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More than 110 dance troupes, marching bands, floats and community groups will make their way down University Avenue in the 2024 A Very GNV Holiday Parade. Media personality and four-time NBA Champion Shaquille O’Neal will appear as its grand marshal. The parade is the first of several city events downtown this Saturday to usher in...

HCA Florida Healthcare has announced 41 of its 48 hospitals earned top honors for specialty care from Healthgrades, the leading resource consumers use to find a hospital or doctor, evaluating a hospital’s safety and quality of care. Facilities across the statewide network received 2025 America’s Best Specialty Excellence Awards, 2025 America’s Best Specialty Awards, 2025...

More than four in ten retail workers in the U.S. say they are likely to leave their current job in the next 12 months due to personal safety concerns, according to new research conducted by the Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) in partnership with Verkada. LPRC and Verkada’s State of Retail Safety Report reveals the...

It’s the holiday season and preparations are in full swing for the City of Gainesville’s 2024 A Very GNV Holiday Parade. In its second year, A Very GNV Holiday Parade begins at noon, Dec. 7, moving along W. University Avenue, beginning at 6th Street, and ending at the Alachua County Public Schools Administration Building at...

The United Way of North Central Florida (UWNCFL) has joined United Way Worldwide (UWW) in the introduction of a refreshed brand to ensure the relevance and sustainability of one of the world’s oldest and largest charities for its next century of impact. The new brand strategy leads with the promise to continue to mobilize communities...

Working at the intersection of art, engineering, and illusion, ThemeWorks is committed to creating world-class experiences. Versed with over 25 years of work with museums, theme parks, attractions, resorts, retailers and a host of others clients, ThemeWorks creates extraordinary experiences for their clients’ iconic brands, including, but not limited to Universal Studios, SeaWorld, the Cade...

In the first quarter of 2024, 10% of workers in the United States owned 67% of its total wealth. In contrast, the lowest 50% of workers owned 2.5% of the wealth. Income inequality contributes significantly to the rapidly growing wealth inequality in the U.S. and, by some measures, is the largest since before the Great...

The University of Florida will lead one of seven regional hubs of a new, $285 million nationwide institute dedicated to advancing America’s semiconductor industry through next-generation simulations known as digital twins.  Volker Sorger, Ph.D., the Walden and Paula Rhines Endowed Professor of Semiconductor Photonics in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UF, will...

Alachua County, in collaboration with The City of Gainesville, has secured an $880,000 federal grant from the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program, with a $220,000 local match, to fund advanced planning and demonstration projects aimed at improving road safety. Gainesville ranks 9th in Florida for traffic-related fatalities and serious injuries and 8th...

UF Health is coming home. Patients with some health conditions — like COVID-19, pneumonia, cellulitis, urinary tract infections, and heart failure — will now have the option to receive hospital-level care at home, provided they are sufficiently healthy. UF Health Hospital at Home, which launched Wednesday through UF Health Shands Hospital, is designed to allow...