The African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) project scientists are working on optimizing crop models to improve the prediction of the AKILIMO decision support tools. The team is evaluating the performance of the Light Interception and Utilization (LINTUL) and Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT...
06/29/20
Source: UF News
Eight University of Florida students recently earned the prestigious Boren Award to learn languages overseas, making UF the only top 10 public university to place on the Boren Awards’ Top-Performing Institutions list for Boren...
06/16/20
Emeritus Professor Paul Magnarella's book entitled 'Tradition and Change in a Turkish Town' has been translated into Turkish and is being published by Dorleon Press of Istanbul.
Congrats, Professor Magnarella!
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06/16/20
Professor Ilaria Capua’s recently published book on the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic has reached number one on the non-fiction bestseller list in Italy. Il Dopo: Il virus che ci ha constretto cambiare mappa mentale (Afterwards : The virus that has forced us to change our mental maps) is a call to action so...
06/08/20
Kaira M. Cabañas (Art History) participated, along with scholars Luiz Camillo Osorio and Luis Peréz-Oramas, in an online "roundtable" discussion celebrating the work and legacy of Brazilian artist, inventor, and designer Abraham Palatnik, who continually explored visual rhythms as a way of expanding what is perceptible...
06/08/20
Source: UF College of Medicine
The Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) announced on May 28, 2020 that Raymond Mailhot Vega, MD, MPH,...
06/01/20
Congratulations Dr. Ginny Greenway for been a Rising Star 2020 recipient! Dr. Ginny Greenway is a global learning and virtual exchange trailblazer. The UF International Center is grateful for her willingness to share her knowledge of best practices in global learning with the campus at large. We are especially thankful...
05/26/20
International Trivia was organized by Graduate Student Organization (GSO) of Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department (ABE), as part of their mentoring program. ABE has a mentoring program to ensure a smooth transition of all newly admitted graduate students every year. As part of the online weekly graduate...
05/26/20
Source: The Alligator
As part of its mission to share the stories of refugees and immigrants, WeaveTales is...
Congratulations to the recipients!
Any undergraduate or graduate students interested in Boren Awards or other prestigious fellowships in the future should contact UF’s External Scholarship & Fellowship Coordinator, Kelly J. Medley, at kmedley@honors.ufl.edu for more...