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UF Students host golf tournament to support GRACE Grows

Golfers putting. Golf balls flying. Golf carts zooming. University of Florida students working. This was the scene at the Turkey Creek Golf Course on Friday. UF students worked on a project this semester for GRACE Grows, a nonprofit organization that provides fresh fruits and vegetables to people experiencing homelessness and …

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Photographer and conservationist Gabby Salazar shares her love of nature with a global classroom

Gabby Salazar, an adjunct professor at the University of Florida with the Tropical Conservation and Development Program at the Center for Latin American Studies, has collaborated with the Centre for Wildlife Studies in India to develop Wild Shaale, a conservation education program for 10-to-13-year-old children. The program, which started in 2018, has reached more than 20,000 children in rural India.

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‘Power of the Purse’ brunch returns for 8th year

Power of the Purse Brunch attendees sit at round tables talking and eating.

A fundraiser supporting victims of domestic violence has made its way back to the Gainesville Woman’s Club. Peaceful Paths is the certified domestic violence center that provides free and confidential services to survivors of domestic violence in Alachua, Bradford and Union counties in Florida. The services provided include an emergency shelter, …

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Florida Senate passes bill that would undermine most of state’s teacher unions

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Nancy Velardi has negotiated with Pinellas County Schools, one of the largest school districts across Florida, for 18 years, securing affordable health insurance for teachers and their families and working to increase salaries.  But in her last term as president of the Pinellas County Teacher Association, the …

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