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Inspire, Gator release platform points

By Chasity Maynard | Feb. 7, 2020

Both parties focus on student safety

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UF student data among information sold by anti-virus software

By Hannah Phillips | Feb. 6, 2020

Avast sold users’ browsing history and geo-locations

Kamula McKnight-Butler and Phillip Griffiths, Denise Griffiths' mother and father, speak fondly of their late daughter and urge her loved ones to celebrate her life during her memorial service in the Rion Ballroom on Wednesday evening. "Denise has dropped the mic, but will always be in the building," Griffiths said.

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'Rest in Power:' Denise Griffiths remembered

By Chasity Maynard and Hannah Phillips | Feb. 6, 2020

More than 150 people attended her memorial

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UF hemp pilot project gains sponsorships and success

By Katelynn Joyner | Feb. 5, 2020

The program received $1.3 million from Green Roads and $200,000 from other sponsors

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Celebrating the 34th Annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day

By Jessica Green | Feb. 4, 2020

She lands with her hands in the air. Her teammates run in to celebrate. Over 9,000 fans are screaming and cheering. A perfect 10.

Members of Graduate Assistants United met with UF’s chief bargainer, Bill Connellan, over five months in 2019 to negotiate the terms of their contract. The agreement to waive transportation and health fees for graduate assistants was the first of its kind in Florida, said Stephen Phillips, the union’s spokesperson.

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UF violated bargaining contract, says Graduate Assistants United

By Hannah Phillips | Feb. 4, 2020

After winning a battle for relief on fees, Graduate Assistants United is demanding that UF uphold its end of the bargain.

Mirsada Serdarevic (left), 24, and Shivani R. Khan, 28, both UF epidemiology PhD students, peruse an information table at UF HealthStreet during the Our Community, Our Health event Sept. 24, 2015. Khan picked up a flier for a 6-week dance program held by the UF Center for Arts in Medicine, which both girls said they will attend.

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HealthStreet begins project to improve Hispanic outreach

By Allessandra Inzinna | Feb. 4, 2020

The program is translating medical forms into Spanish

People board and exit an RTS bus Wednesday, July 24, 2019 by the The Hub at UF.

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UF students thank their bus drivers on RTS Appreciation Day

By Emma Davis | Feb. 4, 2020

Students wrote handwritten thank-you notes

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Santa Fe College welcomes new president Paul Broadie II

By AJ Bafer | Feb. 4, 2020

Broadie began as the college’s fifth president on Monday

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UF student launches pro-LGBTQ+ campaign after court cases

By Anna Wilder | Feb. 3, 2020

The case will decide whether people can be fired for being LGBTQ+.

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UF student groups campaign for 2020 presidential candidates

By Samantha Chery | Feb. 3, 2020

Students garner support for their favorite candidates

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How an SG party fell apart in 9 days

By Chasity Maynard | Feb. 2, 2020

Most of Progressive Party's candidates dropped Thursday

President Donald Trump waves from the top of the steps of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Md., Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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UF students react to Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan

By Grethel Aguila | Feb. 2, 2020

The plan, which took three years to draft, ensures Israeli control over Jerusalem

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UF ends losing streak in Nashville

By Brendan Farrell | Feb. 2, 2020

The Gators men’s basketball team’s season has been difficult to describe with the team reaching a high of beating a top-five team to the lows of several double-digit losses. All of this from a team that was ranked sixth in the country in the preseason AP poll.