Just steps away from the hubbub around a suspicious package alert at Turlington Plaza on Thursday afternoon, a sea of people crowded the heart of the University of Florida’s campus. While the nearby area around Turlington Hall was deserted as authorities cleared the area and determined the package posed no …
Read More »All clear after bomb squad called to UF’s campus to investigate suspicious package
After a tense three and a half hours, the University of Florida Police Department and the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad identified the device found at Turlington Hall Thursday as “research material.”
Read More »UF Alumni Reflect On Black Thursday And The Black Student Experience
Three times on Thursday, April 15, 1971, groups of Black Student Union members entered Tigert Hall in an attempt to speak with then-UF President Stephen C. O’Connell.
Read More »Colleges And Students React To News That Four UF Students Test Positive For COVID-19
More than 13,000 UF students had signed a petition urging UF to temporarily transition from the standard A-E letter grading system to a pass-fail option for students in the wake of the virus.
Read More »Gainesville And UF Are Working To Control How Dockless Scooters Come To The City. Their Efforts Might Not Matter If State Legislators Step In
The city is now in the final stages of working with the University of Florida to settle on an integrative agreement to bring dockless scooters to the area.
Read More »UF Students, Gainesville Community Remember New Zealand Mosque Shooting Victims
About 150 students, Gainesville residents and community leaders gathered around a prayer mat, listened in silence and held carnations in their hands as a University of Florida student sang. The words were meant to comfort in times of mourning.
Read More »UF Mourns Synagogue Victims At Afternoon Vigil
People gathered around a small blue tent on Turlington Plaza Monday afternoon with lit candles to mourn the 11 lives lost in the shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue in Squirrel Hill near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Read More »After Parkland Shooting, Schools Discuss Mental Health
A call for change has emerged after 17 students were killed in the Parkland shooting on Feb. 14. And while gun control is at the forefront of the discussion, a second topic has surfaced both nationally and within Alachua County: the need to address mental health resources for high school students.
Read More »Stoneman Douglas Alumni Lead Vigil on UF Campus In Honor of Their Alma Mater
About 300 people came together to show their support for the 17 victims and their peers on Tuesday night at Turlington Plaza.
Read More »UF Community Members “Choose Love” At Candlelight Vigil
UF students Fennzia Guerrier and Christyna Conway, who met while attending Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., led a candlelight vigil on the UF campus in honor of the 17 victims who died in the school shooting.
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