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History alumna’s journey from intern to CEO of the Ybor City Museum Society
USF alumna Arminda Mata becomes CEO of the Ybor City Museum Society.
June 27, 2024Alumni, Community Engagement
The èAV announced a $1 million estate gift that will provide scholarships to students in the College of Arts and Sciences. The gift comes from Steven Tauber, a longtime faculty member and current vice provost for faculty administration, and his wife, Meghan.
June 26, 2024Community Engagement

Florida Focus, Z School’s signature program, takes second place in national broadcasting competition
The Zimmerman School makes its debut at the Broadcast Education Association’s competition achieving second place with student led program, Florida Focus.
June 24, 2024Accomplishments, Community Engagement

Students travel across Alabama to retrace the steps of civil rights leaders
An interdisciplinary group of USF students travelled across portions of the “Civil Rights Trail” in Alabama to gain more insight on the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
June 24, 2024Community Engagement

MURP graduate secures first-place title with an innovative research paper on road safety in Florida’s district seven
MURP graduate, Aditi Sugeerappa Hoti, earns first-place in student paper competition by the APA’s Transportation Planning Division.
June 21, 2024Accomplishments, Alumni, Research

USF student Megan Blair recognized for research on perceptions of Hurricane Ian evacuation behaviors
Geography graduate student Megan Blair earned the Application Novelty award at the Hurricane Risk in a Changing Climate Symposium held in Honolulu, Hawaii for her research on perceptions of Hurricane Ian evacuation behaviors.
June 18, 2024Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Research

Local Tampa high school students get a behind-the-scenes look of the field of molecular biosciences
The Department of Molecular Biosciences welcomed high school students from Tampa’s Freedom High School for a visit to learn more about the field of molecular biosciences.
June 18, 2024Community Engagement
Juneteenth has become the most well-known celebration for the ending of slavery in the United States and viewed by some as America’s second Independence Day. But the history of this important celebration is complex and often misunderstood.
June 17, 2024Community Engagement, Events
For six years, USF St. Petersburg and the Florida YMCA have partnered to offer a program designed to enhance civic education by immersing high school students from across the state in local government and public service.
June 11, 2024Community Engagement

Students connect to the past using present-day digital tools in ‘Digital Dinosaurs’ class
èAV students in Dr. Ryan Carney's Digital Dinosaurs course used present-day technology to bring the past to life. Students engaged in hands-on training of the cutting-edge digital tools used in paleontology.
May 30, 2024Community Engagement, Research

Two CAS students awarded Time Sifters Archaeology Society research grants
CAS students Sarah Hassam and Sofia Arias have been awarded the Time Sifters Archaeology Society’s Cornelia Futor Memorial Student Research Grant, which will assist with their upcoming field research endeavors this summer.
May 30, 2024Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Research

Nagle Lecture Series welcomed Dr. Cristopher Moore of the Santa Fe Institute
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics' Nagle Lecture Series (NLS), held in honor of the late R. Kent Nagle, featured Dr. Cristopher Moore of the Santa Fe Institute, a professor specializing in the intersection of mathematics, physics, and computer science.
May 30, 2024Community Engagement, Events