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President Szymanski takes salary reduction to fund Emergency Relief Fund scholarships

Courtney Green, News Editor | Apr 22, 2020

UNF President Szymanski has taken a 15% salary reduction for 2020 to fund scholarships and need-based aid, some of which will offset costs directly related to COVID-19. In addition to taking the salary...

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Graduate admission tests begin to move online

Graduate admission tests begin to move online

Kaitlyn Bowers, Video Director | Apr 22, 2020

Getting into graduate school can be stressful. It’s even more stressful, however, when a pandemic has cast uncertainty on whether you’ll even have the chance to take the admission test to get in. Fortunately,...

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FILE - In this Saturday, April 11, 2020 file photo, a pack of jackals eats dog food that was left for them by a woman at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv, Israel. With a lockdown against the coronavirus crisis, the sprawling park is practically empty. This has cleared the way for packs of jackals to take over this urban oasis in the heart of the city as they search for food. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

As people stay home, Earth turns wilder and cleaner

SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press | Apr 22, 2020

An unplanned grand experiment is changing Earth. As people across the globe stay home to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, the air has cleaned up, albeit temporarily. Smog stopped choking New...

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President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Monday, April 20, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

AP: Trump vows to ‘suspend immigration,’ adviser cites health

Associated Press | Apr 21, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said that he will sign an executive order "to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States" because of the coronavirus. "In light of the attack from...

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FILE - In this March 17, 2020, file photo Fran Drago shows her sticker after she voted in the Florida presidential primary in Cape Coral, Fla. Scrambling to address voting concerns amid a pandemic, election officials from Nevada to Florida are scaling back or eliminating opportunities for people to cast ballots in person. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

AP: As mail voting pushed, some fear loss of in-person option

CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press | Apr 20, 2020

ATLANTA (AP) — Scrambling to address voting concerns during a pandemic, election officials across the country are eliminating polling places or scaling back opportunities for people to cast ballots in...

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UNF College of Education and Human Services announces 2020 Glady's Prior Award recipients

UNF College of Education and Human Services announces 2020 Glady’s Prior Award recipients

Brett Nweeia, Videographer | Apr 17, 2020

On Wednesday, April 15, The 2020 Gladys prior awards were hosted by The University of North Florida College of Education and Human Services. “The Gladys Prior Awards allow us to show our sincere appreciation...

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What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

Associated Press | Apr 17, 2020

President Donald Trump is pressing to restart the U.S. economy, which has been ravaged by the pandemic in a short few weeks. He has given U.S. governors a road map for recovering from the acute economic...

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Jax beaches reopen Friday at 5 p.m.

Jax beaches reopen Friday at 5 p.m.

Courtney Green, News Editor | Apr 16, 2020

Mayor Lenny Curry has announced that beaches will reopen Friday, April 17 at 5 p.m. and will operate on special hours going forward. Beaches will be open from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m., and then again from...

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Duval County school teacher speaks on dealing with Covid-19

Duval County school teacher speaks on dealing with Covid-19

Brett Nweeia, Videographer | Apr 16, 2020

With the spread of coronavirus, many people have lost the ability to do their jobs regularly. Some people are doing  everything they can in order to keep their jobs and work remotely. Teachers are one...

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COVID-19 and the 2020 Elections Cycle

Emily Echevarria, Government Reporter | Apr 16, 2020

It’s easy to forget, in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic and shelter-in-place orders, that elections are still taking place across the country. In many states, there have been concerns over transmissions...

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FILE- In this Feb. 7, 2020 file photo, Democratic presidential candidates former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., shake hands on stage before the start of a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC News, Apple News, and WMUR-TV at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. Warren has endorsed Joe Biden, becoming the last of the former vice president’s major Democratic presidential rivals to formally back him.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

AP: Warren becomes latest ex-presidential rival to back Biden

WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press | Apr 15, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elizabeth Warren endorsed Joe Biden on Wednesday, the latest of the former vice president's onetime White House rivals to back him as the Democratic Party moves to project unity against...

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How to return your rental books in the midst of COVID-19

Breanna Cataldo, General Assignment Reporter | Apr 15, 2020

Amongst all of the other questions pondering students' minds during COVID-19, how to return their books is one of them. The UNF Bookstore recently released information that could help ease this issue.  The...

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