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A volunteer stocking shelves with canned food at the Field and Fork Pantry on UF's campus in 2016.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF’s food pantry stays open despite decreased pickups

By Anna Wilder | Apr. 5, 2020

People can place online orders or pick up pre-made food bags

The Family Garden sells their produce at the Alachua County Farmers Market on Oct. 26. Now, they’re watching unsold produce rot in their fields due to COVID-19.

NEWS | FEATURES

COVID-19 threatens local farmers and their future crop sales

By Katie Delk | Apr. 5, 2020

Some may watch their crops rot in the field due to low sales

NEWS | CAMPUS

Alachua County COVID-19 cases surpass 100; Florida total nears 10,000

By Alex DeLuca | Apr. 3, 2020

13 new cases were reported today

NEWS | CAMPUS

Alachua County nears 100 COVID-19 cases; Florida cases jump by almost 1,000

By Alex DeLuca | Apr. 2, 2020

One new case, a 49-year-old female, was reported today

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

SG Senate falls victim to “Zoom bombing”

By Chasity Maynard | Mar. 31, 2020

In UF Student Government’s second virtual meeting, senators were “Zoom bombed” or intentionally hacked. Sexually explicit images and slurs were said. Hackers drew swastikas and also threatened the Senate president.

NEWS | CAMPUS

‘It’s like a black eye’: an oral history of the last game at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium

By Kyle Wood | Mar. 30, 2020

No. 1 UF hosted No. 19 Florida State on March 10. The Gators had won 16 games in a row to start the season and 11 in a row against the Seminoles dating back to 2016. FSU won the game 2-0 behind stellar pitching and held UF to just three hits.

A tweet from Dance Marathon at UF revealed that this year's 26th annual fundraiser raised more than $2.5 million for UF Health Shands Children's Hospital. This year's event went virtual due to COVID-19 concerns.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Dance Marathon holds first virtual main event

By Kaelyn Cassidy | Mar. 29, 2020

It was announced that the organization raised $2.5 million throughout the year

Wade FitzGerald, 22-year-old UF music senior, plays “Milonga” by Ronald Barnes on the carillon in Century Tower. FitzGerald has played the piano since he was five and learned to play the carillon his sophomore year, when he enrolled in the UF Carillon Studio. “You get to learn an instrument,” he said about the studio program, “and you get to brag to people that you play one of the rarest instruments in the world.”

NEWS | CAMPUS

Music students adjust to online classes

By Ariana Aspuru | Mar. 29, 2020

As the UF School of Music transitions online, students adjust to the change with the help of faculty

NEWS | CAMPUS

Alachua County COVID-19 cases reach 71; UF reports one more case

By Alex DeLuca | Mar. 29, 2020

Seven patients have been treated for the virus at UF Health Shands Hospital

NEWS | CAMPUS

Alachua County COVID-19 almost at 70; UF cases at 28

By Grethel Aguila , Alyssa Feliciano and Alexandra DeLuca | Mar. 28, 2020

The county’s oldest patient, a 91-year-old man, was reported today

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UF pool to be named Ann Marie Rogers Swimming and Diving Pool

By Ainslie Lee | Mar. 27, 2020

From 1985-2003, with the guidance of Ann Marie Rogers, the University of Florida built a reputation as one of the nation’s premier athletic programs for female athletes.