Tag: College News Students
Zeta Phi Alumni Foundation honors legacy of leadership with $50,000 gift to UF African American Studies program
A generous gift from the Zeta Phi Alumni Foundation will empower students in the University of Florida’s African American Studies program to expand their horizons through international study.
UF Election Lab students making an impact beyond the classroom
UF students and alumni apply their experience in working with The UF Election Lab to campaign and voter awareness efforts across the country.
New (Un)Common Writes courses inspire innovative penmanship
New University Writing Program courses, in collaboration with the UF Honors program, are designed for students to think beyond traditional writing styles.
UF Students Earn Honors at International Math Challenge
Two UF teams received awards for their work with differential equations.
Reimagining the Humanities
Now in its second decade, the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere is bringing disciplines together to tackle grand-challenge questions.
Biology Senior Selected for Prestigious Marshall Scholarship
Biology senior Aaron Sandoval has been selected for the prestigious Marshall Scholarship, an award given to outstanding American students to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.
The Writing Life
The University of Florida’s creative writing program nurtures and pushes its graduate students.
Sea Snakes That Can’t Drink Seawater
Surrounded by salty water, sea snakes sometimes live a thirsty existence. Previously, scientists thought that they were able to drink seawater, but recent research has shown that they need to access freshwater. A new study published in PLOS ONE on Feb. 7 and led by Harvey Lillywhite, professor of biology of the University of Florida, […]
Onward and Online
Keiwan Ratliff ’18 started his college career in the summer of 1999 but left without a degree when he became a second-round draft pick in the NFL. He readily admits that his focus at the time was more on athletics than academics, something the Cincinnati Bengals recognized when they chose him in 2004. Ratliff played […]
CSI Troy — Before There Was Hippocrates, There Was Homer
A classicist chases down the origins of early anatomical description in Homer’s Iliad.
American Tales
Get to know the history of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program and the generations of students its helped teach the value of archiving oral histories.
Lil’ Mosses
how to interview and archive oral histories but also how to do scholarly research.
Student Profile — Olivia Allen ’19
Get to know psychology major Olivia Allen.
Goldwater Scholars
University of Florida student Aaron Sandoval, a sophomore, has been awarded a Goldwater Scholarship for the 2018-2019 academic year. Andrew Sack, a junior, was recognized with an Honorable Mention. Both are members of the UF Honors Program. Sandoval is a biology major and plans to earn an M.D. and a Ph.D. in Stem Cell and […]
Student Profile — Nicole Wang
Global Citizen Nicole Wang ’21 just completed her first semester at UF and is committed to the pre-med track, even though she knows it’s not going to be easy. “During our preview session, we were asked how many people wanted to be doctors, and half of the room raised their hand. It was very intimidating,” […]
Mock Trial Mavens
UF’s LitiGators win major national tournaments. UF’s Mock Trial team, the LitiGators, celebrated its 10-year anniversary in 2017 in grand style — by having its winningest year in the team’s history, placing in several regional meets. In only its second trip to nationals, the LitiGators placed 8th out of the 48 top teams at the […]
Renaissance Man
This geographer does it all. Nick Dowhaniuk PhD’21 has a shaded illustration of the Virunga Mountains, a chain of volcanoes in East Africa, tattooed on his forearm. “Ever since I went to Africa, I fell in love with it,” he says. He once lived at the base of the mountains and got the tattoo to […]
The Legend in the Loam
Two UF alumni archaeologists unearth the home and legend of a freed African Muslim slave who became a financier in Georgetown at the turn of the 19th century.
Extracurricular — Russell Anderson
Russell Anderson M’17 has set a record for graduate certificates earned by one student, including four in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences that he added to his master’s in sustainable development and practice.