In a tense Oklahoma City locker room, broadcasted on TNT’s telecast just before Game 4 of the NBA's Western Conference Finals, Billy Donovan sits in a chair and stares at a semicircle of millionaires.
When people think of “Jeopardy,” some think of encyclopedia-like knowledge and books of trivia. For Wilcley Lima, he saw numbers and patterns. In March, the IT director at UF’s Business Services Division played as a contestant on the show. He’s been sworn to secrecy for two months, but the episode will air May 30.
One series separates Florida from punching one of eight tickets to the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City.
It’s that time of year, dear readers: The days are getting hotter, the sun’s growing brighter, the list of your friends on wild summer vacations is getting longer and longer. Don’t worry: You may be shaping up for exams now that Summer A is halfway over, but this Summer here in Gainesville is still fire. Traffic is super light, the lines to the clubs are nearly non-existent and there are fewer people around to clog up your Wi-Fi when you’re on an all-night gaming spree. Most of all, you’re in for a treat: our senseless ramblings, our assessment of life’s deepest concerns, our latest segment of…
“The ethic of conservation is the explicit abnegation of man's dominion over the Earth. The lower species are here for our use. God said so: Go forth, be fruitful, multiply, and rape the planet — it's yours.” Ann Coulter
Flying lounge chairs and falling trees welcomed visiting families to UF last Friday when tour groups experienced a damaging storm. Three campus tour groups and the orientation session, Preview, were caught in a rainstorm with high-speed winds that ravished the Student Recreation & Fitness Center’s pool area just after 11 a.m.
An original play written by one of Gainesville’s own will debut at the Gainesville Community Playhouse this weekend.
UF researcher Jamie Kim is developing a wearable technology called iMotion, a combination of glasses and a wristband that aims to improve tourism experiences, according to a press release.
Former Planets, a Gainesville-based rock band made up of Jason Small (lead vocals), Evan Johnson (guitar and vocals), Korkut Genc (bass) and Brook Stermer (drums), have been making music around town for the last two years. I sat down with Small before the band’s Friday night show at the Hardback Cafe, located at 211 W. University Ave.
Lovers of Gainesville’s music scene will have one last chance this weekend to enjoy a beloved local venue before it closes its doors.
After the Florida men’s tennis team’s season officially ended last weekend in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship, several Gators received an opportunity on Wednesday to compete as individuals.
UF and Elsevier, a journal publishing company, are collaborating to allow more direct access to UF researchers’ final publications. The dean of university libraries, Judy Russell, conversed with different groups on campus about getting more content into UF’s institutional repository, or IR@UF, where researchers submit their articles.
Gainesville Police arrested two Florida men Wednesday morning after they said the men had 19 confirmed altered credit cards.
Looking for something fun to do this Memorial Day weekend? The Avenue has got you covered. Here are some of the Gainesville highlights for art, food and entertainment:
Five Star Pizza will stop delivering to Granada Apartments in Northwest Gainesville after a delivery driver was robbed and hospitalized.
About 500 adults and 260 children attended Saturday’s inaugural event for Bug Week at the Florida Museum of Natural History, which will continue online through Friday. About 40 families used bug-related hints and navigated the Florida Museum during a scavenger hunt.
The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday a new Nutrition Facts label, which many manufacturers need to adopt by July 26, 2018.
Members of Gatorloop share more than just a team name. The 55-member group is mostly comprised of engineering undergraduates with fond memories of tearing things apart and seeing how they tick.
David Swanson, a 2015 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, spoke about his newest book, “War is a Lie,” to an audience of roughly 70 on Saturday. Rather than focus on individual wars, Swanson analyzed noble ideals used to justify wars in the public sphere.
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