Kole Odutola was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but now is a citizen of the world. From a career that evolved almost accidentally with a borrowed camera, Kole Odutola transformed himself from a graduate of Botany into a street photographer when his snapshots of everyday life led him to the curious power of the image. He continued to photograph until his work caught the eye of a magazine publisher who hired him to shoot pictures of Lagos for daily publication. Odutola despaired at first, suddenly on assignment to wander the mundane and familiar, and capture moments that tell stories without the need of texts. However, the challenge quickly ignited his natural curiosity, and he became a master of...
Gainesville, FL (11/12/19) –The University of Florida International Center (UFIC) is pleased to announce the recipients of the Research Abroad for Doctoral Students (RADs). All RADs recipients will be recognized during the annual International Education Week reception on Monday, November 18 at 5:30 PM at the UF Keene Faculty Center.
The RADs program provides support to doctoral candidates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines to conduct an extended period of their dissertation research at a foreign laboratory or field-site. The Research Abroad for Doctoral Students initiative represents a collaborative effort of the University of Florida...
10/30/19
As we celebrate International Education Week Nov. 18 to 22, we invite you to join us in engaging the UF community during our Flags Display & Expression Board event, to be held Tuesday, Nov. 19 from 8:45 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. at the Reitz Union North Lawn. Please contact emma728@ufl.edu to sign up!
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10/28/19
Vinicius Martinson, an international student from Brazil, is a computer engineering student at the University of Florida. He was selected to moderate a panel in Boston for BRASA Summit, the largest Brazilian student conference in North America. Among other moderators from MIT and Harvard, Vinicius moderated a panel with IBM President (Latin America), VTex CEO and Vice-President of Technology and Research of Albert Einstein Hospital (most prestigious hospital in Brazil).
Vinicius was honored and proud to represent UF. Go Gators!
10/28/19
“Nooks and Crannies in Oyster Clusters and their Species Diversity”
by Kwan Kim
Interstitial spaces between structures are used by prey species as a refuge and this affects the predator-prey interactions and local species diversity. To experimentally test this hypothesis, Kim will be artificially creating structures with different space morphologies to see how those various shapes of spaces can affect the species colonization over time. His presentation focused on the processes of preparing the experiment as well as results.
Kim is a Fulbright Ph.D. student from South Korea. He spent his childhood in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he witnessed the beauty of...
09/17/19
"If we are to be one of the world’s great research universities, as we are, our research and our education must have meaningful connections to every group, every people, every culture across our planet. It is imperative that we remain committed to making sure every international student, every international applicant, and every potential applicant know that UF is a place that welcomes students from all nations and cultures and ethnicities. We must work harder at being an inclusive university for our current and our potential students, as well as visiting staff and faculty from across the globe."
UF President Kent Fuchs
State...
09/16/19
The PAIR award selects personalities that contribute to celebrating, fostering and promoting Italian-American relations and inspire others with their work. The 2019 edition awarded Ilaria Capua, Director of the One Health Center of Excellence at the University of Florida for the category Science and Technology; Mark Thompson, CEO of the New York Times Corporation for the category Human, Social, Literary and Economical Sciences; and Giuseppe Tornatore, Academy Award 1990 winner as movie director for the category Arts and Culture.
Congratulations Professor Capua!
Picture from the ceremony at the American Studies Center in the Palazzo Antici Matteo di Giove in Rome (IT). In...
09/09/19
This summer, professor Tiza Garland taught a combined combat and movement workshop for students at the Free State Arts Festival and later taught 3 different multi-session workshops throughout a week at the University of the Free State. The workshops included a Consent Culture workshop, a stage combat workshop, and a Laban & Chekhov workshop. This opportunity was a very unique experience for the students and provided them with professional training that is rare in their country.
The experience was a success and the professor has been asked to consider returning to teach more workshops, or possibly perform, at the Free State Arts Festival and to return to do more multi-session...
09/09/19
The highly successful "UF in Paris (Readdressing the Masterpieces of Paris)", a study abroad program led by Professor Richard Heipp of the School of Art + Art History culminated in an exhibit at a local art gallery to showcase the work they did while participating in the program. Recontextualizing the Masterpieces of Paris Exhibition took place at WARPHaus Gallery on Friday, August 30th.
The show included a variety of media and approaches including classical drawing, photography, painting, collage, assemblage, and sculpture. For the class “Readdressing the Masterpieces of Paris,” students conducted research that included classical drawing from sculptures in Paris’s museums as well...
09/05/19
The inaugural University of Florida Career Influencer Awards organized by the UF Career Connections Center celebrated the collaboration and innovation of UF partners who have had an exceptional impact on career development and career engagements during the 2018 – 2019 year. Paloma Rodriguez, Director of UFIC's Office of Global Learning was nominated for her commitment to student success. Here is an excerpt from Paloma’s nomination:
“While there are many tangible anecdotes that support Paloma’s focus on career and professional development of students, it is probably her passion that I believe makes her most worthy of this award. In talking to Paloma, her creativity and motivation...