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UF/NVIDIA Hackathon: Faculty-Led Teams Apply by March 1st
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The second annual University of Florida Open Hackathon will be held May 17-25, 2023. Scientists and computing experts from NVIDIA, along with UFIT staff, will serve as mentors to help participating teams optimize their code for GPU acceleration. The application deadline is March 1, 2023.
HiPerGator will serve as the work platform for the hackathon. Priority will be given to UF-affiliated research groups and their collaborators, but faculty, students, and research staff from all Florida universities and SEC member institutions can apply. Anyone with questions about the application process or the hackathon format are welcome to contact UF’s AI Support Team Lead Ms. Ying Zhang.
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Serve as a Judge for the UF Graduate Student Mentoring Award, Honoring Graduate Students that Serve as Mentors
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The Graduate School is seeking faculty to serve as judges in the annual Graduate Student Mentoring Award selection process. This prestigious recognition honors graduate students who engaged in mentoring of undergraduate students, in a K-12 classroom setting, or even peer to peer interactions. For more information visit the graduate mentoring awards website and to register as a Judge, please fill out this brief form.
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The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute Research Fest Showcases Postdoc Research - Encourage Your Postdocs to Submit an Abstract
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The Society of Research Fellows (SRF) at The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute is organizing Research Fest for May 19, 2023.
This year's Research Fest will be a wonderful opportunity for the postdocs at The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute, MPFI, FAU and UF (Gainesville), to showcase their research efforts and network with peers with overlapping interests. This event will include poster and oral presentations, distinguished lecture seminar and vendor showcase. Registration is free to all.
We invite the postdocs to submit their abstracts for poster/oral presentations. This event is primarily for postdocs, but graduate students are also encouraged to apply. Abstracts for both talks and posters should not be longer than 250 words. Abstracts will be due on March 24 at 11:59 PM. The time limit for the oral presentations is 15 minutes, and a diverse representation of labs is encouraged. The abstracts chosen for posters/talks will be notified by mid-April 2023.
Please email abstracts to scrps-srf@mail.ufl.edu. Please make sure to indicate in the email your title (postdoc/grad student), affiliation, and your preference for poster/talk.
More details about the Research Fest will follow in the coming weeks. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email scrps-srf@mail.ufl.edu.
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Upcoming Workshops with the Center for Teaching Excellence
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In order to RSVP for these events you will need to create a Passport Portal account. If you already have a Passport account, you can register in the Passport Portal. View all upcoming events with the Center for Teaching Excellence.
Inclusive Teaching Strategies: Embracing Student Diversity in All Forms (Part 1)
Presented by Sindia Rivera-Jimenez
February 21, 9:30am – 11:00am
Online
Inclusive practices are critical to the higher education landscape to improve student learning. Inclusive teaching means designing and teaching courses in ways that foster talent in all students, but especially those who come from groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education. In this two-part workshop, participants will get familiarized important concepts of diversity equity and inclusion, and the role of teaching methods in embracing student diversity in all forms. Also, attendees will discuss practical strategies of inclusive teaching that can be incorporated into everyday student interactions and during course design and assessment. Inclusive Teaching Strategies: Awareness, Reflection, and Action (Part 1) Through this workshop participants will be able to: Identify biases and those of their students and how they impact the classroom; Identify different types of biases and paradigms of inclusive teaching; Provide strategies for faculty to reframe biases in their classroom
Inclusive Teaching Strategies: Embracing Student Diversity in All Forms (Part 2)
Presented by Sindia Rivera-Jimenez
February 23, 9:30am – 11:00am
Online
Inclusive practices are critical to the higher education landscape to improve student learning. Inclusive teaching means designing and teaching courses in ways that foster talent in all students, but especially those who come from groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education. In this two-part workshop, participants will get familiarized important concepts of diversity equity and inclusion, and the role of teaching methods in embracing student diversity in all forms. Also, attendees will discuss practical strategies of inclusive teaching that can be incorporated into everyday student interactions and during course design and assessment. Inclusive Teaching Strategies: Embracing Student Diversity in All Forms (Part 2) Objectives Day 2 Identify principles of inclusive teaching; Design a more inclusive classroom. Develop a plan to periodically evaluate their own biases and biases of students in their classes
Cafe Conversation about ChatGPT
Led by Tina Tallon
February 23, 2:30pm – 4:00pm
Bryant Space Science Center
Join us for an informal, round table discussion about new artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT. We will be discussing concerns about AI tools affecting higher education and exploring ways they can be used to support student learning.
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Spring Social Mixer Hosted by Asian Faculty & Staff Association Feb 24th
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Join us for an evening of fun with light snacks, refreshments, and an exclusive tour of Center for Inclusion & Multicultural Engagement (CIME). Take your chances to win raffle prizes.
When: Friday, February 24, 2023, 4pm-5:30pm
Where: Center for Inclusion & Multicultural Engagement (CIME), Reitz Union, 2nd Floor, Room 2215
Register
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Engaging Respectfully and Effectively in International Development Research Collaborations - UFIC Helicopter Science Workshop Series Feb. 28th
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“Engaging Respectfully and Effectively in International Development Research Collaborations”
Guest speaker: Elizabeth Hoffecker, Lead Research Scientist MIT, Local Innovation Group, MIT
Tuesday, Feb. 28, 1:00 – 3:00 PM at the Reitz Union, Rm. G330
In this talk, Elizabeth Hoffecker, will share a set of practices that she and her colleagues at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) D-Lab have developed for engaging in respectful, mutually-enriching, long-term collaborations with scholars and practitioner- researchers from around the world. Drawing on over 10 years of experience conducting international development research at MIT involving projects and collaborators from over 10 countries on six continents, Elizabeth will share strategies to preempt and, if needed, to address some of the common pitfalls and challenges encountered in forming and sustaining respectful, long-term international research partnerships.
UF Host and Coordinator: Dr. Michael Kung, UF International Center, Office for Global Research Engagement. For more information contact mkung@ufic.ufl.edu
*Helicopter research (also referred to as ‘parachute science’) is when researchers from higher-income or more privileged settings carry out research in resource- poor settings with limited to no involvement of local communities or researchers.
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Florida Museum’s “Northwest Florida” Exhibit Closes Feb. 27th
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The Florida Museum of Natural History is closing “Northwest Florida: Waterways & Wildlife” for renovations beginning Feb. 27 in preparation for the new “Water Shapes Florida” exhibit, opening in Spring 2024. Inaugurated in 2000, the “Northwest Florida” permanent exhibit has been a favorite among museum visitors for more than two decades. Its hammock forest and limestone cave offer an immersive and memorable experience of some of the state’s naturals habitats. Elements of the exhibit, including the iconic cave, will be a part of “Water Shapes Florida” and updated with new refurbishments. Find more information.
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An Updated Pregnancy Audit for Family Law
Susan Frelich Appleton, Lemma Barkeloo & Phoebe Couzins Professor of Law, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
Thursday, February 16, Noon; Bailey Event Space
Please contact ruthm@law.ufl.edu for more information
2023 Walter O. Weyrauch Distinguished Lecture in Family Law
On the Legal Life-History of Beaches
Josh Eagle, Solomon Blatt Professor of Law, University of South Carolina School of Law
Monday, February 20, Noon; Bailey Event Space
Please contact ruthm@law.ufl.edu for more information
Part of the Marshall M. Criser Distinguished Faculty Workshop Series
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