Camila Pereira

The street sign for West University Avenue along the UF campus on Sunday, June 6, 2021. The Newell Gateway, one of two gateways to be constructed, will be implemented at the intersection of Newell Drive and West University Avenue as part of an effort to create an auto-free zone at the core of campus.

Mingmei Li

CAMPUS | STUDENT LIFE

UF plans to create an auto-free zone on campus

By Camila Pereira | June 7

To accomplish the long-term goal of increasing traffic safety, the university will implement an 86-acre bicycle and pedestrian zone in the heart of campus. This project includes the construction of the Newell and Northeast Gateway projects, which will incorporate more pedestrian access into campus and a connection from UF to the city, respectively.

Shelby Cotta

CAMPUS | UF ADMINISTRATION

UF lifts hiring pause as it shifts to pre-COVID-19 operations

By Camila Pereira | May 24

The university announced May 13 it will lift the hiring pause, along with all other COVID-related restrictions on travel and visitors put in place at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The update is effective immediately as UF’s campus prepares to return to full capacity for Summer B and Fall.

CAMPUS | STUDENT LIFE

UF’s first gender-neutral Living Learning Community will officially open to students this Summer

By Camila Pereira | May 13

After scrolling through different housing options when applying to UF, the name Lavender Living Learning Community caught Kate Eggenberg’s eye.

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Courtesy to The Alligator

NEWS | CAMPUS

Former UF public relations professor Kathleen Kelly dies at 77

By Camila Pereira | May 10

Kelly, who was a former UF public relations professor and advisor for mass communication Ph.D. students, died April 28 in her St. Augustine condo at 77.

A man observes the collection of movies and books on the display honoring the late Patricia Hilliard-Nunn at the Headquarters Library. Hilliard-Nunn was an activist and adjunct associate professor at UF in the African American Studies Program who died on Aug. 5 at 57.

Camila Pereira

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF libraries display a collection of works in honor of Patricia Hilliard-Nunn’s legacy

By Camila Pereira | Mar. 3

The Alachua County Library District and George A. Smathers Libraries at UF partnered to organize a display to honor Hilliard-Nunn, an activist and adjunct associate professor in UF’s African American Studies Program who was known for her research in media and culture, enslaved Africans and African American history in Alachua County. Hilliard-Nunn died on Aug. 5 at 57.

UF plans to create an auto-free zone on campus

UF lifts hiring pause as it shifts to pre-COVID-19 operations

UF’s first gender-neutral Living Learning Community will officially open to students this Summer

Former UF public relations professor Kathleen Kelly dies at 77

UF libraries display a collection of works in honor of Patricia Hilliard-Nunn’s legacy

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