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UF welcomes students back into classrooms this fall as the school hits a record enrollment of over 60,000 total students.
Read More »UF Student Population Hits Record High for Fall Semester
Alachua County Public Schools To Hire Additional Nurses To Help Mitigate COVID-19
Thursday's announcement specified that the health department has hired 30 nurses to work alongside the nurses who currently staff school's throughout the district.
Read More »Why Florida’s Ban On Critical Race Theory Won’t Affect Alachua County Public Schools
It targets school curriculums that never taught critical race theory to begin with.
Read More »UF Unified Flag Football Team To Represent Team Florida At The 2022 Special Olympics USA Games
University of Florida Athletic Director Scott Stricklin surprised the team with the news on Monday evening.
Read More »Florida Changes From Daily COVID Data Tracking Updates To Weekly. UF Says It Doesn’t Plan To Do The Same
Now that over 10 million Florida residents have received a COVID-19 vaccine, the state Department of Health has changed its daily coronavirus data updates to weekly reports.
Read More »Rentable E-Scooters Arrive As New Form Of Transportation In Gainesville
The University of Florida and the city partnered to launch a one-year pilot program which will bring two-wheeled, electric scooters to town starting Monday.
Read More »University of Florida Men’s Tennis Team Takes Home First National Title In Program History
Head Coach Bryan Shelton and the top-ranked 2021 University of Florida Men's Tennis Team made history on Saturday night, winning the program's first national championship.
Read More »Florida Department of Transportation Lowers Speed Limit On West University Avenue
The speed limit reduction is the latest in a series of traffic safety measures implemented on the approximately one-mile stretch of University Avenue in recent months.
Read More »UF Researchers Say Marine Products Show Promising Future In Medical Advancements
A typical process of studying these compounds begins with retrieval of the organism, followed by chemistry steps to isolate pure compounds from the marine products, said Sandra Loesgen, an associate professor of chemistry at the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience.
Read More »Gainesville Comedy Shows Offers COVID-Safe Laughs
After a year of shutdowns and isolation, people are looking for ways to be entertained again.
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