COP15 Global Biodiversity Framework: 196 countries to require all large business and financial institutions to assess and disclose their risks, impacts and dependencies on nature
01/17/23

Source: BusinessForNature.org

Business for Nature welcomes this historic agreement as it defines our common goal to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030, commits governments to requiring all large business and financial institutions to assess and disclose their risks, impacts and dependencies on biodiversity and promises comprehensive reform of environmentally harmful subsidies. This simply wouldn’t have happened without the effort and teamwork from a huge number of organizations, including many of our partners and leading companies stepping and showing up.

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NF Chapter Fulbright Association Organizes Successful Community Outing
01/10/23

This past December, the North Florida Chapter Fulbright Association organized a fun and successful outing for members and families. The Christmas Festival in Downtown Alachua was the place of reunion where attendees enjoyed a small town holiday atmosphere, met "Santa Claus" and walked around to see beautiful Christmas lights displays. The group was also treated to chili and hot cocoa at Dr. Karen Reed's home.

Sofi-Nicole Barreiro explores identity formation among UF students with Miami-Dade, Latinx background
01/10/23

Source:ISSUU

Interviews with Latinx students from Miami-Dade County illuminate nuance and commonalities — but no singular ‘Latino experience’

In the fall of 2017, 3,3621 undergraduate students from Miami-Dade County started the semester at the University of Florida. Sofi-Nicole Barreiro, a freshman pursuing political science and Latin American Studies, was one of them. By the time she graduated in 2020, UF’s undergraduate student population identifying as Hispanic or Latino/a had grown 13%.*

But Sofi-Nicole isn’t as interested in the stories these numbers might...

Professor J. Bryan Unruh Receives Environmental Stewardship Award
01/10/23

Source: GCSAA | Angela Hartmann

Lawrence, Kan. (Dec. 13, 2022) – J. Bryan Unruh, Ph.D., professor at the University of Florida and associate director of the West Florida Research and Education Center, has been named the recipient of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America’s 2023 President’s Award for Environmental Stewardship. He will be recognized during the Sunrise Celebration of the 2023 GCSAA Conference and Trade Show on Feb. 8 in Orlando.

The President’s Award for Environmental Stewardship was established in 1991 to recognize an exceptional environmental contribution to the game of golf; a contribution...

COM Department of Emergency Medicine’s Section of Global Health Completes Another Visit to Ghana
12/13/22

The COM Department of Emergency Medicine’s Section of Global Health recently completed another successful visit to its partner institutions in Ghana. The team taught point-of-care ultrasound courses to physicians and nurses at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra. In addition, we also provided an intermediate as well as an advanced level ultrasound trainin as pre- and post-conference courses for the 6th African Conference on Emergency Medicine, which took place in Accra, Ghana. Faculty, fellows and alumni of the Section of Global Health presented multiple posters and plenary...

UFIC staff highlighted in County Library Book Review Podcast
12/13/22
CAS Student Spotlight

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Source: Liberal Arts and Sciences | Center for African Studies

Khumo Senuku’s research examines systems thinking in addressing structural poverty among the formerly incarcerated– creating equitable and inclusive prosperity for all. She is conducting her study locally in Gainesville, working with a community development non-profit, Community Spring focusing on their project...

International Students Highlight: Akbar Seknun
11/28/22

Akbar Seknun was born and raised on Kai Island, in the eastern part of Indonesia. He speaks Indonesian and English, and received the Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education (Lembaga Pengelola dana Pendidikan) Scholarship in 2019. Akbar earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science at Dipanegara University, and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in design and visual communications at the University of Florida. He works as a freelance graphic designer and teaches graphic design and English to children in his community.
Akbar uses his art to promote Indonesian culture. For example, there is a traditional style of dance called paraga from the city of Makassar. He prints designs...

Prof. James Gerien-Chen Receives a Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Award
11/28/22

James Gerien-Chen (History) received a Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad award, which he will use to conduct six months of research in Taiwan and Japan from January-June 2023. He will use the grant to revise a book manuscript titled Between Nation and Empire: Migration and Law in the Making of Japanese Empire in Taiwan, South China, and Southeast Asia, 1895–1950. The book examines the transregional migration of colonial Taiwanese and their role in shaping Japanese imperial expansion, Chinese state-building, and the development of overseas Chinese networks. He is especially grateful for the grant's support of multi-sited, transnational research, as his project draws on materials from...

Dr. Karen Reed received a Faculty Enhancement Opportunity Grant
11/21/22

College of Nursing Clinical Assistant Professor, Dr. Karen Reed received a Faculty Enhancement Opportunity grant. Summer 2023, she will collaborate in-country with the Cambodian Ministry of Health for 6 weeks designing a quality improvement project, sponsored in part by the World Health Organization, to track, trace and address hospital acquired infections.

Karen Reed, MSN, DHSc, RN, CNE, CNL, CRRN
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Florida
College of Nursing
ksreed@ufl.edu

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