Aiming for No. 1 Again
UF Gymnasts Resume Their Quest for Another National Title
The Gator Nation®
The Growing Season
As a Black woman, academic and owner of Live Organically, in Minnesota, Lakisha Witter is joyfully challenging stereotypes about farming in America. But this double Gator’s greatest achievement is her personal triumph over early adversity.
The Gator Guide to a Greater 2021
Social media overconsumption. The COVID 19 pounds. Stresses about money and about life. UF experts in wellness, exercise and more share tips for making 2021 a little calmer than last year.
Q&A with Danielle Collins
As a Gator-turned-tennis pro prepares for this month’s Australian Open, she answered a few questions about travel, tournament life and her return to UF.
The Swamp, Undrained
What’s orange and blue and red? The presidential hopefuls and other politicians who have made a stop at the University of Florida. See photos of their visits.
Gators Hiring Gators
This month, give a big chomp for Oracle in Redwood Shores, Calif., and the 162 Gators who have been hired by the multinational cloud computing corporation since 2016.
How Do You G8R?
Alumni from around the country share a bumper crop of clever Gator license plates.
Gators vs. Coronavirus
UF experts went toe-to-toe with a raging pandemic in 2020
A Quest for Quiet
A Gator turns his daydream into a years-long adventure
Name of the Game: Adapt and Overcome
Gators Basketball Coach Shares Lessons He Learned Amid the Pandemic
Escape to Reality
Meet some of the Gators who have ruled – and washed out – on reality television
Coronavirus and Campus in 2021
For students and faculty, a new normal that looks a little more like the old normal
“It Gave Me the Nudge to Keep Going”
How a “Patriots” Scholarship Is Changing the Lives of Veteran-Nurses
Q&A with Yolanda Cash Jackson
A successful lawyer and lobbyist on the lessons that have guided her life
Most intimidating celebrity? Biggest change coming in the music industry?
Which city has the best airport? And 17 other questions – silly to serious – with a Grammy winner and UF instructor.
8 Other Weird Gator Football Season Interruptions
Think the LSU and Mizzou game postponements are strange? These other examples will get you schooled in 2 minutes.
It's the Little Things that Count
Jigsaw puzzles and jump ropes. The joys of a perfectly roasted tomato. This particular Thanksgiving seems a fine time to salute the little things that are getting us through one of the weirdest years on record.
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More Than 100 Years of ‘Welcome Home’
Homecoming traditions have come and gone (Synchronized swimmers? Bring your weight in firewood?), but since 1916, Gator spirit has always won the day.
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No Championships, No Problems
Three cheers for the student-athletes who are about to play their longest, weirdest seasons ever.
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6 Ways to Safeguard the Election
An expert in electronic voting shares his ideas for making sure every vote counts.
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“I’m gonna make myself the star that I know I am.”
She is one of Variety’s must-watch Latinx actors of 2020. But Julissa Calderon was initially turned down twice for the Netflix role that has made her famous.
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Your Halloween Homework!
Scare Yourself Silly with These 13 Frightening Faculty Favorites
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Help for a Black and Blue America
In the wake of the George Floyd killing, two UF alumni bring area youth and Gainesville police together to bridge a gap and forge a relationship.
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Brave New Nation
Campus life, in an age of COVID-19
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Stuff You Didn't Ask in Class
UF’s faculty experts – smart and good-humored – answer those questions you never got around to asking in college.
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The Accidental Nat Geo Star
A reservation doctor – and photography contest finalist – finds joy and healing in nature.
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20 Questions with… José Fortes, 2019-2020 Teacher/Scholar of the Year
José Fortes, the AT&T Eminent Scholar and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, recently received a letter from President Fuchs announcing that he’d received the highest...
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8 Reasons to Get Excited about Gator Football
Way back when, before all of us were wearing masks (OK, some of us) and when hangin’ out did not require a head count, there was a lot of hype surrounding this Florida football season.
The reasons were threefold:
- Dan...
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Trading Courtroom for Kitchen
Gator Chef, an exclusive video series, showcases delicious recipes full of flavor and heritage served up by outstanding UF alumni chefs and passionate home cooks. To see Episode 1, featuring Chef Edouardo Jordan, please...
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Traditions Reimagined
UF traditions are marching on. Here’s a rundown of how just a few campus favorites are handling the reality of COVID-19. The only thing we know? Any plans may change at any moment.
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The ‘Game Day Experience’ Promises to be an Experience
Goodbye FSU. Farewell “the wave.” Games in the Swamp will look, feel and sound different. But a weird Gator game beats none at all.
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Gators Hiring Gators
Gator Nation News celebrates companies that purposefully strive to hire UF alumni.
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Lombardi and Darnell Remember the Gainesville Student Murders, 30 Years Later
Thirty years ago, the brutal slayings of five college students shattered the peacefulness of the Gainesville community and ushered in months of fear and chaos on the University of Florida campus.
Over four days in late August 1990, at...
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Move-In Day Through the Years
College students have been arriving in Gainesville since the University of Florida moved here in September 1906. Only 91 students came that year – all men – and all but a few lodged in Buckman Hall, one of the few buildings on campus.
...
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To Boldly Go
UF embarks on a journey to be America’s AI university
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Gators Hiring Gators
Gator Nation News celebrates companies that purposefully strive to hire UF alumni
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The Team that Changed it All
Gator Nation celebrates the 30th anniversary of the 1990 football team’s history-making season
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How Do You G8R?
Alumni from around the country share a bumper crop of clever Gator plates.
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Gator Chef: Cooking with Edouardo Jordan
The UF graduate and James Beard Award-winning chef (and a People magazine finalist for “Sexiest Chef Alive”) kicks off a series celebrating the culinary talents of Gators.
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Meet Mariel White
Listen to her story on Unstoppable Minds, and see photos of her return to campus in this gallery.
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“Racism and violence directed at African Americans must stop”
A response to racism
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Part Tribute, Part Message of Hope
The story behind ‘Dear Preview 2020’
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Five Things Missed at the Big Dance
From two bat-and-ball coaches, an ode to the season that wasn’t
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A “Space Force” Gator Shares his Florida Favorites
Did you know that “Space Force,” the new Netflix comedy starring Steve Carell, also features a Gator: actor Jamison Webb (BSJ ’07)? The series premiered May 29.
Webb plays “Baxter,” who appears in the trailer...
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Social Distance, Sanitizer and Screenings
Campus will be open this fall, but the vibe will be different
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20 More Reasons to be Proud to be a Gator
As many Americans hunker down in their homes, UF’s professors, researchers and others are part of the global effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 and help those already affected.
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The Wild Bunch
What do you know about wombats, wood storks, white rhinos and other members of the animal kingdom? These Gators study and work with all sorts of wildlife, and strive to protect the environment through their results. Here is a peek into their world.
Florida Gator Magazine
Henry & Baloo: An Instagram Tale of Trails & Love True
Turns out, a dog with separation anxiety and a cat with abandonment issues make great emotional support animals for each other.
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The Incredible Journey of Mariel White
More than two years ago, near-fatal complications from a rare disease interrupted a sophomore’s quest for her degree. Now this brave Gator is back on campus — getting by with a little help from her UF friends.
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Protecting the Web of Life
An alarming number of animals, plants and insects are going extinct — and UF scientists, joined with concerned philanthropists, are scrambling to stop the global catastrophe.
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GloZell Green, Comedy Queen
“Is you okay? Is you good?” Millions of fans of her viral videos can recite her signature line. As for herself, this UF alumna and YouTube pioneer is more than okay.
Florida Gator Magazine
Fit to be Hired
Knowing how to dress professionally is often a first step to launching a successful career.
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Small Vans, Big Plans
Two Gators ditched the conventional trappings of success to discover the world, and themselves.
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Innovation U
From voting to vaccines, UF inventions improve lives and boost Florida's economy
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Providing Free, High-Quality Health Care, “No Questions Asked”
At these free health care clinics, UF student volunteers practice with a purpose
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A Special Delivery
How a near-death experience focused a Gator’s passion — and led to a business bringing cheer to sports fans