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Former UF Transportation and Parking Services employee Tiffany Robinson pleaded no contest in the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court Thursday morning, with a minimum possible sentence of 8 years, 11 months of jail time for grand theft and aggravated white collar crime, according to court records. Robinson was arrested and charged with …
Read More »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 »National Changes To Miss America Will Filter To Local Pageants Next Year
The 2018 national competition will reflect these new changes, but, with local pageants well under way, the changes will be implemented locally next year.
Read More »As Hurley House Comes Down, Catholic Gators Set Plans For New Student Activity Center
The Catholic Gators are preparing for a new home this summer as they say goodbye to Hurley House and anticipate ground breaking for a new student activity center.
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 »Cade Museum Opens In Gainesville As Hub For Invention
The revitalization of downtown Gainesville continued on Saturday with the grand opening of The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention.
Read More »This Isn’t The First Time Hawthorne’s Only Middle/High School Has Faced Closure
Fifty-two years later, Hawthorne is facing a possible closure yet again.
Read More »UF Dance Professor Elizabeth Johnson Teaches Alexander Technique To Broaden Mind And Body Through Ballet
As a university dance professor, Johnson takes the discipline and specificity of conservatory teaching and mixes it with improvisation skills.
Read More »Tiny Beds, Big Impact
Kendall is one of 14 artists in residence at UF Health. Through music, visual arts and other types of artwork, each of these artists help patients cope with an avenue aside from medicine alone.
Read More »Florida’s Direct-Support Organizations Sidestep Public Records Laws
Florida is one of the few states that exempts university groups like the University Athletic Association and UF Foundation from public records laws. Their DSO classification identifies them as a private, incorporated businesses, separating them from the universities they serve.
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