" Smith said the 20-year-old UF student loved nothing more than caring for his fully restored 1967 Ford Mustang and playing basketball with friends.
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UF receives $250K grant for study program on U.S. foreign policy
June 11, 2008Academics from across the globe began a six-week program Monday to learn about U.S. foreign policy at UF with the help of a grant from the U.S. Department of State.
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UF professor designs flying saucer
By KRISTEN HUFF | June 11, 2008A UF professor is working toward developing the mothership of science-fiction aficionados' dreams: a real flying saucer.
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UF Board of Trustees to vote on tuition hike
By ELIZABETH LEVA | June 11, 2008The Board of Trustees, UF's highest governing body, will discuss and vote on a 15 percent tuition hike during its meetings today and Friday.
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Delivery drivers feel the burn of rising gas prices
By CHANTELLE MARCELLE | June 11, 2008Most people have to get oil changes every three months.
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Student Senate joins effort to support earthquake victims
By ELIZABETH LEVA | June 11, 2008The UF Student Senate unanimously passed a bill at Tuesday's meeting extending the full support of the student body to the victims of the earthquake that occurred one month ago today in Sichuan, China.
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UF informs more than 11,000 students of online privacy breach
By KRISTEN HUFF | June 11, 2008UF officials mailed letters to more than 11,000 current and former students of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Tuesday to inform them that their private information, including Social Security numbers, was posted online and may have been accessible to the public.
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UF students join protest against South Korean president
By SARAH JONES | June 11, 2008South Korean students and families gathered on campus for an unconventional demonstration Tuesday night to show support for a national movement aiming to spark a change in the South Korean government.
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Media rights activist, UF professor retires after 43 years
By ELIZABETH LEVA | June 11, 2008After spending 43 years devoted to media rights, a prominent fighter for freedom of information and longtime UF professor will retire on June 30.
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Machen appoints interim med school dean after Kone's demotion
By KATIE SANDERS | June 9, 2008Dr. Michael L. Good was named the College of Medicine's interim dean Friday afternoon, less than a month after becoming acting dean following the demotion of Dr. Bruce Kone.
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UF study: Risk of stroke death higher in coastal Southeast
By VICTORIA WINKLER | June 9, 2008A new UF study suggests that just visiting coastal regions of North Carolina, South Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia may increase the risk of dying from a stroke.
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NBA dance troupe selects four local women
By BILLY COLLINS | June 9, 2008Five local women, including several UF students, auditioned for the Atlanta Hawks' NBA franchise dance team Saturday in the Reitz Union.
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UF researches repellents to fight mosquito–borne illnesses
By VICTORIA WINKLER | June 4, 2008Mosquitoes suck, and new UF research may soon produce several improved repellents to keep the pests away more than twice as long as the industry's leading repellent, DEET.
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UF alumnus donates $200K toward Holocaust documentary
By JESSIE COLEMAN | June 4, 2008Stephen Cypen said it took him about 30 seconds after seeing a letter from UF\'s Documentary Institute to make the decision to donate $200,000 for an upcoming film about a Holocaust victim.
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New pump to distribute reusable water on campus
By CARLY CHETEK | June 4, 2008Construction is under way on a new pumping station that will conserve and reuse water on UF's campus by October.
