Caiman Editor Vera Lucia is a journalism student and The Alligator's Spring 2026 Enterprise editor. She previosuly served as the Fall 2025 Caiman editor, Enterprise Race and Equity reporter and University GA reporter. In her free time, she enjoys embroidering and dj-ing. Go to The Range on a Saturday and listen to her set.
La UF confirmó en marzo de 2025 que los beneficiarios actuales seguirán recibiendo la beca hasta graduarse, pero no se otorgarán nuevos apoyos a partir de otoño de 2025.
Seven months after the Florida Board of Governors announced it would discontinue the Latin American and Caribbean Scholarship, out-of-state students and applicants are facing financial uncertainty, forcing many to reconsider how — and where — they can afford higher education.
El Comité Noruego del Nobel anunció el 10 de octubre a María Corina Machado como ganadora del Premio Nobel de la Paz 2025, la primera venezolana en recibir el galardón. En la UF, estudiantes y docentes venezolanos dijeron sentirse orgullosos y validados al conocer la noticia.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced María Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize Oct. 10, making history as the first Venezuelan to receive the honor. At UF, Venezuelan students and faculty said they felt both pride and validation when the news broke.
Billy Napier apareció por la entrada lateral del Heavener Football Training Center. Un bolso deportivo negro colgaba de su hombro derecho. Con la cabeza inclinada, los ojos fijos en el pavimento, se detuvo un instante para abrazar a un miembro del personal y murmuró: “Si alguna vez necesitas algo, avísame”.
When Sebastian Sobrino-Gonzalez moved with his family from Puerto Rico to Miami at age 11, he didn’t yet know how one tabling event would shape his life.
In a campus with over 50,000 students, finding community can feel overwhelming. But not for Nicolas Cavalcanti.
The special project highlights 25 young Hispanic students at UF who are leaving their mark before turning 25. Each of them, in their own way, contributes to a larger narrative — one of a community that not only belongs, but leads.
Se han registrado veinte arrestos de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas en el condado de Alachua desde el 31 de agosto, cuando El Caimán último reportó sobre el tema.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained 20 people in Alachua County since Aug. 31, when The Alligator last reported on the issue.
Death penalty protesters sit outside the Florida State Prison near Starke as Michael Tanzi was executed on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Tanzi was sentenced to death for killing Janet Acosta, a Miami Herald employee of 25 years.
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