On Monday morning, Rep. Chuck Clemons (R-Newberry) filed legislation, House Bill 1645, that would put Gainesville Regional Utilities under state control if passed.
Iona sophomore guard Walter Clayton Jr. announced his commitment to the Gators Tuesday. He chose Florida over St. John's and is the third player to join UF through the transfer portal. Clayton was named the 2022-2023 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference player of the year.
A group of Gainesville males allegedly shot at a teen Monday evening.
The festival was hosted by the Florida Heritage Foods Initiative, a Santa Fe College program that focuses on connecting history and culture to food. The event, hosted at Haile’s Farmers Market, drew hundreds Saturday morning.
UF Housing envió un correo electrónico a 273 estudiantes de UF Honors a las 5:30 p.m. el 29 de marzo con la noticia de que su lugar reservado para vivir en Honors Village había sido eliminado debido a retrasos en la construcción.
Residentes de Gainesville se reunieron el miércoles en la tarde para protestar el proyecto de ley estatal HB1617, la cual incrementaría penalidades para los inmigrantes trabajando indocumentados y colectaría una encuesta sobre ellos.
The Florida Gators men’s basketball program continues to recruit players in the transfer portal to build UF’s 2023-2024 roster going into year two under head coach Todd Golden and his staff.
Marshall transfer freshman center Micah Handlogten announced Monday on Twitter he committed to the Florida Gators. The seven-footer chose the Gators over Auburn, Georgia, Missouri and four other schools from his top eight.
The Gainesville Police Department deployed caution tape, swept crime scenes and ordered confused onlookers exiting the Main Street clubs to leave downtown in the aftermath of two shootings that occurred within minutes of each other early Monday morning.
At this moment, GAU is fighting for the first amendment rights of students and workers and for UF’s core values.
In recent years, the Florida legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis have made the state exceptional through a political agenda that is detrimental to the people of Florida — bills that have already been enacted.
Ever since Ben Sasse, a former Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska, took office, there’s been a president-sized hole left in much of the UF community.
Gainesville’s Pop Punk and Emo Nite, a monthly event hosted at various venues like The Wooly and the new Vivid Music Hall, has now become a hallmark of Gainesville’s nightlife scene.
UF’s LGBTQ+ community and allies swarmed the UF Student Health Care Center April 7 for an inject-in to protest the DeSantis administration’s gender-affirming care audit and legislation like House Bill 1421 and Senate Bill 254. During the protest, a group of demonstrators participated in an “inject-in,” where they injected themselves with hormone replacement therapy treatment.
Florida junior left fielder Wyatt Langford came to the plate in the fourth inning against the Tennessee Volunteers April 7.
Graduate Assistants United is continuing to negotiate for stipend increases and better living conditions with UF's bargaining team. There are three bargaining sessions scheduled for April.
As of April 5, UF students have been unable to use TikTok and WeChat on campus Wi-Fi, among other applications deemed a cybersecurity risk after UF complied with a Florida Board of Governors directive.
DeSantis signed the permitless carry bill into law April 3, which will eliminate the required application and training to carry a concealed firearm. The new law and a recent school shooting at a Nashville private school has prompted mixed views from Florida residents on gun legislation.
Scholarship amounts for the 2023-24 school year depend on the level of funding provided by the legislature to each school district, Florida Department of Education spokesperson Cassandra Palelis wrote in an email. They won’t be set until the end of the legislative session when the state budget will be finalized.
Three seniors from the Florida men’s golf team are ranked in the top 20 of the PGA Tour University rankings. As of April 5, Fred Biondi is ranked third, Yuxin Lin sits at ninth and Ricky Castillo at 15.
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