50 Years of African Languages at UF
08/27/18

Source: UF News

On a sunny day on the Plaza of the Americas, Professor Kole Odutola walks between groups of students handing out slips of paper inviting them to take YOR 1130, his beginning Yorùbá class. The class is five days a week, five credits, and it's not easy. But Odutola, who has been teaching at the University of Florida since 2006, promises prospective students that they'll learn more than words and phrases while studying Yorùbá.

"It's a class where you learn how to learn,” he says. “That's one thing that school doesn't teach you — how do you learn? How do...

University of Florida Term Professorship Award Recipients for 2018-2021

Rori Bloom, Ingrid Kleespies, Eric Kligerman, Galina Rylkova, and Gayle Zachmann have been selected to receive the University of Florida Term Professorship award for 2018-2021.

These three-year professorships were created by UF to recognize faculty who have established a distinguished record of research and scholarship that is expected to lead to continuing distinction in their field.

The research area of each professor varies: 
* Ingrid Kleespies: 18th and 19th-century Russian literature and culture; Romanticism; intellectual history; Russian frontier mythologies; the Soviet avant-garde. 
* Rori Bloom: theories and histories of authorship, the libertine novel,...

UF African Studies, European Studies, and Latin American Studies Receive Major Title VI Grants

GAINESVILLE, FL – The University of Florida International Center (UFIC) is pleased to announce that the Centers for African Studies (CAS), European Studies (CES), and Latin American Studies (LAS) have collectively received over $5.9 million from the U.S. Department of Education Title VI program, an increase of almost a million dollars compared to last period. The three area studies centers will support international research, public programming and training initiatives in collaboration with faculty across campus and experts...

UFIC's 2018 Global Engagement Report Available in Print and Online
08/27/18

The University of Florida International Center recently released the 2018 Global Engagement Report. Inside the report is a message from Dean Leonardo A. Villalón, as well as statistics and highlights about our services to international and exchange students, study abroad, international visitors and faculty. You will also find the 2018 Learning Without Borders report, looking back at four successful years, their impact and plans for the future. Be on the lookout for a copy in your mailbox or check out our web versions here.

Staff from UFIC and CRC Co-Present on e-Portfolios at Career Integration Conference
08/20/18

Staff from UFIC and the Career Connections Center co-present at the Career Integration conference in DC to discuss the impact of e-portfolios in internships abroad.

Presenters: Andie Cochran (UF CCC), Paloma Rodriguez (UFIC) and Ann Hubbard (AIFS). Also part of the UF cohort attending this conference with the sponsorship of the Learning Without Borders initiatives: Melissa Johnson (Honors), Julia Fleming (CCC), Sarah Eberhart (HHP), and Nicholas Mrozinkske (CLAS).

Center for Global Islamic Studies Welcomes Dr. Benedikt Pontzen
08/20/18

The Center for Global Islamic Studies wanst to welcome Dr. Benedikt Pontzen. Dr Pontzen, an anthropologist, who has conducted extensive research on Islam and African "traditional" religion in Ghana, as well as earlier research in Mali, is joining the Center for Global Islamic Studies, the Department of Religion, and the Center for African Studies as a Postdoctoral Associate in the project, "Islam in Africa in Global Context," funded through the ...

UFIC's Global Photo Contest is Now Open!
07/31/18

Photo Credit: Ruoya Yu                         

The University of Florida International Center (UFIC) invites students, faculty, staff and alumni to enter its annual international photography contest. There are three categories this year. Each entrant may submit up to two digital photos in only one chosen category. All photographs must portray the theme "Global Culture" and not display your use of alcohol, cigarettes, drugs or any inappropriate content or behavior. Unedited photos preferred, but minimally edited photos will be accepted. Showing your Global Gator spirit and wearing UF colors/...

Professors Tanya Saunders and Manoucheka Celeste Received Research-into-Teaching Grant
07/02/18

Congratulations to Dr. Tanya Saunders (Latin American Studies) and Dr. Manoucheka Celeste (African American Studies), for receiving the Intersections: Research-into-Teaching Grant for their project, “How does Blackness travel locally and across the globe?” The grant, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is awarded by the UF Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere.

“Intersections Groups demonstrate the urgency for scholars to mobilize interdisciplinary collaboration with the humanities in order to respond to grand challenges,” says Prof. Barbara Mennel, Interim Director of the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere. “Importantly, the Intersections Groups will...

Learning Without Borders Sponsors UFIC's Professional Development
07/02/18

In an effort to enhance the quality, diversity, and scope of institutional professional development in the areas of global learning, study abroad, career development, and marketing, the Learning Without Borders initiative sponsored communicators Mabel Cardec and Maria Ramirez to attend the Council for Advancement and Support of Education conference (CASE) in New Orleans. The CASE conference explored new advances in multimedia and offered insights into working with audio, photography and video for website and social media.

Additionally, Amila Tica and Caroline Cully attended the Global Internship Conference (GIC) in Detroit, a forum dedicated to advancing the knowledge of academic...

Clinical psychology Ph.D. student builds bridge between U.S., Dutch dementia researchers
06/12/18

When Liselotte de Wit was in high school in the Netherlands, she worked at a facility for patients who had severe dementia. Her time taking care of these patients had a profound effect on her education and career goals.

“Witnessing the patients and their family members sparked an urge to lessen their mental suffering at a very young age,” she said. “Ever since, my goal was to get the best education to understand the mechanisms causing this burden and help develop and improve treatments.”

Inspired to pursue a career in neuropsychology, de Wit was drawn to the scientist-practitioner model at UF’s department of clinical and health psychology. As a student in the department’s...

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