Source: Nature
When my first-grade teacher paused, I knew my name was next on the attendance list: the silence said it all. Since then, I have had many similar experiences. My given name is Romanian, with biblical origins and derived from the male ‘Ilie’. My middle name is quite common in Romania, and my family name ends in the traditional ‘u’. All remain unpronounceable to many who did not grow up in the same environment as I did.
I was three years old when my parents...
Source: UF Emerging Pathogens Institute
Dengue virus has circulated in Thailand for decades, and researchers are starting to understand some of the factors that move its four different variations, or serotypes, around the country. Dengue, like malaria, is spread by mosquitoes that acquire the virus when they bite an infected person or wild primate. They then transfer it into a new host when they bite again.
But the secret to how dengue moves around human populations may not be as closely tied to its winged vector as one may think, says UF biologist Derek Cummings.
“We...
Pedro A. Sanchez, M.S., Ph.D., Soil and Water Sciences Department professor has received the 2021 Great Immigrants honor from Carnegie Corporation of New York. Every Fourth of July, Carnegie Corporation of New York celebrates the exemplary contributions of immigrants to American life. In 2021, the Corporation honors 34 naturalized citizens who have enriched and strengthened our nation and our democracy through their contributions and actions.
Read more about Dr. Sanchez's award...
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Jehad Al-Issa waved his cigarette around the night air.
“You may not believe it, but I was a big man in Syria. Now look at me. Driving Uber in Gainesville, Florida.”
He, who in Syria once had two drivers of his own, had become the driver.
In Syria, he also had two maids, two bodyguards, and a six-bedroom house. He had a tribe, for whom he was once in line to be sheikh, the leader. A tribe that would send hundreds of its members to back him in a dispute...
Dr. Fiona McLaughlin (she/her) Professor of Linguistics & African Languages, been awarded a Spring 2022 Fulbright research scholar award for Algeria to work on her project "Vernacular Literacies in Algeria".
Fiona McLaughlin is a faculty member in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and the Department of Linguistics. She is an affiliate faculty member of the Center for African Studies and the Center for Global Islamic Studies, and a research affiliate...
Source: UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences News
Eleven students from the University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences put their problem-solving skills — and their teamwork — to the test in an international math modeling competition.
Hosted by the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP), the contest challenged students to devise solutions to real-world problems in 96 hours. Two UF teams faced more than 10,000 other groups in the 37th annual Mathematics Contest in Modeling (MCM), while another two teams were...
Patricia Pereira, D.D.S., Ph.D. (she/her), College of Dentistry associate dean of academic affairs was inducted as a Fellow of the International College of Dentists. The International College of Dentists is a leading honorary dental organization dedicated to the recognition of outstanding professional achievement, meritorious service, and the continued progress of the profession of dentistry for the benefit of all.
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Center Director Dr. Ilaria Capua (she/her) was awarded the Barcelona Hypatia European Science Prize on June 2nd. The prize is awarded by the Barcelona City Council in collaboration with Academia Europaea. This award recognizes an outstanding researcher who has worked at the highest international level, with...
Dr. Joel E. Correia (he/him), Assistant Professor in the Center for Latin American Studies, has received a 2021 Fulbright Scholar Flex award in support of his project “Building the future: Infrastructure and environmental justice in Paraguay’s Chaco.” As a Fulbright Scholar, he will collaborate with two leading human rights organizations to help launch local environment justice research groups, teach two short courses in the country’s premier anthropology program, and conduct field research. The Scholar “Flex” award will support project...
The UF in Pavia Engineering and Arts in Italy program has started and will run through August 8, 2021. The group of ten students from the University of Florida who arrived in Pavia are attending an Intensive program in Physics organized by the University of Pavia with the Globec Center, the Alma Mater Ticinensis Foundation and Learn International. Students will reside in Palazzo Vistarino, the seat of the international courses that the Foundation co-organizes and manages with the University.
The Intensive Program in Physics is the first international residential program to be launched by the University after the shutdown imposed by the pandemic. And it is also the first course...
