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Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: 988 hotline, one year later: mental health professionals talk positives and pitfalls. “Erin Brooker Lozott has worked in the field of autism and mental health for 29 years. She answers …
Read More »The Point, Aug. 8, 2023: Feds investigate Florida DOE, gun summit day 2, ice cream locks
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Day 2 of Gainesville’s gun violence summit closes with much work ahead. “Community leaders, gun violence prevention experts and the general public gathered to discuss possible policy options and try …
Read More »Acclaimed photographer Jerry Uelsmann gains new fans at the Harn’s “Celebration of Life and Art” exhibit
The exhibit “Jerry Uelsmann: A Celebration of His Life and Art,” continues through Feb. 18 at the Harn Museum of Art. The renowned photographer was a professor at the University of Florida for 38 years.
Read More »Day 2 of Gainesville’s gun violence summit closes with much work ahead
Community leaders, gun violence prevention experts and the general public gathered to discuss possible policy options to help counter rising gun violence locally and nationally.
Read More »The Point, Aug. 7, 2023: GNV gun violence summit, AP psych okayed, new space images
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: More than 400 people gather at first Gainesville gun violence summit. “Sunday, the first day of the event, was open to the general public and featured a panel discussion about …
Read More »More than 400 people gather at first Gainesville gun violence summit
The second day of Gainesville's gun violence summit will be held Monday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center.
Read More »‘Choose Peace’: Gainesville to host gun violence summit to address deaths and violence in the community
Gainesville will host a two-day summit to address the high gun violence rates sweeping the city. The summit, titled “Choose Peace: Gun Violence Must Cease,” will be held Sunday and Monday and seeks to address the nuances and logistical issues facing gun-violence prevention. The event aims to bring community stakeholders …
Read More »Public school teacher shortages remain top of mind as classes resume
Teacher shortages uncover other growing concerns surrounding education in the Sunshine State. Listen to WUFT's report.
Read More »After helping prevent extinctions for 50 years, the Endangered Species Act itself may be in peril
SHARON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Biologist Ashley Wilson carefully disentangled a bat from netting above a tree-lined river and examined the wriggling, furry mammal in her headlamp’s glow. “Another big brown,” she said with a sigh. It was a common type, one of many Wilson and colleagues had snagged on …
Read More »Community partners band together against homelessness, fundraise for GRACE Marketplace
A crescendo of compassion resonated throughout How Bazar Thursday night as patrons and community advocates joined for the Battle of the Bands Karaoke Kickoff Party presented by the Greater Gainesville Chamber. The musical mixer supported startGNV and GRACE Marketplace, two organizations on the front lines of Gainesville’s fight to end …
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