The Bat, the Pangolin and the City: A Tale of COVID-19
04/06/20

Source: IFAS Blogs

It is highly probable that most human coronaviruses that have caused epidemics, and now even pandemics, have originally come from bats. It is safe to say that they should have stayed in bats. This informative sheet will go over the current COVID-19 pandemic from a wildlife biology and conservation prospective, offering insights on the possible underlying dynamics of this pandemic. As of now, scientists are offering a potential cross-species pathway for SARS-CoV-2: from bats, via pangolins, to humans.

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Testing Florida's Largest Retirement Community For Coronavirus
04/06/20

Source: NPR

Doctors from the University of Florida say the tests are part of research looking at the transmission rates of the coronavirus. The tests will be available not just for people with COVID-19 symptoms, but also for people who have no symptoms. Dr. Michael Lauzardo, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Florida says, "The most important question we're trying to determine is how many people have the virus but are showing no symptoms at all."

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UF researchers lead the way in rapidly designing, building low-cost, open-source ventilator
04/06/20

Source: UF Health

As a University of Florida mechanical engineering student decades ago, Samsun Lampotang, Ph.D., helped respiratory therapist colleagues build a minimal-transport ventilator that became a commercial success. So, when the coronavirus pandemic hit and he heard the desperate international plea for thousands more ventilators, the longtime UF professor of anesthesiology set out to build a prototype using plentiful, cheap components that could be copied from an online diagram and a software repository.

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Davis UWC 2020 Uniting The World Publication
04/06/20

This year’s annual report spotlights the celebration of UWC’s 20th anniversary. In 20 years, Davis is now partnered with 99 American colleges and universities and has supported over 10,400 scholars from over 160 countries. UF has one of the highest cumulative scholar enrollments with nearly 150 students through the class of 2023, a great figure for the Davis UWC program and the UF student body.

The success of this partnership relies on the collaborative efforts of many offices across campus including the International program, Honors, Admissions, Student Affairs and the Provost.

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UPDATE: Fulbright Awareness Month 2020
03/19/20

The International Center is pleased to announce that Fulbright Awareness Month will be celebrated from March 10th to April 10th, 2020.  In collaboration with the UF Fulbright Lectures Committee, UF Honors, the Graduate School, College of Arts, UF IFAS, Dial Center for Written and Oral Communications, College of Journalism and Communications, College of Education, Levin College of Law, and the North Florida Fulbright Alumni Association, multiple informational sessions for students, scholars, faculty and staff will provide opportunities to learn about the Fulbright application process, and to hear about the experiences of past Fulbright scholars and students.

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UF Professor Emeritus Paul J. Magnarella's Publishes Book About Black Panther in Exile
03/16/20

In the tumultuous year after Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, 29-year-old Pete O’Neal became inspired by reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X and founded the Kansas City branch of the Black Panther Party (BPP). The same year, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover declared the BPP was the “greatest threat to the internal security of the country.” Black Panther in Exile is the gripping story of O’Neal, one of the influential members of the movement, who now lives in Africa—unable to return to the United States but refusing to renounce his past.

Arrested in 1969 and convicted for transporting a shotgun across state lines, O’Neal was free on bail pending his appeal when Fred Hampton,...

Successful Lecture by Fulbrighter Dr. Lilian Atanga
03/09/20

On February 24, 2020, the University of Florida welcomed delegates from the state government of Sarawak, Malaysia, and the Sarawak Museum. The Sarawak Museum in northern Borneo is the premiere Natural and Cultural History Museum in Southeast Asia. The event is part of the process of returning to Malaysia the human bones collection from Niah Cave which is estimated to be 40,000 years old.

UF Ranks #2 Among Peace Corps’ 2020 Top Volunteer
03/09/20

Gainesville, FL (3/2/2020) - Peace Corps announced last week that the University of Florida ranked No. 2 among large schools on the agency’s list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2020. There are 70 Gators currently volunteering in countries around the world.

The University of Florida has consistently ranked in the top 10 for past five years. This year UF made a significant jump to the No. 2 spot after being ranked No. 9 in 2019.

Amanda Brinton, UF Campus Peace Corps Recruiter, became part of the UF International Center’s team in August 2019. Since then, she has put time and effort to promote Peace Corps opportunities on UF campus and the community at...

University of Florida Ranked #2 Among Peace Corps’ 2020 Top Volunteer-producing Schools
03/03/20

Peace Corps announced last week that the University of Florida ranked No. 2 among large schools on the agency’s list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2020. There are 70 Gators currently volunteering in countries around the world.

The University of Florida has consistently ranked in the top 10 for past five years. This year UF made a significant jump to the No. 2 spot after being ranked No. 9 in 2019.

Amanda Brinton, UF Campus Peace Corps Recruiter, became part of the UF International Center’s team in August 2019. Since then, she has put time and effort to promote Peace Corps opportunities on UF campus and the community at large. From 2012-2014, Amanda...

UF's Center for African Studies in Japan
03/02/20

On January 31, UF Center for African Studies Director Dr. Chalfin and Anthropology Professor Dr. Stepp met with colleagues and partners at the University of Kyoto in Japan. The symposium was held to showcase the partnerships between the two universities strengthened through their Memorandum of Understanding.

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