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Police search dumpster for missing UNF student; family and friends speak out

Police search dumpster for missing UNF student; family and friends speak out

Pierce Turner Feb 13, 2017

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI7Y7g5GkTA UNFPD searched the dumpsters along the Flats apartments buildings wearing hazmat suits Monday afternoon as officers continued looking for missing UNF...

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Graphic Courtesy National Hurricane Center

Hurricane Matthew 95 miles from Jacksonville; now at Category 3

Tiffany Butler Oct 7, 2016

Hurricane Matthew is currently 95 miles southeast of Jacksonville according to an update from the National Weather Service. Though the hurricane is still on track to severely impact the Jacksonville...

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Finding your safe space at UNF. Photo courtesy of Facebook

Finding your safe space

Tiffany Butler Sep 9, 2016

The start of college is a big transition, and for many students, it can be a little overwhelming. This may not leave you wishing for home or things more familiar, but it can cause the same kind of feelings...

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UNF professors to speak at TEDx event

UNF professors to speak at TEDx event

Cassidy Alexander Aug 5, 2016

In October, two UNF professors will be speakers at a Jacksonville TEDx event. Among the 12 recently announced speakers are Dr. Tracy Alloway, associate professor of psychology and graduate program director,...

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 Photo by Mark Judson.

Jaguars season ticket sales a roaring success

Nick Blank Jul 25, 2016
For three days, lines of students bought up Student Government’s (SG) discounted season tickets at the Osprey plaza. Jaguars cheerleaders and mascot Jaxson de Ville were present as SG tripled the season tickets they sold on the first day of sales last year.
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Former UNF Professor John Hutcheson passes away at age 71

Former UNF Professor John Hutcheson passes away at age 71

Nick Blank Jul 1, 2016
John Hutcheson, who died on Tuesday at age 71, taught printmaking at UNF for eight years. He printed at workshops around the world--New York, London, Singapore-- and mastered disciplines of printmaking like Stone Lithography, Silkscreen, Handmade Paper, Etching, and Woodcut.
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Jesse Ball DuPont Center.  Photo Courtesy of Audrey Carpenter

UNF offering master’s classes downtown

Audrey Carpenter Jun 24, 2016
UNF is offering Masters of Public Administration classes at the Jesse Ball DuPont Center in the upcoming fall and spring semesters.
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 Graphic by Ben Cross,

The Weekend Ahead: June 15-19

Courtney Stringfellow Jun 16, 2016
UNF and Jacksonville have plenty of exciting events to choose from to make the weekend between Summer A and Summer B your best so far this season.
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Jacksonville men among victims in Orlando shooting

Jacksonville men among victims in Orlando shooting

Tiffany Salameh Jun 13, 2016
A former Jacksonville University football player was injured and a Jacksonville man is dead following the shooting at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub where 50 people were killed.
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Tropical storm warning in effect for Duval County

Tiffany Salameh Jun 6, 2016
Tropical storm warning in effect for Duval County.
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 Graphic by Ben Cross,

The Weekend Ahead: May 19 – 22

Courtney Stringfellow May 19, 2016
Summer B is still a few weeks away, but Ospreys can soak up Jacksonville’s nightlife until then.
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The installation features flyers and ticket stubs that Shurman has collected by going to shows. (Photo by Tierney Harvey)

Library installation shows off Jacksonville’s electronic dance music culture

Tierney Harvey Apr 16, 2016
Before you prepare to swipe your card to enter the library, check out the newest installation displaying memorabilia of Jacksonville’s underground dance music culture.
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