Professor Matthew Jacobs Receives Faculty Achievement Award
04/30/18

Dr. Matthew Jacobs received the Faculty Achievement Award on April 20, 2018. The Faculty Achievement Award is given out by the College of Liberal Arts and Science to recognize a faculty member or advisor who demonstrates distinguished achievement in both teaching and scholarly activity. Those being recognized serve as models of excellence.

Dr. Jacobs is an Associate Professor in the UF Department of History. He received a Ph.D. in 2002 in U.S. History with a specialty in Foreign Relations from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

As Director of Undergraduate Academic Programs, Dr. Jacobs leads the implementation of the UF Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), Learning...

UF Among Top 5 at 2018 International Emory Global Health Case Competition
04/24/18

This past week, UF sent five of its finest to Emory University to compete in the 2018 International Emory Global Health Case Competition. Taking place over the course of three days, the participating teams were challenged to contend with a "disastrous outbreak of coronavirus at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar". As per the intention of the competition to “Connect[ing] Students from Diverse Fields to Address a Global Challenge”, UF students, Hannah Lyons, Leanne Dumeny, Cheyenne Cheng, Veronica Richards, and Arpan Parekh had to call upon their respective fields of study, as well as all the cunning and critical thinking available to them to address the unique challenges of the case. The...

UF and Eight Other U.S. Universities Join Efforts to Advance Colombia’s Peace-building Efforts
04/24/18

UF and Land Grant University have come together to create a website called LGU Colombia Consortium. This is an exciting moment in the strategy of increasing UF's visibility in the world by helping to advance a country's (Colombia’s) peace-building efforts through research, teaching and extension collaborations that enhance rural and agricultural development.

The new website provides a clear message of what an alliance of land grant universities represents, what the mission consists of and how UF can engage with Colombian stakeholders to make an impact in the developing world. It shares recent news about LGU activities in...

University Staff Doctoral Project Gets Approved
04/24/18

The University of Florida has been approved to be a part of the national collaborative project under the University Capacity Development Program: University Staff Doctoral Program. UF will be working alongside the University of Johannesburg and Central University of Technology to implement the project and accomplish the program’s goals. The project will include implementing support skillsets essential for research and student success while also structuring activities to meet the UCDP’s goals of integrating staff development, program development, and student development, through this international collaboration. There are four components to the project with an aim on viability. The...

Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Training Around the World

Development of the DSSAT (Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Training) modeling system is a collaborative effort based at University of Florida and led by Dr. Gerrit Hoogenboom in the Institute of Sustainable Food Systems. A fourth international DSSAT training workshop will occur in May in Griffin, GA, and will be attended by scientists and researchers from around the world. DSSAT is a software application that comprises a crop simulation model (CSM) used for a wide range of applications at different spatial and temporal scales. This includes on-farm and precision management, regional assessments of the...

Dr. Nancy Hunt is the 2018 Guggenheim Fellow
04/24/18

Trained at the University of Chicago in poststructuralist theory and the humanities (BA with Honors, 1980) and in African history and anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (PhD, 1992), Dr. Hunt has been teaching history and African studies at the University of Florida since 2016.

Her project, “Ideation as History: Dream Collectors and Picture Archives from Post-1968 Urban Congo” seeks to join images and words to dreaming in the ex-Belgian Congo. Her approach uses both history and anthropology to consider how text-image links to Congo’s postwar period.

She will use two archives of Congolese-created pictures and text to think about the history of daydreaming,...

“Islam and Africa in Global Context” Multi-disciplinary Project Funded by the Henry Luce Foundation
04/24/18

Beginning in 2018, Benjamin Soares will direct a three-year multi-disciplinary project, “Islam and Africa in Global Context,” funded through a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation’s Initiative on Religion in International Affairs to the University of Florida. The project will be carried out by the Center for Global Islamic Studies in conjunction with the Center for African Studies. The main objectives are to deepen knowledge of Islam in Africa, challenge scholars of Islam working on other geographic areas to engage more fully with scholarship on Africa, and strengthen the study and understanding of Islam in the US, as well as in non-US institutions of higher education especially in sub-...

2018 CLASP Junior Faculty Teaching Award
04/24/18

GAINESVILLE, FL – The UF Center for Latin American Studies (LAS) is proud to announce the winner of the 2018 Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) Junior Faculty Teaching Award is Dr. Rosana Resende. Created in 2013, the award seeks to “recognize excellence in teaching Latin American Studies designated courses.” This is the second time that a LAS faculty member has received this award; Dr. Ieva Jusionyte was the 2015 award recipient.

Dr. Resende is a cultural anthropologist and Latinamericanist. She is a lecturer at the University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies and an affiliate of the Department of Anthropology and the Center for Gender, Sexualities,...

Coming Soon: UFIC's "You are Welcome Here" Video
04/24/18

The #YouAreWelcomeHere campaign is a welcome message from U.S. higher education institutions to international students around the world. UF has joined this campaign designed to affirm that our institution is diverse, friendly, safe and committed to student development. With that goal in mind, UFIC will soon release a video highlighting the life of several international students, the benefits of hosting international students and UFIC services for for them. Stay tuned!

For more information, click here.

Dr. Sandra Russo Named AAW Woman of Distinction 2018
03/20/18

Dr. Sandra L. Russo, Director of the Office for Global Research Engagement (OGRE) in the University of Florida's International Center (UFIC), was recognized by the UF Association of Academic Women as AAW Woman of Distinction 2018. Dr. Russo was presented with the award at the Women's History Month Awards Reception on March 14th, at the Earl and Christy Powell University House.

The Woman of Distinction Award is given to a UF faculty member or administrative/professional woman who have made significant contributions to the quality of life of women. At UF, Dr. Russo was one of the co-founders of the Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research, helping establish it legally in its...

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