In Limbo: Syrian Man In Gainesville Has Waited Eight Years To Plead His Case For Asylum
07/01/21

To read this full article, visit the WUFT News website.

Jehad Al-Issa waved his cigarette around the night air.

“You may not believe it, but I was a big man in Syria. Now look at me. Driving Uber in Gainesville, Florida.”

He, who in Syria once had two drivers of his own, had become the driver.

In Syria, he also had two maids, two bodyguards, and a six-bedroom house. He had a tribe, for whom he was once in line to be sheikh, the leader. A tribe that would send hundreds of its members to back him in a dispute...

Dr. Fiona McLaughlin Receives 2022 Fulbright Research Fellowship
07/01/21

Dr. Fiona McLaughlin (she/her) Professor of Linguistics & African Languages, been awarded a Spring 2022 Fulbright research scholar award for Algeria to work on her project "Vernacular Literacies in Algeria". 

Fiona McLaughlin is a faculty member in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and the Department of Linguistics. She is an affiliate faculty member of the Center for African Studies and the Center for Global Islamic Studies, and a research affiliate...

Students’ Problem-Solving Recognized in International Math Modeling Contest
06/23/21

Source: UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences News

Eleven students from the University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences put their problem-solving skills — and their teamwork — to the test in an international math modeling competition.

Hosted by the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP), the contest challenged students to devise solutions to real-world problems in 96 hours. Two UF teams faced more than 10,000 other groups in the 37th annual Mathematics Contest in Modeling (MCM), while another two teams were...

Patricia Pereira Inducted as a Fellow of the International College of Dentists
06/23/21

Patricia Pereira, D.D.S., Ph.D. (she/her), College of Dentistry associate dean of academic affairs was inducted as a Fellow of the International College of Dentists. The International College of Dentists is a leading honorary dental organization dedicated to the recognition of outstanding professional achievement, meritorious service, and the continued progress of the profession of dentistry for the benefit of all.

Read more about Dr. Pereira's ...

Dr. Ilaria Capua Awarded Barcelona Hypatia European Science Prize
06/23/21

Center Director Dr. Ilaria Capua (she/her) was awarded the Barcelona Hypatia European Science Prize on June 2nd. The prize is awarded by the Barcelona City Council in collaboration with Academia Europaea. This award recognizes an outstanding researcher who has worked at the highest international level, with...

Joel Correia Receives 2021 Fulbright Scholar Flex Award
06/23/21

Dr. Joel E. Correia (he/him), Assistant Professor in the Center for Latin American Studies, has received a 2021 Fulbright Scholar Flex award in support of his project “Building the future: Infrastructure and environmental justice in Paraguay’s Chaco.” As a Fulbright Scholar, he will collaborate with two leading human rights organizations to help launch local environment justice research groups, teach two short courses in the country’s premier anthropology program, and conduct field research. The Scholar “Flex” award will support project...

UF in Pavia
06/23/21

The UF in Pavia Engineering and Arts in Italy program has started and will run through August 8, 2021. The group of ten students from the University of Florida who arrived in Pavia are attending an Intensive program in Physics organized by the University of Pavia with the Globec Center, the Alma Mater Ticinensis Foundation and Learn International. Students will reside in Palazzo Vistarino, the seat of the international courses that the Foundation co-organizes and manages with the University.

The Intensive Program in Physics is the first international residential program to be launched by the University after the shutdown imposed by the pandemic. And it is also the first course...

Fulbright News
06/09/21

Dr. Kathleen Colverson Receives Fulbright Award for Ecuador

Congratulations to Dr. Kathleen Colverson, Associate Research Scientist at IFAS UF, for receiving the Fulbright Scholar Award for research in Ecuador for the Spring of 2022. She will be working with Drs. Myriam Paredes and Steven Sherwood of FLACSO University to study ways to better integrate men and boys into rural household nutrition. This is an area she has been working on in other countries with both the USAID Livestock and Food Safety Labs, and is of interest in South America as well.

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Vexing Visa Challenges
06/09/21

Source: Inside Higher Ed

The State Department is continuing to prioritize applications for student visas, but department officials do not expect to return to full capacity quickly.

Kathryn Strong, a visa policy analyst for the department, provided this information to international educators gathered virtually for the NAFSA: Association of International Educators annual meeting Thursday.

Higher education leaders have been worried for months about whether pandemic-related disruptions to visa processing will prevent...

Even Mists Have Silver Linings: Promoting LGBTQ+ Acceptance and Solidarity through Community-Based Theatre in India
05/27/21

In early 2020, Research Assistant Professor in the Center for Arts in Medicine (and recent Global Learning Institute fellow), Jeffrey Pufahl, conducted an international collaboration between UF and a local theatre company in Mumbai, India. Funded by the US Department of State, the project goal was to create an original play that would shift Indian audiences towards greater acceptance of the LGBTQ+ population. Even Mists Have Silver Linings ran for a week in Mumbai before being shut down by Covid-19 restrictions. In partnership with a local LGBTQ+ health advocacy organization, The Humsafar Trust, Pufahl researched...

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