UF-led study explores differences in COVID-19 severity internationally
09/13/21

The question kept coming up: Why are some countries in the grip of COVID-19 while others appear less affected?

“It’s fundamentally curious,” said Rhoel Dinglasan, Ph.D., M.P.H., a professor of infectious diseases with the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, part of UF Health, the university’s academic health center. “It seems like COVID-19 is not affecting people in Africa as severely as it has in North America. But why?”

Dinglasan suspects the answer is connected to people’s exposure to various infectious diseases in specific geographic regions.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently awarded a $10 million grant to a team led...

New International Student Numbers are Up!
09/08/21

The International Center is pleased to welcome a higher number of new international students this semester!

International students play an important role in the advancement of our university's research and teaching mission. Their presence is key to enhancing UF’s tradition of global learning.

Given the high number of new students who deferred from Fall 2020 to Spring 2021, the sum of those two semesters is a better indicator of international student interest in UF for our last academic year. In comparison with previous semesters, as of 8/31/21, 52% of F1 International Students who received an I-20s checked in, in contrast with 47% in Spring 2021, and 31% of check-ins in...

Jordan Fulbright Scholars and One Health
09/08/21

On August 26th, Jordanian Fulbright Scholars in the Junior Faculty & Development Program visited virtually via Zoom with members of the One Health Center team to discuss possible avenues of collaboration. Dr. Ilaria Capua gave a short presentation on the Center and our current research projects, followed by a conversation with the Scholars.

Topics included the need for more organizational and national recognition of One Health in Jordan, possible overlaps and collaboration between the Scholars' research and the Center's initiatives, and possible future steps to advance the mission of One Health.

"Through meeting the leaders of the One Health Center in UF, I could more...

Fulbright 75th Anniversary Art Exhibition Features Prof. Anna Calluori
09/08/21

2021 marks the 75th anniversary of the Fulbright Program. This virtual exhibition presents work made by past Fulbright recipients and is mounted in connection with the Virtual 44th Annual Conference, Fulbright at 75: Celebrating a Legacy of Global Friendships. All participants contributing to this exhibition are members of the Fulbright Association, the alumni association of the Fulbright Program.

Professor Anna Calluori Holcombe was a Fulbright Scholar at Anadolu University in Turkey and will be included in this year's exhibition. Her work explores the juxtaposition created by taking natural objects and using them in digital form.

For more information about the exhibition...

Virtual Exchange Initiatives Continue Expanding with Outreach and Training
08/30/21

Source: UF LATAM

Boosted by the vital role of technology during the pandemic, UF has continued growing its virtual exchange outreach and training initiatives during the last year. Using virtual exchange enables educational programs to connect students around the world from different backgrounds for sustained interaction and collaboration.

At UF, this innovating teaching and learning method has already been implemented by faculty in multiple colleges and is led by the UFIC Office of Global Learning (OGL) as a method of internationalizing the curriculum. The OGL...

Ben Hebblethwaite Pens Column on Language Inequality in Haiti
08/30/21

Source: UF LATAM

Affiliate professor Dr. Benjamin Hebblethwaite (Languages, Literatures and Cultures) has published an op-ed shedding light on the role of language policy in Haiti's struggle for advancement, in the context of the country's history as well as current events.

"Even today [...] Haitian children are still subjected to a school system that largely operates in a language few Haitians speak with competence—let alone can read or write. It is estimated that roughly 5 to 10 percent of Haitians are functionally bilingual in French and...

Indonesian Independence Day Celebration
08/30/21

The Indonesian community at UF came together at Lake Alice to celebrate Indonesian Independence Day!

On August 17, 1945, Indonesian leaders declared that the group of over 17,000 South Asian islands comprised a sovereign nation. As Indonesia is home to over 300 unique, ethnic and linguistic groups, its Independence Day celebrations reflect its multicultural identity while also promoting solidarity within local communities—the nation’s motto “Bhinneka Tunggal Ika” means “Unity in Diversity.”

UF’s media prominence rises to No.4 as faculty experts speak on international platforms
08/23/21

Source: The Alligator

UF faculty is recognized internationally providing insight on issues such as COVID-19, national elections and Cuba’s humanitarian crises

While growing its ranking to become a top-five public university, UF’s faculty members have become locally, nationally and even internationally recognized for their expertise.

In the past two years, UF’s faculty has been called upon to share their expertise on a variety of current events and topics on respected media outlets such as NPR and the Washington Post. With nearly 5,000 faculty members...

UF Libraries awarded additional funding to digitize and provide access to historic newspapers
08/23/21

Source: UF George A. Smathers Libraries

The George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida received a grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to expand newspaper digitization efforts and continue participating in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). This is the fifth NDNP award the Libraries have received since 2013, bringing the combined project total to nearly $1.5 million.

The recent NEH award will fund the Ethnic Florida & US Caribbean Region Digital...

Professor Bron Taylor Joins Editorial Board of Turkish Journal
08/23/21

Bron Taylor, Professor of Religion and Nature at the University of Florida, was invited to join the editorial board of Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental Humanities. Ecocene is a digital, open-access, peer-reviewed, international, and transdisciplinary Turkish journal of the Environmental Humanities that aims to develop new insights and theories about the current material and conceptual challenges in the field. Taylor also had the opportunity to contribute to the journal's inaugural issue which addressed the "Scientists Warnings to Humanity" about climate change titled "...

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