For over 20 years now, Dr. Ian Tebbett has led the largest Forensic Science program in the world and has over the years established numerous international collaborations with the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, universities in Australia, Europe, South America, and across Asia. His work has been impactful in growing not only the graduate online Forensic Science programs but also other initiatives across the UF campus and at the College of Pharmacy. Dr. Tebbet's leadership, vision, and expertise helped many other faculty in building their own in-person and online programs alike. He paved the way for additional...
09/13/21
The question kept coming up: Why are some countries in the grip of COVID-19 while others appear less affected?
“It’s fundamentally curious,” said Rhoel Dinglasan, Ph.D., M.P.H., a professor of infectious diseases with the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, part of UF Health, the university’s academic health center. “It seems like COVID-19 is not affecting people in Africa as severely as it has in North America. But why?”
Dinglasan suspects the answer is connected to people’s exposure to various infectious diseases in specific geographic regions.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently awarded a $10 million grant to a team led...
09/08/21
The International Center is pleased to welcome a higher number of new international students this semester!
International students play an important role in the advancement of our university's research and teaching mission. Their presence is key to enhancing UF’s tradition of global learning.
Given the high number of new students who deferred from Fall 2020 to Spring 2021, the sum of those two semesters is a better indicator of international student interest in UF for our last academic year. In comparison with previous semesters, as of 8/31/21, 52% of F1 International Students who received an I-20s checked in, in contrast with 47% in Spring 2021, and 31% of check-ins in...
09/08/21
On August 26th, Jordanian Fulbright Scholars in the Junior Faculty & Development Program visited virtually via Zoom with members of the One Health Center team to discuss possible avenues of collaboration. Dr. Ilaria Capua gave a short presentation on the Center and our current research projects, followed by a conversation with the Scholars.
Topics included the need for more organizational and national recognition of One Health in Jordan, possible overlaps and collaboration between the Scholars' research and the Center's initiatives, and possible future steps to advance the mission of One Health.
"Through meeting the leaders of the One Health Center in UF, I could more...
09/08/21
2021 marks the 75th anniversary of the Fulbright Program. This virtual exhibition presents work made by past Fulbright recipients and is mounted in connection with the Virtual 44th Annual Conference, Fulbright at 75: Celebrating a Legacy of Global Friendships. All participants contributing to this exhibition are members of the Fulbright Association, the alumni association of the Fulbright Program.
Professor Anna Calluori Holcombe was a Fulbright Scholar at Anadolu University in Turkey and will be included in this year's exhibition. Her work explores the juxtaposition created by taking natural objects and using them in digital form.
For more information about the exhibition...
08/30/21
Source: UF LATAM
Boosted by the vital role of technology during the pandemic, UF has continued growing its virtual exchange outreach and training initiatives during the last year. Using virtual exchange enables educational programs to connect students around the world from different backgrounds for sustained interaction and collaboration.
At UF, this innovating teaching and learning method has already been implemented by faculty in multiple colleges and is led by the UFIC Office of Global Learning (OGL) as a method of internationalizing the curriculum. The OGL...
08/30/21
Source: UF LATAM
Affiliate professor Dr. Benjamin Hebblethwaite (Languages, Literatures and Cultures) has published an op-ed shedding light on the role of language policy in Haiti's struggle for advancement, in the context of the country's history as well as current events.
"Even today [...] Haitian children are still subjected to a school system that largely operates in a language few Haitians speak with competence—let alone can read or write. It is estimated that roughly 5 to 10 percent of Haitians are functionally bilingual in French and...
08/30/21
The Indonesian community at UF came together at Lake Alice to celebrate Indonesian Independence Day!
On August 17, 1945, Indonesian leaders declared that the group of over 17,000 South Asian islands comprised a sovereign nation. As Indonesia is home to over 300 unique, ethnic and linguistic groups, its Independence Day celebrations reflect its multicultural identity while also promoting solidarity within local communities—the nation’s motto “Bhinneka Tunggal Ika” means “Unity in Diversity.”
08/23/21
Source: The Alligator
UF faculty is recognized internationally providing insight on issues such as COVID-19, national elections and Cuba’s humanitarian crises
While growing its ranking to become a top-five public university, UF’s faculty members have become locally, nationally and even internationally recognized for their expertise.
In the past two years, UF’s faculty has been called upon to share their expertise on a variety of current events and topics on respected media outlets such as NPR and the Washington Post. With nearly 5,000 faculty members...
08/23/21
Source: UF George A. Smathers Libraries
The George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida received a grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to expand newspaper digitization efforts and continue participating in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). This is the fifth NDNP award the Libraries have received since 2013, bringing the combined project total to nearly $1.5 million.
The recent NEH award will fund the Ethnic Florida & US Caribbean Region Digital...