Month: December 2016
UF’s Department of Political Science Partners with the Harn Museum of Art to Unite Arts and Sciences
The University of Florida has one of the best art museums on a college campus, yet many faculty members don’t know about it, let less find ways to incorporate art into their curricula. On Dec. 9, 2016, faculty of the Department of Political Science did just that by participating in a half-day retreat at the […]
Professor of Political Science Receives National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
Professor Leslie Elin Anderson investigates Nicaraguan politics. Professor of Political Science Leslie Elin Anderson has received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities for her book project, Democratic Enclaves in Times of Trouble: The Politics of Resistance in Nicaragua. The fellowship is part of the NEH’s $16.3 million awarded in this grant cycle. […]
From the Dean
Dean David E. Richardson introduces the first issue of Ytori.
Above and Below
Geologist Stephanie James applies a novel technique to understand permafrost thaw.
Settling a 13th-century Theological Debate?
Nina Caputo, an associate professor in history, collaborated with illustrator Liz Clarke to create the first medieval graphic history.
Pop Quiz
It's pop quiz time!
Laurels
Awards and honors from the alumni, students and professors at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Does Rosetta Stone Work?
UF’s Gillian Lord conducts the first study comparing learning Spanish in the classroom and from the popular language program.
Global Issues — Ten Things to Know about Zika
UF’s Emerging Pathogens Institute (EPI) is on the front lines of defense against Zika, which has traveled through Central America into the United States, with the first Florida cases in July 2016.
Extracurricular — Taylor Rouviere
Actor and student Taylor Rouviere hits the books on the film set.
The Big Chirp
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, has detected two “chirps” of gravitational waves — a cute phrase for an epic cosmic event, the merger and collapse of two black holes.
UF’s History with LIGO
Get to know the LIGO Laboratory at UF.
Old Family Recipe — Really, Really Old
UF anthropologists collaborate to recreate an ancient Peruvian beer.
Personal Essay — The Japan That Can Say Yes
A UF professor discusses what she learned on a study tour to the Land of the Rising Sun.
Alumni Profile — Martin Maldonado
Alumni Martin Maldonado empowers the poor with technology.
Student Profile — Sujaya Rajguru
This aspiring doctor embraces music, sport and history.
Gone to the Dogs
For fictionist Amy Hempel, life in the liminal exists among writing, teaching and animal rescue.
Of Islands and Ice
UF climate scientist Andrea Dutton looks into Earth’s past to predict the patterns of future sea level rise.
Creative License — Reviews
Creative works bu faculty and alumni of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Alumni Profile — Nirav Nikunj Patel
Alumni Nirav Nikunj Patel proves the motto "If you can dream it, you can do it," true.