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Still dealing with damage from Hurrican Irma, residents around Lake Santa Fe are asking for a no-wake ordinance along the edge of the lake.
Read More »Melrose Residents Seeking No-Wake Ordinance In Midst Of Hurricane Season
ACLC Advocates On Behalf of OPS Workers Before UF Board of Trustees
While noting a lack of wage increases, and seeking greater Social Security contributions and paid leave, the OPS employees’ main complaint was being treated as temporary workers despite working full time.
Read More »Prison Visitation Changes Spark Outcry
The Department of Corrections is proposing a change that would allow the agency to limit prison visits --- which can now take place on Saturday and Sunday, in addition to holidays --- to every other weekend.
Read More »Waldo’s History Chronicled In New Book
A former University of Florida English professor will publish a 300-page book on the history of Waldo and its people this fall.
Read More »Gainesville Cohousing Offers Alternative Community Lifestyle, Partners With UF Landscape Architecture Students
Gainesville Cohousing will offer residents a communal and environmentally friendly living option.
Read More »UF Health And Art Students Team Up For Unique Solutions For Medical Issues
Interdisciplinary UF art class brings art and pre-health students together to work on health care solutions.
Read More »Medical Ambulances In The Sky, Saving Lives One Flight At A Time
While Gainesville locals lie asleep, aircraft from University Air Center may be flying in the night sky over their house on the way to save a life. Timing is crucial whenever a human organ becomes available following a recent death. And regardless of the hour, flights transport medical teams affiliated with University …
Read More »UF Gator Marching Band Breaks Ground On New Practice Facility
The University of Florida Gator Marching Band celebrated the groundbreaking of a new permanent practice facility Friday afternoon.
Read More »Team-Based Science To Change The Way Neurobiology Research Is Done In Florida
Brain researchers affiliated with the University of Florida are leading the way in the practice of team-based sciences, joining forces to share knowledge and collaborate around an important area of medicine.
Read More »Family Fights Rare Genetic Disorders
The Meachums founded Xtraordinary Joy, a non-profit group, in 2016 "to raise funds that will promote clinical interventions, therapies and care opportunities for children afflicted by never-before-studied X chromosome deletions."
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