Tag Archives: Peace

Through lectures and workshops, HealthQueer Alliance hopes to give medical students answers to questions they may have about trans health. These educational events are just the first step in the fight for sexual and identity rights.

Two years after Christian Aguilar's remains were found, the Aguilar family is trying to start a new life. Aguilar's brother Alex, though, wants to keep his memory alive.

Hundreds gathered to celebrate the Hindu festival Holi at the University of Florida with colorful powder, food, and music on Saturday.

Volunteers are dismantling Tuesday the annual memorial mile, a stretch of land on NW 8th Avenue in Gainesville. The mile annually commemorates more than 6,000 soldiers who died in battle in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

As students trickle out of the city after exams, streets are empty and the city of Gainesville becomes a ghost town. But instead of wallowing in the emptiness, there is a variety of events to be visited.

Students for Justice in Palestine and Students for a Democratic Society host a discussion on overturning the Holy Land Foundation case to a crowd of about 60 in Little Hall at the University of Florida on Tuesday evening.

Florida voters might be taken by surprise at the polls when they go to cast their votes in the presidential race. This year's ballot includes the nation's second-highest candidate total, 12, behind Colorado's 17.

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 …

Memorial Day weekend means different things to many people. For Dr. Paul Ortiz, director of the University of Florida’s oral history program, it’s a time for him to remember his military service, and honor all who served. As Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Tom Krynski reports, people who drive on one of Gainesville’s …

In commemoration of the Peace Corp of America’s, 50th anniversary, today, the University of Florida hosted an event on the Plaza of the Americas Wednesday afternoon. As Brittany Thompson reports, Peace Corps volunteers joined University of Florida students to answer any questions about serving overseas. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/FP Peace Corps WRAP BT.mp3]