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A year after campus assaults, the University of Florida prepares safety measures for game day. Last year's updated precautions are still in place after the three unsolved assaults, with the exception of UFPD's Walk Safe Student Escort Program.
Read More »Inexpensive Business Model Provides Success for Local Food Trucks
Off The Griddle is one of the food trucks in Gainesville that provide alternative dining options. Michael Musoke, owner of Off The Griddle, said the trucks cost between $20,000 to $100,000, which is less than it would to open and maintain a restaurant.
Read More »Grace Marketplace Reflects On First Year
Grace Marketplace has served the local homeless community for one year. The community is part of a 10-year plan, conceived in 2005, to end homelessness.
Read More »Students Run Colored in Orange and Blue
[jwplayer config=”News-video” file=”wuftnews/20140226GatorRun.mp4″ html5_file=”http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/wuftnews/20140226GatorRun.mp4″ image=”http://www.wuft.org/videoupdates/files/2012/10/WUFT-Generic-Logo_final-854×480.png”] Clouds of orange and blue cornstarch rained down on more than 1,000 University of Florida students and some members of the Gainesville community as they ran through Fraternity Row, leaving Flavet Field behind them. The runners participated in the second annual Gator Run 5K on Saturday. …
Read More »UF’s first Exotic Pet Amnesty Day accepts unwanted animals
The University of Florida's Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation accepted exotic animals during its first Exotic Pet Amnesty Day.
Read More »Pastor Terry Jones, of Dove World Outreach and Koran-burning infamy, to leave Gainesville
The Dove World Outreach Center, a Gainesville-based church that has sparked international controversy, may be moving to Tampa Bay. The church is well known for its flagrant anti-Islam message, projected in inflammatory acts like Koran burnings and anti-Mohammed Internet videos.
Read More »As search continues, UF offers support for those coping with Christian Aguilar’s disappearance
As search for missing student continues, UF offers grief counseling for those affected by disappearance
Read More »UF president submits resignation
As members of the University of Florida Board of Trustees meet in Gainesville, president Bernie Machen announced he has told the board his resignation will take effect at the end of 2013. A letter from the president has been sent to university employees via email. Meanwhile, Machen has told trustees …
Read More »UF recruits eating disorders expert to start new program
An expert on eating disorders has joined the University of Florida to develop a program from scratch to treat this illness that affects more than 10 million women and 1 million men. Doctor Kevin Wandler has worked exclusively with eating disorder patients for the past 16 years. Now as Chief of Eating …
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