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TWITTERAround the College: February
News from Religion
News of Faculty
- Professor Mario Poceski received an invitation to serve as a discussant at the 4th Shen Yen Foundation International Conference, held in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 1st – 4th. He is also planning to spend a few days after the conference at Dharma Drum Mountain, a monastic community in the northern part of Taiwan.
- Professor Anna Peterson has been named as an Elizabeth Wood Dunlevie Honors Term Professor for the academic year 2012–13 by the University Honors Program. She will teach an honors course on "Animals and Society" in fall 2012. Congratulations, Dr. Peterson!
- Professor Whitney Sanford was selected as a curator for the "Lexicon of Sustainability" Pop-Up Art show. This collection of prints is designed to prompt discussion around food, justice, and sustainability. The Lexicon of Sustainability will first be shown in conjunction with Cinema Verde, Gainesville's environmental film festival, at Villa East, 301 N. Main Street, from February 24th–March 2nd. It will also be installed on campus during UF's Earth Day Festivities on April 6th. The prints will be housed in Library West and available for checkout.
- Professor Robin Wright's manuscript "Indigenous Religious Traditions of the World" has been accepted for publication in a new encyclopedia Religions of the World, edited by Augsburg Press. Robin Wright's manuscript, "Mythscapes and their meanings in the Northwest Amazon," has been accepted for publication in a new volume "Ensaios sobre o Multiculturalismo: Literatura, Cultura e Direitos de indígenas em época de globalização," edited by Maria Sylvia Cintra Martins.
News of Students
- PhD candidate Hilit Surowitz has been offered a tenure-track position in the Department of Religion at Wake Forest University. Congratulations, Hilit!
January
News from Astronomy
News of Faculty
- The Helen B. Warner Prize for a significant contribution to observational or theoretical astronomy by an early-career scientist has been awarded to Eric B. Ford “for his theoretical and computational research in the field of extrasolar planets, including ground-breaking work on the dynamical evolution of planetary systems and planet formation.” Ford‘s work has established the importance of mutual gravitational interactions within exoplanet systems and has aided the efficient design of new exoplanet searches.
