Gainesville Fire Rescue (GFR) and Gainesville Police Department (GPD) are emphasizing the importance of pedestrian safety as part of the City of Gainesville’s Vision Zero initiative, which aims to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries. Halloween is one of the most dangerous nights of the year for pedestrians, especially children who trick-or-treat in neighborhoods...

Infotech, a leader in infrastructure construction software solutions, has announced the acquisition of Workflow Manager, a planning and project delivery software application for transportation agencies and the consultants who serve them. Infotech’s acquisition of Workflow Manager pre-construction project management tool enables the company to deliver the civil construction industry’s first platform for end-to-end project lifecycle...

SouthState Bank Corporation has announced that Ben Sasse has been appointed to the board of directors of both the company and its bank subsidiary, SouthState Bank, N.A.  Ben Sasse has joined the SouthState Board of Directors. Sasse, 53, currently serves as president emeritus and professor in the Hamilton School at the University of Florida in...

As temperatures cool in the fall, winter and spring, experts say it’s the best time of year to plant trees in Florida, when they’re dormant and require less water.  The City of Gainesville is making the most of these ideal conditions with a new program enlisting the help of volunteers to plant trees each month...

The University of Florida now ranks No. 1 among the top universities in the nation, public or private, as noted by the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ editorial, “The University Elite, Reconsidered,” highlights rankings created by the City Journal that evaluated 100 leading universities across the country on 68 factors, including whether a school has...

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The Education Foundation of Alachua County has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the First Federal Foundation to create new senior scholarships and sponsor the 2026 Teacher of the Year Reception. The funding will provide 4 new scholarships for local high school seniors pursuing higher education and help celebrate outstanding teachers across the district. The...

A multi-faceted group of 83 socially conscious and activist women will be inducted into the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., Greater Gainesville, FL Chapter. The chartering ceremony, to be held on Saturday, November 1, in Gainesville, will mark the local chapter’s emergence among the city’s advocacy thought leaders. According to Mrs. Florida Bridgewater-Alford,...

The excitement was palpable as University of Florida leadership, corporate partners and state officials gathered for the unveiling of the country’s fastest university-owned supercomputer at the institution’s East Campus, officially launching the next generation of the groundbreaking HiPerGator system. The event marks the latest milestone in the university’s artificial intelligence initiative, which began in 2020...

iOncologi, Inc., a biotechnology company developing next-generation RNA-based cancer immunotherapies, has announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a U.S. patent for a novel method using RNA-based formulations to enhance tumor responsiveness to immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy. The patent, owned by the University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) and...