UF students to head to D.C. for country’s largest STEM festival
By Christine Preston | Apr. 20, 2014UF is sending the largest group ever to the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C.
UF is sending the largest group ever to the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C.
Instagram-savvy Gators may be able to win prizes for their campus-themed snaps.
The in-state tuition bill that has received support from both Florida Republicans and Democrats hit a major roadblock Thursday night. Sen. Joe Negron, the senate budget chairman, said he would not add it to the agenda of the final meeting of the Senate appropriations committee. Negron’s move was backed by Senate President Don Gaetz.
“I just wanna get laid,” lamented one of the characters in “Wet Hot American Summer.”
As shocking as it may seem, the devastation and horror of World War II ended nearly 70 years ago. The world has changed considerably in the decades that followed, but recent events remind us just how fresh some of the wounds of that era remain. A deranged man went into a Jewish Community Center near Kansas City with the intent of killing Jews just prior to the start of Passover. He opened fire, killing three people — none happened to be Jewish — before shouting “Heil Hitler” after police had him in custody.
Tomorrow will be too late. We need to reduce our waste now. Almost every environmental issue we face goes back to overconsumption. In the U.S. alone, 40 percent of food today goes uneaten, according to the National Resources Defense Council. That’s not only the equivalent of $165 billion of food Americans are wasting each year, but there is also the problem of environmental damage caused by its production and disposal.
John Sternagel raised his finger to the sky as he rounded first base. He did it again once he crossed home plate. The freshman just delivered a one-run lead by sending a baseball into the tan glove of a fan standing in the left-field bleachers.
Logan Shore was not the ace he has become against Georgia. He left his changeups up. He gave up two two-out RBI singles. Yet, he earned the win.
Florida hit five home runs in its five inning, 17-4 thumping of Texas A&M on Saturday, but one stood out more than the others.
In a season where only two seniors were left and 11 freshmen dominated the roster, Florida players had something to prove to lacrosse fans and division I college lacrosse teams across the nation.
When Kyle Strawn sets to throw the hammer, he usually improves from his first throw on, but that wasn’t the case as he threw a career-best on his last attempt.
After a hard fought win against Vanderbilt on Saturday in a three hour match, the Florida Gators stay alive in the Southeastern Conference tournament and head to the finals to take on the Texas A&M Aggies for the first time since 2011.
For the first time in twenty-seven years, the Gators were knocked out prior to the semifinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament.
Stephanie Tofft just needed one pitch to lift Florida over Texas A&M in the teams’ series opener on Friday.
In their first day of the SEC tournament, the Florida Gators defeated the LSU Tigers in a clean 4-0 sweep to place them in the conference tournament semifinals.
Mackenzie Caquatto, commonly known as “Macko,” is one of 12 names on the University of Florida’s 2014 roster. But sometimes the 22-year-old feels like she’s the only one.
Gators hoping to run in next week’s Midnight Fun Run may be left standing still.
Alachua County Tax Collector LaVaughn Fraser died Thursday morning after an extended illness.
A recent study conducted by researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine revealed some troubling realities for young fathers.
A new study showing a relationship between marijuana use and brain abnormalities is facing scrutiny from some Gainesville experts and residents.