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Opinion

Want to be a part of The Alligator? Join our Summer 2026 staff!

By Alligator Staff report | Apr. 20

Are you interested in growing your career in media and communications? Are you ready to join a network with alumni at organizations like The New York Times, The Washington Post and Wall Street Journal? The Independent Florida Alligator is looking for its next team of reporters, editors, photographers and more for the Summer semester. Applications are due April 27 at 11:59 p.m.

Donovan Francois celebrates becoming the Spring 2026 vice president in the Reitz Union, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026

Chloe Martin

Election

Vision Party takes Senate in walkover election

By Alligator Staff report | Feb. 25

This Spring, Vision is the only party on the ballot; no independent or third-party candidates are running, so the election is entirely uncontested.

Jea Nace

News

UF pauses admissions for out-of-state transfer students

By Alligator Staff report | Feb. 25

The action does not affect transfer students already admitted to UF. Freshmen applicants and those admitted through UF Online also remain unaffected.

University of Florida students enter the polling room to vote in the Spring UF Student Government election at the SG Print Lab at the University of Florida, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026.

Caroline Walsh

News

‘It’s a shame that they’re the only party’: UF students reflect on first day of SG elections

By Alligator Staff report | Feb. 24

Students cast votes for UF’s student body president, vice president and treasurer, as well as senators representing 17 of the university’s colleges and schools. Freshman, sophomore and graduate senators are also running.

UF President Ben Sasse interacts with parade goers during the Homecoming Parade on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023.

Adriel Bolocon

News

Sasse's diagnosis: How politicians, UF colleagues are responding

By Alligator Staff report | Dec. 23

Former UF President Ben Sasse announced his terminal cancer diagnosis on social media this morning. The post was met with an outpouring of sympathy from former and current colleagues from the U.S. Senate and UF administration, along with other top politicians and public figures.

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Shannon Ahern

Opinion

Want to be a part of The Alligator? Join our Spring 2026 staff!

By Alligator Staff report | Dec. 2

The Independent Florida Alligator is looking for its next team of reporters, editors, photographers and more for the Spring semester.

Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks about Florida's higher education at Emerson Alumni Hall on the University of Florida’s campus on Monday, Sept. 29, 2025.

Libby Clifton

News

DeSantis directs Florida Board of Governors to ‘pull the plug’ on H-1B visas

By Alligator Staff report | Oct. 29

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced plans to “pull the plug” on H-1B visas across Florida universities during a Wednesday morning press conference at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

UF cheerleaders ride stop a Gainesville Fire Engine down 13th Street in the 102nd UF Homecoming Parade. The parade took place on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025.

Bayden Armstrong

News

UF celebrates 102nd Homecoming with spirit, gators and tradition

By Alligator Staff report | Oct. 17

Hundreds of UF alumni, students and families flooded campus and its surrounding streets to celebrate the school’s 102nd annual Homecoming Friday.

Vision Party celebrates its 49-seat win during the Fall 2025 Student Government elections at the Reitz Union on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025.

Caroline Walsh

News

UF SG election results: Vision Party sweeps 49 Senate seats

By Alligator Staff report | Sep. 30

Vision Party won the 49 Student Government seats up for election Tuesday night, maintaining its dominant majority in the Student Senate.

Vision Party members campaigning outside of the Reitz Union during the University of Florida falll student government election on September 29, 2025.

Reagan Bresnahan

News

Just over 6,000 students vote on first day of mostly uncontested SG elections

By Alligator Staff report | Sep. 29

Only one Student Government party entered the Fall 2025 election. But UF students still lined up at the Reitz Student Union, Norman Education Library and other campus polling locations to cast their ballots in races that are largely uncontested.