Allison Adelle Hedge Coke February 11, 2025 The Lynx Books (601 South Main Street) 6 PM Allison Adelle Hedge Coke came of age working fields, factories, and waters. A tobacco and sweet potato sharecropper by her mid-teens, she worked as a manual laborer into her late twenties, until retraining for former fieldworkers and physical disabilities […]
Margaret Ross Tolbert December 13, 2024 The Lynx Books (601 South Main Street) 6 PM Our balance requires a reconnection with our myths. In Southern Türkiye, there is a woman who lives in the springs. Her name is Leto. We are looking for her. Proje SU is the story of our search. She watched the […]
Jesse Popp (University of Guelph) November 19, 2024 Smathers Library 100 1 PM The American Indian and Indigenous Studies (AIIS) Program at the University of Florida is honored to host Professor Jesse Popp, Chair in Indigenous Environmental Science at the University of Guelph, Canada, as our inaugural speaker in a new environmental seminar series. This […]
Gina Stamm (The University of Alabama) October 24, 2024 Scott Nygren Scholars Studio Library West Room 212 3 PM Françoise d’Eaubonne (1920–2005) was by all accounts a pioneer both in her intellectual and political life, and in the last decade she has begun to receive the recognition she clearly merits. She seems in many ways […]
Anita M.S. Marshall (UF Department of Geological Sciences) October 3, 2024 Ustler Hall Atrium 5:30 PM Experiencing the natural world outside of the classroom provides essential, formative experiences to those working in natural science disciplines. But these opportunities can present social and environmental barriers that make them inaccessible to many students. GeoSPACE is a unique […]
February 29, 2024 Gainesville Fine Arts Association Gallery 1314 South Main Street 7–10 PM Villa Albertine’s signature Night of Ideas will take place from February 23 – March 3 across twenty US cities. The event invites thought leaders, activists, performers, authors, and academics to engage the public in late-night discussions addressing major global issues. UF’s contribution to […]
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Robert T. Walker (UF Department of Geography) March 19, 2024 Scott Nygren Scholars Studio Library West 5:30 PM “…Even if the tree was aware of my approach, there was no guarantee it would welcome me. Just because I thought we were mutually sympathetic co-habitants of the same planet did not make it so. I was […]
Anne McConnell (West Virginia State University) February 15, 2024 Scott Nygren Scholars Studio Library West 5:30 PM After spending time in the field with evolutionary biologist Amotz Zahavi, the Belgian philosopher and psychologist Vinciane Despret determined that unconventional, interactive approaches to animal knowledge can yield surprising and interesting results. Despret watched Zahavi engage with a […]
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Rachel Carrico (UF College of the Arts) Colleen Rua (UF College of the Arts) October 18, 2023 Ustler Hall Atrium 5:30 PM Artists and culture bearers are among the leaders of our most inventive and regenerative responses to environmental crisis and injustice. They have even been called “second responders,” because their art can function in […]
What are Library West Study Buddies? In an initiative to promote mental well-being and clarity for those already striving for their personal best, Library West is introducing these little green partners as a self-care outlet. When you come to Library West to study, visit the Circulation Desk and check out a plant for a 3-hour […]