Marlowe Starling, a Study Abroad Student Assistant and WUFT reporter, was accepted and published in the Earth Island Journal. Her article, "It Takes a Village," talks about the natural resource conservation in Tanzania. Marlowe has truly embraced the spirit of what it means to be a Global Gator and this publication comes as a result of her participation in an SFS study abroad program in Tanzania which focused on Wildlife...
10/13/20
International Education Week 2020: “Global Gators Take Action!”
November 16 – 20 will mark the celebration of International Education Week on
the UF campus
Under the theme “Global Gators Take Action!” the University of Florida is pleased to once again celebrate International Education Week (IEW). International Education Week
At a time when US academic institutions face enormous challenges to working internationally, the current realities also underline the fact that global collaborations in teaching and research are more important than ever. As we celebrate UF’s continued climb in the...
10/05/20
WASHINGTON – The Peace Corps announced this week that the University of Florida (UF) ranked No. 3 among Peace Corps Prep schools on the agency’s list of top certificate-issuing institutions in 2020. UF issued 35 Prep certificates to the graduating class of 2020. There were 305 Gators enrolled in the Peace Corps Prep program during the 2019-20 academic year.
Peace Corps Prep is a certificate program, which teaches students sector-specific skills, foreign language proficiency, intercultural competence, and leadership. While having a Peace Corps Prep certificate does not guarantee acceptance into the Peace Corps, enrolling in the program will help students be more competitive.
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09/28/20
Ilaria Capua, DVM, PhD, has been selected as winner of the Hypatia Prize for Life and Health Sciences by the Barcelona Knowledge Hub of the Academia Europaea. The award recognizes an outstanding researcher who has conducted their career primarily in Europe and at the highest international level, with strong influence on various fields of knowledge and a positive impact on society.
Dr. Capua is a full professor in the Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agricultural and Life...
09/22/20
Source: College of Design, Construction, and Planning
Representing the human rights activism group called Action India, Gouri Choudhury once proclaimed, “It’s a question of belief in human dignity, which somewhere along the line we seem to have lost.”
Luckily for more than 524 million people in India, University of Florida senior landscape architecture majors Xiaoyu (Nikki) Zheng and Kate Noel believe in human dignity more than ever.
As a result of their project entitled “Rethinking A Fundamental Human Act: Landscape as a Solution for Open Defecation,” the duo were recently named winners of...
09/22/20
GAINESVILLE, Florida -- U.S. News & World Report today named the University of Florida the No. 6 public university in the country, continuing the university’s upward trajectory and placing it on the cusp of reaching its top-five goal.
The announcement marks the fourth consecutive year UF rose in the rankings for public universities, advancing from No. 14 in 2017 to No. 6 today. During the same period, UF leapt from No. 50 to No. 30 on the U.S. News National Universities list, which includes both public and private institutions.
The top 10 public universities are:
1 University of California, Los Angeles
2 University of California, Berkeley
3 University...
09/17/20
Monday, September 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Don't miss the latest updates about UF Study Abroad programs!
Source: NAFSA
UFIC's International Scholars Program (ISP) was recognized by NAFSA (Association of International Educators) as an outstanding program aiming to develop students into global leaders.
Recognized for their role in infusing international perspectives into the U.S. college experience, the ISP is now an important tool to keep UF's internationalization at the forefront as travel remains limited.
NAFSA is the world's largest nonprofit association dedicated to international education and exchange. In an in-depth article, NAFSA highlights the UFIC Office...
09/09/20
This pandemic has been a challenging and unpredictable time and has exacerbated pre-existing barriers faced by underserved groups. In response, a group of UF student leaders banded together and founded contraCOVID Gainesville, an effort to connect underserved groups to updated information about resources in Gainesville.
Thus far, they have created comprehensive, reader-friendly resource guides in English, Spanish, ...
08/31/20
During his State of the University address of August 25, 2020, President Kent Fuchs reaffirmed his commitment to international education and UF's international engagement. Below is an excerpt from his message.
“We face long-term persistent threats that we must address. The first is systemic racism. This is the year in which we must and will address this threat. This threat is real. Like COVID, racism threatens our university and our personal wellbeing and therefore we must fight racism with the same energy and focus as we fight COVID.
The second enduring threat is the number of international students and our international engagement. Every year since 2017 my State of the...