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Rae Riiska

Communications Assistant

New Digital Exhibition: “Guts & Ambition: 50 Years of The Independent Florida Alligator”

March 18, 2024

On Feb. 28, in Smathers Room 100, the George A. Smathers Libraries hosted a launch event for its digital exhibit, “Guts & Ambition: 50 years of The Independent Florida Alligator.” Members of the UF community, Alligator staff and alumni joined for a night of Alligator history and…

a sign stands outside of the Smathers Library

Arsenic Archives: University of Florida Smathers Libraries Test for Books with Toxic Dye 

October 30, 2023

In The Baldwin’s Library of Historical Children’s Literature, you are bound to find a plethora of vividly colored books including ones with bright green details. But danger lurks amongst those children’s stories.