UF Mentioned on "How to be Fulbright friendly” - Article by Latitudes
02/21/23

Source | The Chronicle of Higher Education
From: Karin Fischer

The list of colleges that had the most recipients of the prestigious Fulbright scholarship, the U.S. government’s flagship international-exchange program, has been released. Eighteen colleges were new to the list for the 2022-23 academic year. And nine doctoral institutions, three master’s, five baccalaureate, and one four-year special-focus institution were the top producers of both U.S. scholars and U.S. students.

What does it take to have high participation in the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, which offers teaching and research grants for...

Fulbright Awareness Month 2023
02/21/23

UF ADMINISTRATIVE MEMO

FROM:
Marta L. Wayne, Dean & Associate Provost
UF International Center

SUBJECT: Fulbright Awareness Month 2023

The International Center and the UF Fulbright Lectures Committee are pleased to
announce that Fulbright Awareness Month (FAM) will be celebrated from March
7-31, 2023.

Fulbright Awareness Month includes multiple informational sessions for scholars,
faculty, staff, and students and provides opportunities to learn about Fulbright,
the application process, and to hear about the experiences of past Fulbright
participants. Despite the different challenges we face both at home and abroad,...

UF Named Fulbright Top Producing Institution For U.S. Students for The First Time in 10 years
02/13/23

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs named the University of Florida a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for U.S. Students for the first time in 10 years. This recognition is given to the U.S. colleges and universities that received the highest number of applicants selected for the 2022-2023 Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Eleven students from UF were selected for Fulbright awards for academic year 2022-2023.

"This prestigious recognition is a testament to the academic quality of our students at the University of Florida,” said Melissa Johnson, interim director of the UF Honors Program. “We're proud of the accomplishments of our students,...

International Delegations Visit UFIC

Japanese Delegation

Shiga University, the first university in Japan to establish a program in Data Science visited UF last week to discuss collaborations in AI with the Provost Office, David Reed, Director of the Artificial Intelligence Academic Initiative Center, and with NVIDIA Corporation.

Their visit to UFIC is the first step in developing an MOU, which we hope will ultimately lead to diverse research and educational partnerships with the University of Florida.

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Indian Delegation...

Dean Marta L. Wayne Receives an AAAS Lifetime Fellow Award
02/07/23

Dean Marta L. Wayne received an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Lifetime Fellow Award!

Please join us to recognize this incredible accomplishment achieved by our dean, as announced last week by the AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals. The AAAS selected 19 faculty from the University of Florida to its newest class breaking previous records for the number of faculty awarded in a single year.

The AAAS Lifetime Fellow Award, which includes alumni such as Thomas Edison and W.E.B. DuBois, is among the most distinctive honor in academia and recognizes extraordinary impact and achievement...

Little Free Library Boxes Run Through International Organization
02/07/23

Photo by Caia Reese | The Independent Florida Alligator

Source | The Independent Florida Alligator

by Gracey Davis

Free library boxes spring up in Gainesville
Little Free Library boxes run through international organization

Floor-to-ceiling bookshelves line the walls of Heather Ray’s at-home library, a point of pride for the 48-year-old UF physics professor. When she finds a title she hasn’t picked up in a while, she’ll place it in a local Little...

Betting on Africa: Is the continent the next big thing in international admissions?
01/30/23

Source The Chronicle of Higher Education
by Karin Fischer

On a recent fall afternoon, the Place du Souvenir, a large open-air space on Dakar’s corniche, was humming. The plaza’s name means “place of remembrance,” and it is dedicated to the African diaspora, but ice cream and ocean breezes were the main attraction this day, offering strolling families relief from unseasonably hot weather. Skateboarders clattered down a set of stairs, attempting tricks, while TikTokers used a large sculptural map of Africa as backdrop for their video...

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!
Visit here.

Congratulations to...

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.

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