Cultivating Community in Costa Rica: UF Students Learned by Serving

Source: UF Liberal Arts and Sciences

This past Summer A, 2025, Antonio Sajid López—with support from graduate researcher Hannah Treadway—launched a new service-learning program in San José, Costa Rica. Twelve Spanish students split their weeks between morning service placements and afternoon language classes, living with host families and exploring the country on weekends.

Students served at a range of community partners: SINEM (Sistema Nacional de Educación Musical), the School of Theater, Dance, and Circus, CEGEA (Centro de Gestión y...

Remote Connections- Jasmeet Judge, Ph.D. Builds Bridges with India
01/05/26

Source: UF IFAS Blogs

At the beginning of the year, ABE’s Jasmeet Judge, Ph.D. was awarded a prestigious Fulbright Kalam-Climate Scholarship to travel to India for five months in collaboration with two prominent Indian Universities to promote and implement cutting-edge research in the field of remote sensing. Her experience abroad embodied the spirit of the Fulbright Program, the ethos of cultural education, cultural exchange, and cultural literacy. The trip also highlighted the synergy of Judge’s impressive intellectual acumen, sense of...

Recent Graduate Katharine McNamara Honored for One Health Dissertation Research
01/05/26

Katharine McNamara conducted her dissertation fieldwork in Loja, Ecuador, where she studied residents’ use of an endangered medicinal tree known as Cinchona officinalis.

Source: UF College of Public Health & Health Professions

Katharine McNamara, Ph.D., a 2024 graduate of the Ph.D. program in One Health at the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions ...

UF Students Awarded Gilman International Scholarships to Study Abroad

The University of Florida International Center is proud to announce that six UF students have been awarded the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship....

UFIC Welcomes Yonsei University Delegation from Seoul
01/05/26

The University of Florida International Center (UFIC) was pleased to welcome a delegation from Yonsei University (South Korea), fostering dialogue on international education, AI innovation, and global engagement. UF's Interim Provost Dr. Joe Glover met with Yonsei University President Dr. Dong-sup Yoon to affirm a shared commitment to collaboration in areas including research and academic exchange.

Warm Holiday Wishes to all Global Gators!
12/15/25
Congratulations to Dr. Vijaya Gopal Kakani on his appointment as Associate Director of Research of the Global Food Systems Institute
12/08/25

Source: UF IFAS Blogs

Dr. Kakani brings a distinguished record of academic leadership, research excellence, and international collaboration to this role. At the University of Florida, he served as Professor and Chair of the UF/IFAS Agronomy Department, currently Professor in Agricultural & Biological Engineering and holds joint leadership responsibilities through GFSI. Prior to UF, he held two distinguished professorships and served as Interim Department Head at Oklahoma...

Hwayoung Cho Presents on AI-Driven HIV Prevention at International Nursing Conference
12/08/25

Hwayoung Cho, PhD, RN, was an invited speaker at the 2025 International Conference of the Chonnam Research Institute of Nursing Science in South Korea.

She presented virtually to the assembled international leaders, exploring how artificial intelligence is shaping the future of nursing worldwide.

The featured lecture, “AI-Powered Strategy for HIV Testing and PrEP: From Risk Prediction to Clinical Decision Support,” highlighted how advanced AI algorithms can strengthen HIV prevention efforts. By connecting predictive risk modeling with real-time clinical decision support, the presentation demonstrated how AI can be applied in real-world settings to more...

AI Translation Expands UF Faculty’s Global Impact
12/08/25

Real-time AI translation into Portuguese allowed UF Mechanical Engineering Professor John Schueller’s keynote at the Simpósio Nacional de Instrumentação Agropecuária, hosted by EMBRAPA Instrumentação in São Carlos, Brazil, to be fully understood by attendees. This technology enables UF faculty, even those with limited language skills, to share their expertise and knowledge with a broader international audience, fostering greater collaboration and engagement worldwide.

A Thanksgiving to Remember: Friendship Families Reflections

Through UFIC’s Friendship Families Program, international students spent Thanksgiving with their host families, sharing traditions, stories, and a welcoming home-cooked holiday experience. For many students, it was their first time celebrating an American Thanksgiving, making the day especially meaningful. Read their reflections below to learn what this experience meant to them.

“I hosted two international students for our Thanksgiving celebration, and it was a wonderful experience. We loved getting to know them and sharing...

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