The Oxford Handbook of the African Sahel
10/25/21

Edited by Professor of African Politics, and Dean of the UF International Center, Leonardo A. Villalón, The Oxford Handbook of the African Sahel was published recently. The book is not only comprehensive work on the Sahel as a region available in English, but also provides interdisciplinary coverage of a little-known region. It also features contributions by leading figures in the field.

Long on the margins of both scholarly and policy concerns, the countries of the West African Sahel have recently attracted world attention, primarily as a key battleground in the global 'war on terror'. This book moves beyond this narrow focus, providing a multidimensional and interdisciplinary...

EREC Student Profile Series: Shabnam Sadeghibaniani
10/11/21

In this edition of the EREC Student Profile Series, PhD. student Shabnam Sadeghibaniani gives a brief description of the research she has conducted at the UF IFAS Everglades REC. To watch the full student profile, visit the IFAS Youtube Channel.

Dr. Paul J. Magnarella to Join ADA University's International Academic Advisory Group
10/11/21

Emeritus Professor Paul J. Magnarella has been invited to join ADA University’s International Academic Advisory Group. Located in Baku, Azerbaijan, ADA University is Azerbaijan’s Flag-Ship university. It is advancing cutting edge educational programs with the mission of contributing positively to the lives of Azerbaijani citizens.

Global Gator Marlowe Starling
10/11/21

National Geographic and a trip to South Africa in high
school fueled Marlowe Starling’s passion for nature
and her desire to improve the environment through
impactful reporting.

In Environmental Journalist-in-Residence Cynthia Barnett’s Environmental Journalism course, she pursued a story about septic tanks and sewage in South Florida, a project aligned with the class project, "The
Human Hazard," about climate change and public health. The project pushed her beyond “boring infrastructure stuff” to fully understand “these nuanced problems that a lot of people overlook that have dire consequences for people. It was a great wake-up call for me to get readers...

Vanessa Campoverde Shares Work with University of Philippines Los Baños
10/11/21

Vanessa Campoverde, a UF IFAS Extension agent working in Miami-Dade County with ornamental nurseries since 2011, will be sharing her experiences with Filipino researchers, students, and various stakeholders at the University of the Philippines Los Baños. Her lecture will focus on Integrated Pest Management of ornamental plant nurseries which are places where growers grow plants such as orchids, bromeliads, succulents, and overall foliage for offices and landscape like palms, flowering trees, etc.

Campoverde believes sharing her experiences is important because her nursery is #1 in ornamental plant production in Florida and the state of Florida is #1 in the US in foliage plant...

Mary Ann Eaverly Named Eos Africana Luminary
10/11/21

Mary Ann Eaverly, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Classics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been named a Eos Luminary by Eos Africana for her groundbreaking scholarship on color and gender in Ancient Greece and Egypt. Luminaries are interviewed to offer a chance to reflect on the field and to identify ways to affect its future positively. Visit the Eos website to read the interview.

Katelyn Flaherty Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellow
10/11/21

Katelyn Flaherty is a 4th year MD-PhD student in the Department of Environmental and Global Health. Her research focuses on pre-hospital care in low-and-middle income countries, specifically Ghana.

Globally, leading causes of death among children one month to 5 years old include respiratory infections, diarrheal disease, and malaria, all of which are highly treatable early in the disease-course yet frequently progress to emergencies in low-and-middle-income countries. Extending care to broad populations is a generalizable challenge that must be addressed to realize the WHO Sustainable Development Goals. The expansion of low-cost community healthcare services has improved access to...

Students of Portuguese Publish First Conexão UF Column of the Semester
10/11/21

Students of Portuguese publish first Conexão UF column of the semester Yasmin Faco Araujo and Eric Marsh, students of Portuguese under LAS Center affiliate Andréa Ferreira, published their first Portuguese-language column in the U.S.-Brazilian publication AcheiUSA. Read their column here.

University of Florida ranked No. 3 among more than 150 Peace Corps Prep partner universities
10/04/21

WASHINGTON – The Peace Corps announced today the University of Florida (UF) ranked No. 3 among schools on the agency’s list of top Peace Corps Prep certificate-issuing partners in 2021. UF issued 37 Peace Corps Prep certificates to the graduating class of 2021. There were 292 enrolled in the Peace Corps Prep program at UF during the 2020–21 academic year.

“At this pivotal time in our history, young people have a crucial role to play,” said Peace Corps Acting Director Carol Spahn. “Through the Peace Corps Prep program, these schools have equipped students with the skills and understanding necessary to help communities near and far recover from the multidimensional and global shocks...

UFLATM's Work on the Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon Project
10/04/21

The Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon project seeks to create, strengthen and expand a Community of Practice and Learning (COP-L) on the use of tools and strategies by conservation and development practitioners from NGOs, community organizations, government and academia. The GIA theory of change is that by bringing practitioners together to share experiences, reflect and dialogue, they will collaboratively learn and adapt, improve their use of tools and strategies to improve social-environmental governance, and thus be more effective at mitigating or stopping poorly planned infrastructure development.

The GIA project is led by an Executive Committee of faculty from UF’s...

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