Members of the Jewish community at the University of Florida are standing together with support from peers, parents, faculty and alumni in the weeks after an antisemitic message was displayed at a football game. Rabbi Jonah Zinn said he received texts from many disturbed students on Oct. 29. That night, …
Read More »UF student Hunter Jones speaks on his TikTok empire
One UF student represents the campus community on a national platform. Social media app TikTok took the world by storm in 2020 and has continued to grow. With so many people finding success on the app, it seems inevitable that many will personally know someone with audience on TikTok. In …
Read More »Reading mentorship program aims at growing skills and love for reading in Alachua County
A shout of joy echoes through Idylwild Elementary School’s media center every Thursday afternoon, as anywhere from 15 to 20 kids run into the room. Fifteen minutes before the double doors burst open, Alexa Tierney, Holly Buss and the rest of Eastside High School’s ReadSquad are setting up shop. The …
Read More »Career Academy Showcase provides opportunity for youth across Alachua County
Over 750 people walked through the doors of Eastside High School Thursday evening to attend the annual Career Academy Showcase. Alachua County Public Schools faculty welcomed prospective eighth-grade students and family members to visit different displays to familiarize themselves with the 15 career academies spread amongst all the county’s high …
Read More »National Pan-Hellenic Council Garden at UF faces third vandalism instance
Amid the pandemic and a host of Martin Luther King Jr. commemorations nearly two years ago, a small group of students, alumni, faculty and administrators attended a ceremony to celebrate the legacy of Black fraternities and sororities at the University of Florida. The focus of the event, on Jan. 14, …
Read More »Artemis I gets off the ground, propelling historic program
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – Cheers and applause erupted from spectators at Kennedy Space Center in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday morning as NASA’s Artemis I blasted off from Launch Pad 39B. The launch paves the way for the space agency to return astronauts to the Moon and later onto Mars. The …
Read More »Updates: Countdown to launch of NASA’S Artemis I moon mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – History was made Wednesday morning as NASA’s Artemis I moon mission blasted off from Kennedy Space Center. This was the program’s third launch attempt after the mission director scrubbed the first two launches due to fuel leaks. Artemis I is an uncrewed test mission for the …
Read More »Artemis I fueling operations surpass previous attempts, preparations ‘clean’
NASA is rolling full steam ahead with launch preparations into tonight’s Artemis I launch–and the team sounds confident that tonight is the night. Liquid hydrogen fueling moved into “topping”–the final stage of filling–just after 6:30 P.M. Liquid oxygen fueling began topping just an hour later. Previous launch attempts were foiled …
Read More »Antisemitism continues after FL-GA game, and UF students are uniting against it
The antisemitic hate speech projected at the Florida-Georgia football game Oct. 29 shocked and scared people across the U.S. – especially University of Florida students. In response, UF organizations continue to show solidarity and host events combating hate. UF Hillel, the foundation for Jewish campus life, hosted a Chomp Hate …
Read More »UF alum prepares for first NASA 4K stream with Artemis
It’s been nearly 50 years since any person last touched the surface of the moon. As NASA prepares to give its Artemis program another attempt at making a historic launch, the broadcast of the launch will make history in its own way. Viewers will be able to see the most …
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