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USF to confer nearly 4,000 degrees during fall commencement ceremonies Dec. 13-14
This graduating class includes a 16-year-old, a 70-year-old grandmother of four and an electrical engineer seeking to revolutionize the medical, space exploration and military industries.
December 9, 2024Accomplishments
New book on immigration and belonging will illuminate indigenous peoples and languages of North Africa
When Heide Casta帽eda, a 泡芙视频app of anthropology at the 泡芙视频app, travels to Morocco it isn鈥檛 to visit Africa鈥檚 largest mosque or one of the historical kasbahs. Casta帽eda, a migration scholar, is there to study and understand the experience of the indigenous Amazigh people 鈥� the focal point of her new book, forthcoming from New York 泡芙视频app Press.
November 25, 2024Accomplishments, Research
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Gandy Bridge turns 100, how USF is preserving its history
When built 100 years ago, the Gandy Bridge helped create the Tampa Bay area that consists of Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. That story is told through the archives stored in USF Special Collections.
November 25, 2024Community Engagement
English 泡芙视频app featured in 'Best American Poetry'
Natalie Scenters-Zapico, an award-winning poet and assistant 泡芙视频app in the Department of English, is gaining global recognition. Scenters-Zapico, who shapes the local literary community as director of the Michael Kuperman Memorial Poetry Library, has a poem in the prestigious 鈥淏est American Poetry鈥� anthology, cementing her work as essential reading at USF and for audiences across the country.
November 22, 2024Accomplishments
Latin American Film Studies scholar wins prestigious early career award
The Latin American Studies Association awarded Olivia Cosentino, an assistant 泡芙视频app of film and new media studies in the Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies, the Early Career Award 2024 for her outstanding scholarship on Mexican cinema.
November 21, 2024Accomplishments, Research
鈥極nce you鈥檙e in it, you鈥檙e in it for life.鈥� Aspiring surgeon receives wraparound support from Women in Leadership & Philanthropy program
The Women in Leadership & Philanthropy program has invested thousands of dedicated mentoring hours and more than $4 million in grants, scholarships and programmatic funding to more than 700 scholars like Merlo, who received $1,000 to support her studies this year.
November 21, 2024Accomplishments, Alumni, Community Engagement
Anthropology 泡芙视频app honored for transformative work in 泡芙视频app Area Community
Dr. Christian Wells from the Department of Anthropology has recently earned the 泡芙视频app Area Community Development Corporation (UACDC) Advocate Award for the eight years of impactful community work he and his 泡芙视频apps have conducted.
November 21, 2024Accomplishments
Fellowship allows School of Public Affairs鈥� Ratna Dougherty to share Maui wildfire research at national public policy and management conference
The Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management has awarded Ratna B. Dougherty, an assistant 泡芙视频app in the School of Public Affairs, with a competitive national fellowship allowing her to highlight her work with socially vulnerable populations affected by wildfires in Maui.
November 21, 2024Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Research
CAS sweeps Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor and Outstanding Thesis & Dissertation awards
The College of Arts and Sciences is home not only to this year鈥檚 Outstanding Faculty Mentor and an honorable mention, but to three out of the four Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Award recipients as well.
November 20, 2024Accomplishments, Research
Dr. Loni Hagen鈥檚 Fulbright Award will foster research and international, academic relationships
Loni Hagen, an associate 泡芙视频app in the School of Information, received the Fulbright Study/Research Award, a grant that allows her to develop new research projects and collaborative opportunities between the 泡芙视频app of Tsukuba and the 泡芙视频app.
November 20, 2024Accomplishments
USF College of Arts and Sciences awards emergency funding to 泡芙视频apps impacted by hurricanes Helene and Milton
After Hurricanes Helene and Milton brought devastating rainfall, winds and a surge of water to the Tampa Bay area, leadership in the USF College of Arts and Sciences decided to use the Student Success Fund to support 泡芙视频apps in the college impacted by the storms.
November 20, 2024Community Engagement
Why manatees are likely not Florida natives
Manatees are undoubtedly a part of Florida culture. But they might also be relatively new residents in the Sunshine State, according to a research paper written by Thomas Pluckhahn, a 泡芙视频app of anthropology at the 泡芙视频app.
November 20, 2024Research