Rujeko Dumbutshena is an MFA and Assistant Professor in the Department of Dance, and 2022 Global Fellow. Dumbutshena’s research is focused on the “intersection of gender, power and ritual performance and how these are reflected in contemporary performances of Black women in Africa and the Diaspora.” Dumbutshena intends to use her Global Fellow sponsorship to travel to West Africa
to enrich the resources accessible to teachers of African dance. She wishes to develop curriculum and inform conference presentations and written articles, as well as source document materials supported by the communities of West Africa her research represents. Dumbutshena wishes to use her research to...
02/14/22
02/14/22
José Valentino Ruiz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Co-Chair of Business, Entrepreneurship, and Career Preparation at the UF College of The Arts and Head & Inaugural Professor of Music Business & Entrepreneurship at the UF School of Music, was selected as an International Commissioned Composer for the 2022 Guitar Foundation of America's Mentorship Program. In this role, Dr. Ruiz will compose a piece for three guitarists that conveys hope amid the global pandemic and provide guidance for improving their global music entrepreneurship skills to students enrolled in the mentorship program. His composition will be premiered at the ...
02/14/22
On January 28th, 2022, the Global Music® Awards selected "Felices Días" by Maharajah Flamenco Trio as a Bronze Medal winner in the category of nuevo flamenco. The album serves as a testament of collegial music-making intended to inspire intercultural empathy and hope among humanity amid the global catastrophe of COVID-19. Listen to album. ...
02/07/22
Study Abroad Services is pleased to introduce the Spring 2022 SALP Cohort and their proposed programs:
Helene Blondeau, Professor in the Department of French and Francophone Studies and Linguistics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
UF in Canada, Francophone Culture and Society in Context
Rosalie Koenig, Lecturer in the Department of Agronomy, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
UF in Costa Rica - Research in Agronomy
Matthew Hallett, Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences...
02/07/22
Two UF medical students, James Davis and Philip Hong, have recently published their article Predictors of Survival: A Retrospective Review of Gastroschisis and Intestinal Atresia in Rwanda. The students traveled to Rwanda in the summer of 2019 and worked collaboratively with a team of Rwandan students with local supervision by Rwandan partner, Dr. Edmond Ntaganda, in collaboration with UF's Dr. Robin Petrozi.
Neonatal surgical diseases are prime examples of the global disparity in surgical access and outcomes, with survival for conditions like gastroschisis reaching above 95% in high-income settings but usually fatal in low-income settings. This study aims to examine...
02/07/22
Source: Florida Museum of Natural History
Dubbed the BioGenome Project, researchers on every continent except Antarctica banded together in late 2018 to sequence the genomes of all 1.8 million known species of plants, animals, fungi and other eukaryotic life on Earth within a ten-year timeframe.
Florida Museum distinguished professors Pamela and Douglas Soltis have been collaborators on the project since its inception and recently co-authored several articles in a special issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
To read the...
01/31/22
Dr. Heidi C. Powell, UF School of Art and Art History Associate Professor and Director of the MAAE Online program has been named as a Fulbright Scholar to the Dominican Republic serving in the 2022-2023 academic year.
Dr. Powell will be researching cultural continuity in arts practice reflective of national identity, conducting art making as research, and developing high-and-low tech engagement in arts teaching and learning processes. These engagement goals are connected to the U.S. Embassy's main areas of focus in the DR; education, security and disaster response.
The Fulbright Commission (IIE/CIES), The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs...
01/31/22
UF students interested in studying abroad had the opportunity to learn more about the program during UFIC's Study Abroad Fair held last Wednesday.
There are more than 100 faculty-led, exchange, and non-UF programs for students to choose from. Faculty interested in teaching abroad can find information here.
The study abroad experience allows students to gain valuable professional skills no matter what their major is.
Throughout the year, close to 1,000 students participate in more than 100 programs.
To learn more about Study Abroad...
01/31/22
Since 2007, Galina has served the Gainesville community by tirelessly working with numerous professional Russian-speaking delegations in Gainesville as part of the Congressional Office of International Leadership’s “Open World” program, as well as sister city delegations, connecting Gainesville institutions, organizations and individuals with their counterparts in Gainesville’s nine sister cities. Galina has been an active participant of the Open World program for 14 years, hosting 20 delegations, including federal judges, political leaders, educators and other high-level professionals. Sponsored by the Congressional Office for International Leadership and the State Department, the Open...
01/18/22
The Global Learning Institute equips faculty with tools to internationalize their courses through engagement with campus resources, technology, and collaboration with other faculty members who share a commitment to global learning. Upon completion of the program, faculty receive an award of $5,000 in professional development funds.
This year the Global Learning Institute participants include a very select group of faculty members from a variety of disciplines. Despite their diverse disciplinary backgrounds, they all share a strong commitment to helping UF students understand the complexities of a highly globalized world, and to function competently and responsibly in that context...