ESA gives go-ahead for flagship gravitational-wave observatory in space
01/29/24

Credit: AEI/MM/exozet

Source: UF Physics

Following today’s Adoption, the LISA mission advances to the construction phase.

LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, has passed a major review with flying colours: the entire concept – from the definition of the overall mission and operations to the space hardware to be built – stood up to the intense scrutiny of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) reviewers. Now the space agency’s Science Programme Committee (SPC) has confirmed that LISA is sufficiently mature and that mission development can proceed as planned. LISA should go...

The Office of Global Learning Welcomes the Global Learning Institute Spring 2024 Cohort
01/22/24

From Left to Right: Professors Celeste Wagner, David Herman, Kim Holton, Soohyoun Ahn, Tony Middlebrooks, Heather Stark, Feihong Wang, Rachel Carrico, Larisa Olesova, Salah Algabli

Last week, the Office of Global Learning kicked off the first session of the Spring 2024 Global Learning Institute with a tour of UFIC and a welcome message from Dean Marta Wayne. During this semester-long professional development program, faculty participants will ideate and discuss strategies to make their courses more global, while exploring a wealth of campus resources.

This semester, the faculty participants come from a wide variety of departments including the School of Theatre and...

9 Questions with Oşubi Craig
01/15/24

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Building cultural competence through virtual exchange by Jill Pease
01/15/24

The University of Galway is Ireland’s only bilingual university. Photo by William Murphy.

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Congrats to our 2024 Study Abroad Leadership Program Faculty Cohort
01/15/24

The International Center is pleased to announce the 2024 Study Abroad Leadership Program Faculty Cohort!

The Study Abroad Leadership Program (SALP) is a semester-long program that provides a cohort of 5-10 UF faculty with the training, tools, and funding to develop new and innovative faculty-led summer study abroad programs. Any faculty member with an idea for a new study abroad program that helps us meet this objective is encouraged to apply.

This leadership program consists of a series of workshops offered in the Spring semester with the goal of assisting faculty in developing a robust program proposal for the following summer (~ 1 year lead time)....

F-1 Undergraduate and J-1 Exchange Students Orientation
01/08/24

ISS and ESS hosted the F-1 Undergraduate and J-1 Exchange Students Orientation at the Career Connections Center in the Reitz Union. Attendees participated in a campus tour, presentations by our campus partners with a welcome by Dean Marta L. Wayne

Two UF Faculty visited the University of Parma to learn about and meet individuals involved within the MUNER program
01/08/24

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...

Bridging Technology and Community in Cape Town: Where Study Abroad meets Service Abroad
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...

Nick Blumenthal Named UF’S Third-Ever Schwarzman Scholar
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...

Congratulations to the Fall 2023 International Scholars Program Graduates!
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,...

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