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Baby Rocket
Stephanie Smith, Professor of English, will publish in June Baby Rocket the second in her trilogy of books that are intertwined by love and friendship, and deal with contemporary women who are struggling to balance art, love, illness and trauma.
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Conspiracy Theory in Latin Literature
In this compelling exploration of Latin literature, Victoria Pagán, Professor of Classics, uses conspiracy theory to illuminate the ways that elite Romans invoked conspiracy as they navigated the hierarchies, divisions, and inequalities in their society.
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2013 Inductees into the University of Florida's Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars
The Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars has inducted into its membership faculty members who have demonstrated sustained innovation and commitment in both areas. Please join Provost Joe Glover in welcoming to the Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars its 2013 inductees:
These teacher-scholars were selected based on portfolio submissions that provided strong evidence of the integration of superior teaching and research and a record of distinguished scholarly accomplishment that has garnered recognition at the national and/or international level.
To assist them in advancing their vision for scholarly excellence and faculty enhancement at UF, these Academy teacher-scholar inductees will serve for three years on the advisory board for Faculty Development. In this capacity they will assist the Associate Provost in developing programs and promoting policies that enhance the professional careers and experiences of faculty. Academy members also promote a university-wide discourse on key issues surrounding the integration of teaching and research at the University.
After completing their three-year terms on the advisory board, members will retain the title of Distinguished Teaching Scholar and continue to be a part of the Academy.
2012-2013 UF Doctoral Mentoring Award Winner
Bonnie Moradi, Psychology, has received one of the Doctoral Dissertation/Mentoring Awards. Read her mentoring statement.
The life of the university is greatly enhanced by the quality of our doctoral students, and they take their direction from our many outstanding faculty members. In an effort to continue to promote doctoral studies and to recognize excellence in doctoral student mentoring by our faculty, awards are given each year to five faculty doctoral advisors selected on a competitive basis.
A Political Science Major Sees Edge in New Academy
When the UF admitted Michael Tamayo last year, it did so with unusual conditions – that he not start until January, and that he never set foot in a UF classroom in the fall as long as he is a Gator.
That calendar is the first innovation of the Innovation Academy. Read More »
UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute's 2013 Pilot Project Awardee
Psychology Assistant Professor Natalie C. Ebner received the new CTSI Pilot Project Award for her Junior Faculty Project "Neuro-Behavioral Effects of Oxytocin on Decisions of Trust in Aging."
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