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NEWS | CAMPUS

UF researchers thrive despite the pandemic

By Aurora Martínez | Sep. 1, 2020

UF received record $900.7 million in research awards in fiscal year 2020

NEWS | FEATURES

Vote-by-mail turnout for August primary higher than in previous elections

By Steven Walker | Sep. 1, 2020

Raises concerns for general election in November

Avery, 7, sits at her laptop. Her mom said Avery was in tears at one point.

METRO | K-12 EDUCATION

An eventful first day of classes, quarantines for ACPS students and teachers

By Sophie Feinberg | Aug. 31, 2020

One class is already in quarantine

Defensive coordinator Todd Grantham on the sideline during the Orange Bowl last year. During Monday's presser, Grantham shared his two-pronged defensive philosophy.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Gators defense starting to take form

By Brendan Farrell | Aug. 31, 2020

Gators defensive coordinator Todd Grantham said that his defense is built on two things: stopping the run and making the quarterback play badly.

The Action Network reported Monday that the NCAA filed to trademark the phrase "Battle in the Bubble." Earlier this month, Mark Emmert, the NCAA president, was quoted saying bubbles would be “perfectly viable in many sports."

NEWS

NCAA files trademark for the phrase “Battle in the Bubble”

By Ryan Haley | Aug. 31, 2020

The NCAA filed a trademark Wednesday for the phrase “Battle in the Bubble.”

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

UF student reports rape at an unknown fraternity Friday

By Sarah Mandile | Aug. 31, 2020

UF notified students of the incident Monday afternoon in congruence with The Clery Act

NEWS | CAMPUS

Sororities celebrate Bid Day with masks on but not socially distanced

By Lianna Hubbard | Aug. 31, 2020

UF sororities hosted in-person events Thursday to welcome new members

NEWS | CAMPUS

Masked, distant move-in week ends for UF Housing

Aug. 31, 2020

UF students return to campus with new move-in guidelines due to COVID-19

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Fuchs: A historic (and fun) academic year

By Kent Fuchs | Aug. 31, 2020

Welcome, students!

A group of people wait in line at Midtown to enter “Fat Daddy’s,” a bar in Gainesville on August 28, 2020. This was the bar’s first night reopening for the fall semester.

COVID 19 | UF

Midtown reopens with reduced seating and smaller crowds

By Ariana Aspuru and Lianna Hubbard | Aug. 31, 2020

Midtown’s socially-distanced bars drove students away by 10 p.m.

METRO | K-12 EDUCATION

What school will look like for ACPS students

By Sophie Feinberg | Aug. 31, 2020

Less than half of the usual number of students will return to in-person learning

METRO | K-12 EDUCATION

COVID-19 will continue to impact how students with disabilities learn, leaving setbacks and challenges

By Sophie Feinberg | Aug. 31, 2020

Services are available for children with disabilities through all three learning options offered for the school year

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Snitches go to heaven, partiers go to hell

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 31, 2020

Sing like a canary in a COVID-19 coal mine.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

UF Board of Trustees held in-person retreat

By Corbin Bolies | Aug. 30, 2020

As the Fall semester starts, the Board of Trustees gathered—in person—for their annual retreat.

Redshirt junior Ventrell Miller wearing a mask outside of the O'Connell Center. On June 17, the NCAA approved a plan for schools to begin summer workouts in July for the upcoming fall football season.

COVID 19

COVID-19 and Sports: A six-month timeline

By Ryan Haley | Aug. 30, 2020

March 12 – NCAA cancels the remaining athletic events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments as well as all other championships. Notable sports cut short included gymnastics, golf, baseball, softball, tennis, and track and field.

In the last week, there were 209 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Gainesville.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Does this really have to be said?

By Christian Ortega | Aug. 30, 2020

This was going to be a breezy editorial leaning on the camaraderie of Gators across Alachua County doing their part to suppress the spread for the sake of sports. Instead, it’s a desperate call to action from a sports writer that wants to survive this fall semester.

Quarterback Kyle Trask drops back in front of a packed crowd against Tennessee last season. This year, most SEC schools will cap their stadium capacities at about 20 to 25 percent.

SPORTS | FEATURES

Silent Saturdays: A town without football

By Payton Titus | Aug. 30, 2020

“When the football team’s doing well, the entire town just kind of explodes,” Chandler Small, a Gainesville resident, said on The Ringer’s Cam Chronicles podcast in July.