Last Spring, Dr. Gabriele Tebaldi, professor from the University of Parma and the integral person who helped establish the ESSIE and UF Memoranda of Understanding between the University of Parma and UF ESSIE, suggested that ESSIE get involved with the MUNER program. Upon his suggestion, two delegates from the University of Florida Engineering School of Sustainable School of Infrastructure and Environment visited the University of Parma in late November 2023. The two delegates, Dr. Lily Elefteriadou (Transportation Engineering) and Ms. Nancy McIlrath (ESSIE Graduate Academic Coordinator) visited to learn about and meet...
01/08/24
Source: UF Computer & Information Science & Engineering
In beautiful Cape Town, South Africa, a group from the University of Florida immersed themselves in the local culture in an effort to revolutionize the traditional study abroad experience. This unique opportunity combines elements of a traditional study abroad with an emphasis on service abroad. Instead of partnering with a university within Cape Town, the students partnered with three community organizations to provide information technology support and leverage their computer...
12/18/23
Senior Nick Blumenthal, UF's 3rd-Ever Schwarzman Scholar
Honors & CALS Senior Plans to Focus on Food Systems in Global Affairs
Source: UF Honors Program
Written by UF Honors Communications Fellow, Bari Weiner.
Honors senior Nick Blumenthal has been deemed a 2024 Schwarzman Scholar, one of just 150 students worldwide making up the cohort. The 21-year-old nutritional sciences major in the UF College of Agricultural and Life Sciences is granted a full scholarship to Tsinghua University in Beijing, China and is UF’s...
12/04/23
The Office of Global Learning, in collaboration with the Career Connections Center, hosted a Global ePortfolio Showcase and the International Scholars Program (ISP) graduation ceremony on November 28th. The showcase provided a captivating snapshot of the diverse and incredible journeys of the Fall 2023 ISP graduates through their global ePortfolios. The ePortfolios are a collection of a student’s achievements, skills, and international experiences, which serve as a comprehensive representation of their academic, professional, and personal growth.
The Office of Global Learning extends our gratitude to all attendees who joined us in celebrating the ISP graduates’ hard work,...
12/04/23
Names: Courtney Smith (US), Galen Cobb (US), Nigama Annapurna (India), Lohit Bhambri (India), Palash Sethi (India), Charlie Baer (US), Marta Wayne (US), Md. Monjurul Islam Rifat (Bangladesh), Shambadeb Basur (india). Not pictured: Bachir Assao Neino and family (Niger).
The program is designed to combat student isolation and promote cultural exchanges
Source: The Independent Florida Alligator
By Eluney Gonzalez
As the holiday season approaches, most students flock from Gainesville to visit friends and family...
12/04/23
Source: University of Florida News
By Karen Dooley
People who speak two languages may be better at shifting their attention from one thing to another compared to those who speak one, according to a study published this month in the journal Bilingualism: Language and Cognition.
The study examined differences between bilingual and monolingual individuals when it comes to attentional control and ignoring information that isn’t important at the time, said its authors Grace deMeurisse, a University of Florida Ph.D. candidate studying linguistics, and Edith Kaan, a UF professor in the department of linguistics.
“...
12/04/23
The University of Florida International Center (UFIC) recently had the honor of hosting Dr. Kaoru Kitajima and Ms. Danielle Reed from Kyoto University. Dr. Kitajima, a distinguished forest ecologist, brings an impressive portfolio with approximately 40 years of research experience across tropical regions in America, Asia, and Africa. Additionally, Dr. Kitajima holds the positions of Vice-Director of Kyoto University’s International Strategy Office and the Vice-Dean of the Graduate School of Agriculture. Ms. Reed serves as the Coordinator of the Kyoto University North America Center, presently operating out of Washington, D.C. This visit is particularly significant as the University of...
12/01/23
Recently, UF alumna and UF Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering Dana Choi was elected as a Full Member of the Club of Bologna in its annual meeting in Hannover, Germany. She is joined in the photo Alireza Pourreza, a UF alumnus and associate professor at the University of California-Davis, and UF professor John Schueller who are also full members. Drs. Choi and Pourreza came to UF from Korea and Iran and completed dissertations which won international awards under the direction of Prof. Won-Suk "Daniel" Lee.
12/01/23
The second edition of Infectious Diseases: A Very Short Introductionby Dean Marta L. Wayne and Benjamin M. Bolker, Professor in the Departments of Mathematics & Statistics and of Biology at McMaster University was translated into Arabic, Chinese (simplified), Japanese, and Thai.
This edition includes COVID among other changes.
Published by Oxford University Press, the Very Short Introductions (VSIs) cover a very wide range of subjects. Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range...
12/01/23
Paloma Rodriguez, Director of the Office of Global Learning, Jeffrey Pufahl, Research Assistant Professor in the College of the Arts, and Carrie Martins, Coordinator of Virtual Exchange Initiatives at the Office of Global Learning attended the International Virtual Exchange Conference (IVEC) in São Paulo, Brazil, at the end of October.
Paloma Rodriguez and Carrie Martins presented with collaborators from São Paulo State University (UNESP) and Universidad San Francisco de Quito on the potential uses of the International Critical Thinking (IntCRIT) and International Communication (IntCOMM) Attitudes and Beliefs Survey to...