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When Zonnelle Hanley’s high school students return to class this fall, they will dive into hands-on, project-based lessons on how storms affect Florida’s northern coasts. Thanks to the NHERI Teacher Training Institute at the University of Florida, Hanley’s students will study storm-related vulnerabilities and resilience on the Gulf Coast and the Atlantic Coast. They will […]

Caroline Lubbe, a doctoral student with the Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE) at the University of Florida, has earned a prestigious internship opportunity at the National Science Foundation (NSF) through The Talent Development and Innovation in Sciences (TDIS) Summer Internship Program. Lubbe is supervised by Sindia Rivera-Jimenez, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of […]

As engineering programs integrate more makerspace activities into classrooms, it’s become essential to better prepare peer mentors to help students learn effectively in these spaces. To bridge this gap, Pamela Dickrell, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Student Affairs at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering and Instructional Professor with the Department of Engineering Education (EED), aims […]

Dr. Jayasekaran, also known as Dr. J, shares how a simple encounter with chocolate changed her life’s trajectory. She discusses the middle-class Indian dream, and the challenges she faced on her journey to the “American dream,” including grad school life, Indian Vs. American dating, fairness creams, accents, and some physics. Through self-discovery, she redefined her […]