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UF Anthropology Team-Taught Course featured in MRS Bulletin

An article on a UF team-taught course has appeared in the Oct 2016 issue of the MRS Bulletin.   https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/A501B01277F9AF03DA6398619A7A8F98/S0883769416002293a.pdf/team-taught-course-simultaneously-impacts-the-improvement-of-science-and-social-literacy.pdf The MRS Bulletin has a circulation of 20,000.  Anthropology faculty involved with this course are Susan Gillespie, Augusto Oyuela-Caycedo, and Ken Sassaman.

Friday Bulletin October 21, 216

Upcoming events  2016 Potlatch Celebration —-Tomorrow —- 10/22/2016 Potlatch will be held on Saturday, October 22nd, at the residence of Dr. Murray.  Directions to the Murray & Alvarez residence 1706 N.W. 26th Way, Gainesville, FL From N.W. 13th St.  Go to corner of N.W. 13th St. and N.W. 16th Ave. Turn west onto N.W. 16th Ave. […]

Friday Bulletin October 14, 2016

Upcoming Events  FLORIDA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY SEMINAR SERIES Monday, October 17th 3:00 p.m. Dickinson Hall, Room 371 “Phylogenomics Reveals the Evolution of Anti-Bat Strategies in the Megadiverse Butterflies and Moths”  by Dr. Akito Kawahara Assistant Curator, Lepidoptera Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida POTLATCH 2016 Greetings Anthro Friends! The time is fast approaching for […]

Friday Bulletin October 7, 2016

Upcoming Events Coffee Meet-and-Greet w/Amy Radetsky, US Department of State Diplomat-in-Residence for N. Florida (bio attached) Date:     Monday, October 10th, 2016; Time:    1:30-3:00pm; Place: UF International Center Large Conference Room (located in the Hub) Each year, the U.S. Department of State assigns experienced Foreign Service Officers to the position of Diplomat in Residence (DIR) at certain colleges and […]

Friday Bulletin September 30, 2016

Upcoming departmental deadline: Spring 2017 Textbook Adoptions The textbook adoption system for Spring 2017 is now available to faculty and departments to submit their Spring 2017 textbook adoptions and materials requirements.  Please visit http://www.textadoption.ufl.edu/ to enter Spring 2017 adoptions.  You will notice a small change to the adoption system effective this term.  When entering an […]

Friday Bulletin September 23, 2016

Upcoming events:  CES presents a Lunchtime Symposium with Dr. Jack Kugelmass, “Yiddish on the Battlefields of Spain”  Prof. Madsen lecture on Christianity in China Professor Richard Madsen (Sociology, UC San Diego), one of the most eminent sociologists and scholars of religion in the US, will give a Delton Scudder Public Lecture at the University of Florida.  Topic: How […]

Mid-Week Bulletin, September 20, 2016

Funding Opportunities Teacher/Advisor of the Year Awards The criteria for awards and eligibility, as well as a description of the application process and nomination forms, are available at http://www.clas.ufl.edu/forms/index.html. Please inform your faculty of this competition and these guidelines.  Please note that the competition now comprises three categories:  Undergraduate Teaching Award, Professional Adviser Award (Academic […]

Friday Bulletin September 9, 2016

Department Information World Archaeological Congress honors UF Archaeologist Peter Schmidt Peter Schmidt, University of Florida anthropologist, was honored by the World Archaeological Congress (WAC) in Kyoto August 30 at a special plenary session in Kyoto, Japan. He was awarded the prestigious Peter Ucko Memorial Award. He was also selected to give the Peter Ucko Memorial […]