Zoey Thomas

Clay Calvert, former director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at UF, gives a speech about the legality of academic freedom at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Tuesday, March 28, 2023.

Gabriella Aulisio

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF staff unions host discussion of academic freedom

By Zoey Thomas | Mar. 30

At the UF Ethics in the Public Sphere’s “Pizza and Public Ethics” event Tuesday, Paul Ortiz, UF history professor, spoke to over 40 listeners gathered in Smathers Library on the role of unionizing in protecting academic freedom. He was joined by Clay Calvert, former UF professor and director of the UF Law’s First Amendment Center.

A little boy paints the kids mural setup at the Walldogs Mural Painting festival in High Springs Friday, March 24, 2023.

Kamryn Bailey

THE AVENUE | ART AND THEATER

Walldogs, local artists take over High Springs with arts and history festival

By Zoey Thomas | Mar. 26

The festival also showcased an exhibition of murals created by the Walldogs, a group of traveling mural artists and sign painters. They were invited by Heart of High Springs, a non-profit organization that works to support the town’s culture and tourism.

Ohio State professor Julia Andrews gives a presentation on female Chinese artists in the 1900s at the Harn Museum of Art Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023.

Kamryn Bailey

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF Harn Museum educates visitors on 20th century Chinese female artists

By Zoey Thomas | Feb. 24

Audience members — including local families and UF students — had a hard time looking away from the colorful paintings flashing across the projector behind her as she spoke.

Mark Oppenheimer, a religion writer and scholar, appears at Pugh Hall on UF's campus to discuss the increase of antisemitism Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023.

Alex Winn

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Jewish author Mark Oppenheimer speaks on antisemitism at UF

By Zoey Thomas | Feb. 1

Oppenheimer — a writer and self-described challah baker whose portfolio includes projects such as “The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia” and the “Unorthodox” podcast – visited UF Tuesday to speak to over 50 students and other members of the Gainesville community in an open conversation about antisemitism.

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UF Whitney Science Lab kicks off Spring ‘Evenings at Whitney’ lecture series

By Zoey Thomas | Jan. 15

Cleary Larkin and Sujin Kim, leaders in the UF Historic Preservation Program (HPP), spoke to audience members about the importance of historic preservation and the work in the local HPP chapter: the Preservation Institute of St. Augustine (PISA).

Muralists paint a mural of The Priest Theatre in High Springs on Saturday, March 25, 2023.

Zoey Thomas

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By Zoey Thomas | Mar. 26

Muralists paint a mural of The Priest Theatre in High Springs on Saturday, March 25, 2023.

UF staff unions host discussion of academic freedom

Walldogs, local artists take over High Springs with arts and history festival

UF Harn Museum educates visitors on 20th century Chinese female artists

Jewish author Mark Oppenheimer speaks on antisemitism at UF

UF Whitney Science Lab kicks off Spring ‘Evenings at Whitney’ lecture series

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