Dr. Nancy Hunt is the 2018 Guggenheim Fellow
04/24/18

Trained at the University of Chicago in poststructuralist theory and the humanities (BA with Honors, 1980) and in African history and anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (PhD, 1992), Dr. Hunt has been teaching history and African studies at the University of Florida since 2016.

Her project, “Ideation as History: Dream Collectors and Picture Archives from Post-1968 Urban Congo” seeks to join images and words to dreaming in the ex-Belgian Congo. Her approach uses both history and anthropology to consider how text-image links to Congo’s postwar period.

She will use two archives of Congolese-created pictures and text to think about the history of daydreaming,...

“Islam and Africa in Global Context” Multi-disciplinary Project Funded by the Henry Luce Foundation
04/24/18

Beginning in 2018, Benjamin Soares will direct a three-year multi-disciplinary project, “Islam and Africa in Global Context,” funded through a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation’s Initiative on Religion in International Affairs to the University of Florida. The project will be carried out by the Center for Global Islamic Studies in conjunction with the Center for African Studies. The main objectives are to deepen knowledge of Islam in Africa, challenge scholars of Islam working on other geographic areas to engage more fully with scholarship on Africa, and strengthen the study and understanding of Islam in the US, as well as in non-US institutions of higher education especially in sub-...

2018 CLASP Junior Faculty Teaching Award
04/24/18

GAINESVILLE, FL – The UF Center for Latin American Studies (LAS) is proud to announce the winner of the 2018 Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) Junior Faculty Teaching Award is Dr. Rosana Resende. Created in 2013, the award seeks to “recognize excellence in teaching Latin American Studies designated courses.” This is the second time that a LAS faculty member has received this award; Dr. Ieva Jusionyte was the 2015 award recipient.

Dr. Resende is a cultural anthropologist and Latinamericanist. She is a lecturer at the University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies and an affiliate of the Department of Anthropology and the Center for Gender, Sexualities,...

Coming Soon: UFIC's "You are Welcome Here" Video
04/24/18

The #YouAreWelcomeHere campaign is a welcome message from U.S. higher education institutions to international students around the world. UF has joined this campaign designed to affirm that our institution is diverse, friendly, safe and committed to student development. With that goal in mind, UFIC will soon release a video highlighting the life of several international students, the benefits of hosting international students and UFIC services for for them. Stay tuned!

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Dr. Sandra Russo Named AAW Woman of Distinction 2018
03/20/18

Dr. Sandra L. Russo, Director of the Office for Global Research Engagement (OGRE) in the University of Florida's International Center (UFIC), was recognized by the UF Association of Academic Women as AAW Woman of Distinction 2018. Dr. Russo was presented with the award at the Women's History Month Awards Reception on March 14th, at the Earl and Christy Powell University House.

The Woman of Distinction Award is given to a UF faculty member or administrative/professional woman who have made significant contributions to the quality of life of women. At UF, Dr. Russo was one of the co-founders of the Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research, helping establish it legally in its...

UF WINS 2018 SIMON AWARD FOR CAMPUS INTERNATIONALIZATION
03/13/18

 

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UF WINS 2018 SIMON AWARD FOR CAMPUS INTERNATIONALIZATION

Gainesville, FL - March 13, 2018- NAFSA, the Association of International Educators, announced today that the University of Florida has been selected as one of five institutions to receive the 2018 Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization...

Fulbright Awareness Month 2018
03/05/18

Fulbright Awareness Month 2018

 

The International Center is pleased to announce that Fulbright Awareness Month will be celebrated from March 12 to April 12, 2018.  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. Additionally this year, information sessions for faculty and students interested in applying for the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program will be led by Peter VanDerwater, Director of Outreach at the Council for International Exchange for Scholars (CIES) in Washington, D.C.  He...

The International Project + Research Workshop “Puerto Rico Re_Start"
02/27/18

March 16 - 25 2018 at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus in San Juan, PR.

The International Project + Research Workshop “Puerto Rico Re_Start" is a great example of a true international collaboration originating at UF and expanding to several countries, U.S. universities and UNESCO. Co-organized by the Universities of Florida and Puerto Rico, the workshop will address the resiliency of the Islands, with expected consequences for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guadalupe, Dominica, Barbuda, Haiti and more.

Interdisciplinary participants, professionals and academics will gather around subjects of investigation and...

Retooling for Study Abroad Recruiting
02/27/18

On Friday, February 9th, faculty gathered to learn a few “tricks of the trade” to recruit students to their Study Abroad programs.

Mike Weigold (Journalism), Jennifer Kaufman (IFAS), Phillip Kaufman (IFAS), Muthusami Kumaran (FYCS), and Angela Miller (Study Abroad) presented on topics such as marketing principles, articulating the value of your Study Abroad program, developing a marketing mindset, and the marketing toolkit. Faculty learned many ways to attract students to their programs, as well as other elements that make a successful program. J. Kaufman states, “It’s good to learn about other UF Sponsored Study Abroad programs because I can refer students who can’t participate...

UF Engineering: Promoting Global Engagement in Madrid
02/27/18

Ping Neo, Director of International Engineering Programs at the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering visited Madrid, Spain where she met with colleagues at Spanish engineering partner schools. Those schools included Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Universidad Comillas Pontificia, where together are looking to bring further international awareness and engagement into the field of engineering. With this trip she hopes to encourage more globally-minded engineers to keep up with the increasingly connected environment.

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