In 2018, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly proclaimed that every June 7th would be World Food Safety Day. Food safety and food security play an important role in nutrition. According to the United Nations' Committee on World Food Security, ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth
The separation between “sciences” and “humanities” in the intellectual life of all of Western society remains as entrenched today as it was in the mid-20th century (1). Although medical students benefit from the arts and the humanities, ... READ MORE
Category: Curriculum, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Teaching
At the end of a semester learning about Systems Thinking in One Health, the graduate students of the One Health Center applied their newly learned skills to analyze and suggest solutions to some of the “wicked problems” faced by humanity. ... READ MORE
Category: Curriculum, Professional Development
The sustainable development goals (SDGs) and their 169 constituent targets are intended to be overlapping and interdependent. To establish efficient, harmonious strategies for addressing groups of SDGs (as opposed to singular goals), achieving ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth
Space exploration and discovery efforts have had moments of thriving collaboration and others of competition. Collaboration and competition have been mostly based on nations more than disciplines. When it comes to disciplines, collaboration ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth
On November 3rd, the One Health Student Association held a communal painting event in the Plaza of Americas at the University of Florida in celebration of One Health Day. Students were encouraged to participate by painting on the canvas and ... READ MORE
Category: Clubs & Volunteers
Following up on the last blog post about the OHSA event on Anti-Microbial Resistance, I would like to spend some words discussing how AMR is a systemic problem that requires systemic solutions using the Sustainable Development Goals as reference ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth
The pandemic has brought “One Health” into the limelight. Of course, it is almost impossible to talk about the positive outcomes of the pandemic, but we can at least reflect on some silver linings. Among these, is the fact that it has thrust ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth
From October 4th - 6th, the Think20 Summit was held in Milan, Italy. One of the Engagement Groups of the G20, the T20 "brings together leading think tanks and research centers from around the world, with the aim of contributing, through research ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth
Vultures in pop-culture You might remember your first impression of vultures from watching The Jungle Book or Robin Hood as a kid. Those hunchbacked birds, with long beaks and dark colors, never really had a great reputation in pop culture. ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth