Rylan DiGiacomo-Rapp (@rylan_digirapp) 's Twitter Profile
Rylan DiGiacomo-Rapp

@rylan_digirapp

environmental reporter @TheAlligator | @WUFTNews | words in @GainesvilleSun | let’s talk

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4 days after truck driver tries to kill himself still protesting his innocence - 7 weeks after our reporting poking holes in criminal investigation - prosecutors drop sensational Florida kidnapping, sex case without explanation Aidan Bush Fresh Take Florida wuft.org/fresh-take-flo…

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UF Health Jacksonville pediatrician, Dr. Barbara Knox, is facing staff accusations of bullying coworkers, violating patient privacy and making racist remarks. The Jacksonville doctor left child abuse pediatric roles in two states over investigations alligator.org/article/2025/0…

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Roughly the size of a fingernail, semiconductor chips breathe life into a myriad of modern technologies. They’re also projected to wreak irrecoverable damage on the planet. Here's how state and national researchers plan to explore sustainable solutions. alligator.org/article/2025/0…

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Some fascinating and important perspectives on environmental sustainability and semiconductor manufacturing in this The Alligator article featuring ECE Professor Volker Sorger (among others). alligator.org/article/2025/0…

Some fascinating and important perspectives on environmental sustainability and semiconductor manufacturing in this <a href="/thealligator/">The Alligator</a> article featuring ECE Professor Volker Sorger (among others). alligator.org/article/2025/0…
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BREAKING: A University of Florida athletics department employee filed a sexual assault complaint Tuesday against assistant men's basketball coach, Taurean Green, according to ESPN.

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BREAKING: President-elect Trump tapped Penny Schwinn, a member of former UF President Ben Sasse’s cabinet, as his Deputy Secretary of Education. Schwinn would be the second-highest ranking education official in the country.

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Amid conspiracy theories of government tampering with natural disasters, a Florida bill aims to ban weather modification activities. alligator.org/article/2025/0…

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A Florida bill, extreme weather, government experiments and swirling conspiracies. Find the science in my latest for The Alligator alligator.org/article/2025/0…

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The Florence Landfill operation has long been a point of contention in Southeast Gainesville neighborhoods, an area never intended to house a landfill. alligator.org/article/2025/0…

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The Florence operation has long been a point of contention in Southeast Gainesville neighborhoods, an area never intended to house a landfill. The weary wanted it gone. My latest in The Alligator alligator.org/article/2025/0…

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Two people died, and six were hospitalized after a shooting at Florida State University’s student union Thursday. alligator.org/article/2025/0…

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I'm a bit late to sharing this, but if you were intrigued by my story about the Florence Landfill, find out how the site has impacted the Kincaid Loop community by reading my second story in this two-part series. alligator.org/article/2025/0…

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Trees – the world’s natural air conditioning – can help cool cities and reduce reliance on energy-heavy AC. Take a look at my contribution to the Cold Hard Facts special series for WUFT News. wuft.org/environment/20…

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Maddox Fox, a 19-year-old FSU freshman, was taking a biology quiz less than a minute’s walk from the student union when he was startled by the violent clang of metal on metal. “The realization set in,” he said. A bullet hit the building. alligator.org/article/2025/0…

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Beyond the UF Data Center's fake brick and windows, UF’s supercomputer, HiPerGator, was tucked safely inside: 5,000 square feet of technology running around the clock, uninterrupted in this concrete bunker fit to withstand a Category 4 hurricane. alligator.org/article/2025/0…

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Scientists say it’s important to research geoengineering – large-scale attempts to cool the planet to fight climate change – in case we ever need it. But the technologies are risky, and Florida will soon outlaw testing them in state airspace. wuft.org/environment/20…