International Students Named Winners at Research Day 2023
01/30/23

The International Center is proud of all the outstanding international students who presented and won during the UF Health Cancer Center Research Day 2023.

This event included a judged poster session with prizes for the top trainee posters, three-minute thesis presentations by our Predoctoral Award recipients, and a keynote presentation by Thomas Gajewski, M.D., Ph.D., a nationally renowned cancer researcher, titled “Mechanisms of response versus resistance to cancer immunotherapy.”

Check out the winners and a fantastic photo gallery of the event!
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UF College of Design Construction and Planning Visits University of Cuenca
01/30/23

To continue our ongoing MOU between the University of Florida and the University of Cuenca, the Dean of the College of Design Construction and Planning, Dr. Chimay Anumba, and Assistant Professor of the School of Architecture, Dr. Karla Saldana Ochoa, visited Cuenca this month. During their visit, the UF representatives met with the architect Alfredo Ordonez the Dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Cuenca; Dr. Silvia Johana Ortiz Ulloa, the Director of the International Center at the University of Cuenca, and the Provost of the University Dr. Maria Agusta Hermida. On Thursday, January 13, both Universities organized a seminar attended by authorities, professors, and...

Kudos SAS on Another Successful Study Abroad Fair!
01/30/23

On January 25, the Reitz North Lawn was abuzz with students, faculty, and staff alike at our latest Study Abroad Fair! Approximately 70 different departments, programs, and outside providers participated in the Fair, all with a shared goal of highlighting the many study abroad options and resources available to UF students. Those tabling included the Colleges of Agricultural & Life Sciences, Liberal Arts & Sciences, Engineering, Business, and Health & Human Performance, among others! UFIC looks forward to hosting our next Study Abroad Fair in October 2023.

Congratulations to UF Faculty Completing Virtual Exchange Training
01/30/23

The Fall 2022 Virtual Exchange Training gathered UF faculty members and international faculty partners for a five-week online course. Participants attended synchronous sessions and collaborated in the development of an international virtual exchange module for their courses. Through these modules, students at UF will virtually collaborate on class projects and activities with their peers around the world.

This special edition of our newsletter features some of the virtual exchange projects designed by the faculty who participated in this professional development opportunity. We hope you will be inspired by them.

To learn more about virtual exchange visit our ...

José Valentino Ruiz Receives Inc. Magazine's Best in Business® Award
01/23/23

José Valentino Ruiz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Music Business & Entrepreneurship at the UF School of Music & Affiliate at the UF Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship, College of the Arts, has served as Resident Media Composer for Hayden5 for 14+ years, a video production agency that won Inc. Magazine's Best in Business® Awards for extraordinary impact in their fields and on society.

The Georgian Cultural Society of Istanbul, Turkey has published a new Turkish edition of Emeritus Professor Paul Magnarella's book
01/23/23

The Georgian Cultural Society of Istanbul, Turkey has published a new Turkish edition of Emeritus Professor Paul Magnarella's book under the title of Bir Köyün Serüveni.
The English title is The Peasant Venture.

COP15 Global Biodiversity Framework: 196 countries to require all large business and financial institutions to assess and disclose their risks, impacts and dependencies on nature
01/17/23

Source: BusinessForNature.org

Business for Nature welcomes this historic agreement as it defines our common goal to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030, commits governments to requiring all large business and financial institutions to assess and disclose their risks, impacts and dependencies on biodiversity and promises comprehensive reform of environmentally harmful subsidies. This simply wouldn’t have happened without the effort and teamwork from a huge number of organizations, including many of our partners and leading companies stepping and showing up.

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NF Chapter Fulbright Association Organizes Successful Community Outing
01/10/23

This past December, the North Florida Chapter Fulbright Association organized a fun and successful outing for members and families. The Christmas Festival in Downtown Alachua was the place of reunion where attendees enjoyed a small town holiday atmosphere, met "Santa Claus" and walked around to see beautiful Christmas lights displays. The group was also treated to chili and hot cocoa at Dr. Karen Reed's home.

Sofi-Nicole Barreiro explores identity formation among UF students with Miami-Dade, Latinx background
01/10/23

Source:ISSUU

Interviews with Latinx students from Miami-Dade County illuminate nuance and commonalities — but no singular ‘Latino experience’

In the fall of 2017, 3,3621 undergraduate students from Miami-Dade County started the semester at the University of Florida. Sofi-Nicole Barreiro, a freshman pursuing political science and Latin American Studies, was one of them. By the time she graduated in 2020, UF’s undergraduate student population identifying as Hispanic or Latino/a had grown 13%.*

But Sofi-Nicole isn’t as interested in the stories these numbers might...

Professor J. Bryan Unruh Receives Environmental Stewardship Award
01/10/23

Source: GCSAA | Angela Hartmann

Lawrence, Kan. (Dec. 13, 2022) – J. Bryan Unruh, Ph.D., professor at the University of Florida and associate director of the West Florida Research and Education Center, has been named the recipient of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America’s 2023 President’s Award for Environmental Stewardship. He will be recognized during the Sunrise Celebration of the 2023 GCSAA Conference and Trade Show on Feb. 8 in Orlando.

The President’s Award for Environmental Stewardship was established in 1991 to recognize an exceptional environmental contribution to the game of golf; a contribution...

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