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Rob Ferl to co-chair National Academies space research group
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine have appointed UF Distinguished Professor Rob Ferl, Ph.D., to co-chair a group tasked with mapping space-related biological and physical research for the next 10 years. Ferl and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Krystyn J. Van Vliet, Ph.D., will chair the Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences […]
Join the Stronger Together guided book club
UF Training & Organizational Development is facilitating a guided book club reading of The Racial Healing Handbook by Anneliese A. Singh, Ph.D., LPC, for interested faculty and staff. The book club is part of Stronger Together, a racial justice education initiative. The Racial Healing Handbook aims to take you on a journey of healing from racism. The group will […]
Upcoming road closures, shuttle routes changed
Beginning next Monday, Museum Road between Center Drive and Broward Drive will close for utilities infrastructure additions and improvements. These improvements will provide upgraded utilities services to many existing buildings as well as new construction projects. Construction will not affect parking, and the roads are expected to reopen in August. Visit UF Business Affairs’ website […]
Weider named assistant vice president and university controller
Olga Weider has been named assistant vice president and university controller in UF’s Division of Finance and Accounting. She joined the Finance and Accounting division in 2017 as an assistant controller with auxiliary accounting. Under Weider’s leadership, the auxiliary team expanded its services, acting in an advisory capacity to auxiliaries and service centers across campus […]
Save time authenticating with push notifications
Faculty and staff who have downloaded the Duo app can select a push notification for the quickest way to log in to UF services. It is easy to set up push notifications, and there is the added convenience of using different devices – such as smartphones, tablets or a smartwatch — to quickly complete authentication. […]
Summer offers a time to reconnect
You can almost hear a collective sigh as the semester winds down, things grow quieter around campus and we begin to turn our attention to summer plans — this was true even prior to the pandemic. This summer is an especially precious one, as we begin to find ways to reconnect with family and friends […]
UF epidemiologist Cindy Prins explains herd immunity and how it could end the pandemic
With millions of Americans being vaccinated against COVID-19 every day, many are looking to the future and asking when the coronavirus pandemic will end. It’s a surprisingly difficult question that could hinge on the epidemiological concept of herd immunity. Cindy A. Prins, Ph.D., M.P.H., a UF Health infectious disease epidemiologist who is an associate professor […]
Virtual exchange training applications due May 7
The virtual exchange training program helps faculty design and incorporate virtual international content and communication activities into existing courses. Through virtual exchange, UF faculty can connect their classes with students and faculty abroad to collaborate on assignments, acquire global perspectives on a given discipline and develop intercultural competence skills. UF faculty and staff with educational […]
UF professor and associate chair named dean of The Graduate School
Nicole Stedman, Ph.D., associate chair of the Department of Agricultural Education and Communication in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, will succeed Henry “Hank” Frierson as the new dean of UF’s Graduate School. Stedman will assume her new role on June 1. As dean, Stedman will provide leadership in operating The Graduate School and […]
David Rifkind named director of UF School of Architecture
On July 1, David Rifkind, Ph.D., will join the UF School of Architecture as its new director. Trained as an architect and as an architectural historian, Rifkind studies urbanism and architecture in Ethiopia from the late nineteenth century to the present. His current book project, Modern Ethiopia: Architecture, Urbanism, and the Building of a Nation, […]
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