Congratulations to the faculty members who successfully completed the Spring 2024 Global Learning Institute! This year's cohort had participants representing many disciplines across campus, including medicine, engineering education, business, education, theatre and dance, health and human performance, food science and human nutrition, psychology, journalism, and languages, literatures, and cultures. During this semester-long professional development program, they visited many campus resources in person, such as the museums and the libraries, and identified strategies for incorporating global learning elements into their courses in collaboration with these resources.

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Nicole Perry processes a tick specimen (Photo courtesy of Nicole Perry)

Source: UF News 
By Sarah Carey

Like many second-year veterinary students at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, Danae Witte and Nicole Perry don’t know exactly where they’ll end up career-wise when they graduate.

But their study abroad experience over the summer, conducting field research in Africa on Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), brought them one step closer to their goals. Since participating in the Boehringer Ingelheim Veterinary Scholars Program internationally, Witte and Perry are now approaching the future with a shared experience, anchored in curiosity and a love of research.

“Even though it was stressful at times, I wouldn’t have wanted to do anything else this summer,” Perry said. “I made a lot of connections and a lot of friends, and learned a lot.”

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Researcher Lorena Romero on the north bank of the Guaviare river in November 2023.LORENA ROMERO LEAL

Source: Forbes 
With Contributions of Andrew Wight

How Are Women Helping Shape The Amazon In Colombia?

A researcher in Colombia has been investigating the impact that women have had in the Amazon region since the signing of the peace deal with the FARC guerrillas in 2016.

Since then, women-led social, cultural and environmental organisations have increased their presence in Colombia's Amazon region, which in 2019, accounted for ... READ MORE