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View of Boathouse and lake bridges, 1978?

A Look Into the History of the Boathouse

Danae Leake | Jun 17, 2016

For all of you whippersnappers that enjoy the stylish Boathouse with its sports bar ambiance (a bit of a tease for those under 21), you might not be aware that the Boathouse has seen many changes over...

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Mosquito larvae are placed in a mixture  to stop them from completing the pupal stage.

Professor leads team fighting back at mosquitoes

Bernadyn Nettles | Jun 15, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z55AX9OOBlk Video by Bernadyn Nettles and Brittany Moore The summer heat waves bring in pesky mosquito bites, but a UNF professor and students are biting back with a...

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Graphic by Ben Cross

UNF Digs: Early roots of the nature trails

Danae Leake | Jun 10, 2016

Graphic by Ben Cross UNF Digs is a weekly column that delves into UNF’s archives to find treasures worth sharing. This column would be more of a snapshot of UNF’s history than an excerpt from a...

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Ashley said digging at the Mayport site is an incredible learning opportunity for the students. Photo by Nick Blank

Archaeology students find wealth of knowledge in Native American trash piles

Nick Blank | Jun 10, 2016

In the muggy Mayport woods lay a bounty of Native American artifacts from trash piles dating back to 1000 AD. You know the saying. Keith Ashley and his students cleaned and analyzed animal bones, shells...

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People of UNF

People of UNF

Jenn Mello | Jun 9, 2016

People of UNF is a chronicle of students, faculty, university staff and visitors. Here’s a closer look at those we see walking by us everyday, those we overlook and those we sometimes wish we knew better. “I...

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statue designed by Emily Pinnell

UNF sculptures to brighten up Jax Beach

Danae Leake | Jun 3, 2016
Five large-scale outdoor sculptures created by UNF students will be displayed at a new sculpture park on June 20th at 480 1st street south in Jacksonville Beach.
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Graphic by Ben Cross

UNF Digs: Dr. Feelgood invited by Thomas G. Carpenter to teach music at UNF

Danae Leake | Jun 3, 2016
UNF Digs is a weekly column that delves into UNF’s archives to find treasures worth sharing. This column would be more of a snapshot of UNF’s history than an excerpt from a history textbook. But let us do the digging and brush up on your university history with UNF Digs.
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UNF animated short made the Top Films List at Oregon Printmaking Conference

UNF animated short made the Top Films List at Oregon Printmaking Conference

Bernadyn Nettles | Jun 2, 2016
It normally takes months or even years to create an animated film, but two UNF instructors managed to put one together in just ten days.
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People of UNF: Storm Stories

People of UNF: Storm Stories

Jenn Mello | Jun 1, 2016
It's June 1st, the first day of hurricane season. We find ways to prepare for a storm. We stock up on supplies, stay up to date on the forecast, and then sometimes wait out the storm. For Floridians, living through a hurricane is just part of the panhandle experience. Here are a handful of storm stories for this week's edition of people of UNF.
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Maitland Harvey

Maitland Harvey: A caring soul who soared above and beyond

Danae Leake | Jun 1, 2016
Kim Harvey loved to read the books of Anne Rice, the author of many vampire-themed novels such as The Vampire Armand and Queen of the Damned. She flipped through one of those Rice novels and found the name of her daughter-to-be: Maitland.
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How Jacksonville's budding literary scene may have started on UNF soil

How Jacksonville’s budding literary scene may have started on UNF soil

Danae Leake | Jun 1, 2016
Of all the places for this well-established journal, Fiction Fix began in a classroom at UNF, the same classroom where current editor-in-chief and UNF alumni Apri Wilder first met Creative Writing Professor Mark Ari.
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DePaul is one of the four delegates representing Florida's Fourth District.  Photo Courtesy of DePaul

UNF Adjunct Professor Represents LGBT Community as Florida’s First Transgender Delegate

Nick Blank | May 31, 2016
DePaul isn't afraid to criticize fellow Democrats, challenge the misconceptions about the transgender community or fight for better treatment of adjunct professors.
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