Living in the CO2 Capitol: UF professor studies Indigenous issues in the Amazon
05/01/23

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Source: The Independence Florida Alligator
By Peyton Harris

When he entered a house in the Kuikuro village, Micheal Heckenberger was greeted by a smell medley of smokiness, traditional Xingu cooking and excess body paint. Moving through the house was a sensual experience in itself, he said, adjusting to the open circular spaces and side-by-side hammocks.

“You're as likely to hear a flute in the middle of the night as a car honking its horn,” he said.

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Spring Sees Seeds of InteRNational Nursing Blossom
05/01/23

Source: UF College of Nursing

Like the season itself, spring collaborations were in full bloom at the UF College of Nursing, thanks to the latest cohort of visitors from Brazil during InteRNational Gator Nursing Week.

During a week of knowledge sharing about advanced nursing education, over 15 nursing faculty from seven Brazilian universities across the country learned how the nurse practitioner role, held by clinicians who possess a Doctor of Nursing...

Thank you from the Center for Arts, Migration + Entrepreneurship!
04/24/23

On behalf of CAME Director Osubi Craig, we want to thank the UFIC for co-sponsoring the Book Release for 10,000 Memories: A Lived History of Partition at UF Innovate last Thursday. We had a great turnout, with faculty, students and community members engaging in robust conversation about Dr. Guneeta Singh Bhalla's 1947 Partition Archive digital oral history project.

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Muslim Residents Juggle Work, Fasting During Ramadan
04/24/23

Photo by Ikram Loutfi | The Independent Florida Alligator

Source: The Independence Florida Alligator
By Zarin Ismail

Since the end of March, Ealyes Mohammed has woken up every day around 5 a.m. to eat breakfast. Sometimes, he eats cereal or a bagel with cottage cheese. The snacking stops when the sun rises, and he doesn’t eat or drink anything else until 8 p.m.

After a morning prayer at the mosque and a few hours of rest at home, the 32-year-old restaurant owner gets up again and goes to work.

“I’m actually a...

UF College of Engineering International Ambassadors Visited Kennedy Space Center
04/24/23

On April 08, the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering International Engineering Ambassadors (IEA) organized a trip for 18 international students to Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Clara Summerford, a 3rd-year mechanical engineering student, spearheaded the efforts and arrangement for the visit based on her fond childhood memories of space.

“Visiting the Kennedy Space Center years ago with my family was such an incredible and surreal experience that I knew would have a tremendous impact on international engineering students,” she explains.

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Available in Zoom: Translated Captions and Live Transcription
04/17/23

Source: UF - Information Technology

The Zoom translated caption and its live transcription service have been enabled for UF. Both the translated captioning and transcription features can be utilized for administrative and research meetings as well as classroom activities in Zoom.

As a global research university, UF currently has faculty, staff, and students from more than 60 countries. These Zoom features can help many in our community to review content in their native language. As of February 2023, the languages currently supported are: Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and...

Using Art to Improve Health Outcomes
04/17/23

Photo by Austin Queen.

Source: Explore - Research at The University of Florida

In the United States, you won’t find many doctors sending patients to choir practice or insurance companies covering painting class. But in the United Kingdom, the National Health Service’s Arts on Prescription connects patients to cultural activities that match their interests — and funds their participation.

Researchers there have linked community arts and cultural engagement with better mental health and overall well-being, lower risk of depression and fewer childhood adjustment problems. That led UF’s EpiArts...

Global Learning Institute Faculty Visits Smathers Libraries
04/10/23

The Global Learning Institute faculty visited the University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries for a breathtaking tour of the collections. Special thanks to Neil Weijer, Carol McAuliffe and Melissa Jerome for guiding us through marvelous international books and artifacts in the Rare Books, Maps, Judaica, Children's and Latin American Collections.

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International Applicants Using The Common App Increased by Over a Third
04/10/23

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Source: Higher ED Dive
by Jeremy Bauer-Wolf

From Higher Ed Dive - The number of international students seeking admission to colleges through the Common Application rose by 63% over a nearly decade-long period, according to new data from the organization.

The data shows 31,456 international applicants used the Common App in the 2014-15 academic year, jumping to 51,426 applicants in 2020-21. A similar rise, 61%, came in domestic applicants using the Common App — an online portal enabling...

From Florida to Ireland: Gator Band's Historic Trip
04/10/23

Source: University of Florida News
By Blake Trauschke

What does it take to get a 342-piece marching band to Ireland for St. Patrick’s Day? For starters, 11 flights from six different airports, eight charter buses for the student performers and 20 staff members, nine hotels and 139 instruments and color guard flag bags that needed to be checked baggage at the airports alongside the 203 carried-on instruments and twirling batons.

The University of Florida Fightin’ Gator Marching Band performed at three events across Ireland for St. Patrick’s Day: a parade in Cork, an international band competition in Limerick...

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