CAS Chronicles
2023 Stories
![Diane Wallman, PhD. (Photo courtesy of Diane Wallman)](/arts-sciences/chronicles/images/edition-16/diane-wallman-490x328.jpg)
Anthropology’s Dr. Diane Wallman earns Faculty Scholar Fulbright
USF College of Arts and Sciences anthropology associate professor Dr. Diane Wallman has been named a Faculty Scholar Fulbright. Wallman will use the Fulbright award to continue her collaborative work with colleague Dr. Caroline Borges, assistant professor of archaeology at the University of Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil.
July 26, 2023Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Research
![The Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Malta, Angela Cervetti, visited the archaeological excavation site to meet USF students and USF IDEx staff members to learn more about the dig and their role in the international research project. Photo by Davide Tanasi](/arts-sciences/chronicles/images/edition-16/listing-image-excavation.jpg)
Uncovering ancient history: USF team discovers 2,000-year-old Roman house during excavation in Malta
Led by Davide Tanasi, professor and director of USF’s Institute for Digital Exploration (IDEx), USF students collaborated with a team of scientists from around the world on the Melite Civitas Romana Project, uncovering what life was like 2,000 years ago when Romans ruled Malta and the island was used for military staging and maritime trade.
July 26, 2023Research
![Dr. Marcus Cooke and colleagues open the door to understanding human disease through nucleic acid ‘adductomics’](/arts-sciences/chronicles/images/edition-16/nucleic-acid-adductomics-490x328.jpg)
Dr. Marcus Cooke and colleagues open the door to understanding human disease through nucleic acid ‘adductomics’
Ninety percent of the risk of developing a disease comes from exposure to certain elements in our environment, such as pollution, sunlight, tobacco use, or food components, according to USF College of Arts and Sciences professor and Department of Molecular Biosciences chair Dr. Marcus Cooke.
July 25, 2023Accomplishments, Research
![From ponds to parks: USF researchers tackle environmental injustice in East Tampa](/arts-sciences/chronicles/images/edition-16/wells-490x328.jpg)
From ponds to parks: USF researchers tackle environmental injustice in East Tampa
Students and faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Anthropology and the College of Engineering’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering gathered in a large ballroom at Ragan Park in East Tampa in late April to host a student film festival event featuring student films on oral histories the students collected from seniors and others in the community over the spring semester.
July 25, 2023Community Engagement, Research
![Survival of the seeds: USF researchers examine what it takes for trees to thrive](/arts-sciences/chronicles/images/edition-16/zalamea-490x328.jpg)
Survival of the seeds: USF researchers examine what it takes for trees to thrive
Assistant professor in the USF College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Integrative Biology, Dr. Paul-Camilo Zalamea is preparing a four-year research study on plant-soil microbial interactions, after receiving a $1.5 million grant through the National Science Foundation (NSF).
July 25, 2023Community Engagement, Research
![USF alumnus thankful for mentorship shaping research on inland hurricane impacts](/arts-sciences/chronicles/images/edition-16/yijie-zhu-490x328.jpg)
USF alumnus thankful for mentorship shaping research on inland hurricane impacts
In 2022, USF alumni Yijie Zhu graduated from the School of Geosciences with a PhD in geography, environmental science, and policy. Zhu spent most of his childhood growing up in the coastal city of Shanghai, China. As a child, he recalls always having a curiosity about nature rather than television or toys.
July 25, 2023Accomplishments, Alumni, Community Engagement, Research
![Laptop with digital image of Russian flag](/arts-sciences/chronicles/images/edition-16/minerva-490x328.jpg)
Department of Defense awards USF professor $700,000 to study Kremlin propaganda and internet usage patterns among Russians
Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies and director of the USF Institute for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies (IREES), Golfo Alexopoulos, has been awarded a $700,000 grant to study Russian speakers in online spaces, including Kremlin propaganda and internet usage patterns among Russians.
![An oyster shell is worth a thousand words](/arts-sciences/chronicles/images/edition-16/jaime-rogers-490.jpg)
An oyster shell is worth a thousand words
USF College of Arts and Sciences applied anthropology doctoral candidate, Jaime Rogers, is the recipient of the 2023 Freeman Award in Public Archaeology. He will use his scholarship funds to further his geochemical analyses of oyster shells from several pre-Columbian sites in Tampa Bay, Florida’s largest estuary, to investigate oyster harvesting patterns and management systems through time.
July 18, 2023Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Research
![Antoinette Jackson, PhD. (Photo by Corey Lepak)](/arts-sciences/chronicles/images/edition-16/jackson-60-minutes-490x328.jpg)
Dr. Antoinette Jackson to be featured on CBS’ 60 Minutes
The work of USF College of Arts and Sciences anthropology professor and chair Dr. Antoinette Jackson will re-air on CBS News’ 60 Minutes on Sunday, July 30.
July 18, 2023Accomplishments, Research
![USF graduate student Shiv 'Snakeman' Shukla travels to field sites to test snakes for Ophidiomyces, a fungus that can cause death in snakes.](/arts-sciences/chronicles/images/edition-16/snakeguy2-490-327.jpg)
‘Snakeman’ studies venomous snakes to learn more about fungal disease found in Florida
Shiv Shukla, a graduate student in conservation biology, is studying a snake fungal disease found in Florida. See what he plans to do with the findings inside the herpetology lab at USF, where Shukla tests the venomous and non-venomous snakes.
July 13, 2023Research
![University of South Florida: A Preeminent Research University](/arts-sciences/chronicles/images/edition-15/hero-image-skull.jpg)
Centuries-old teeth could indicate the effectiveness of pandemic quarantines
Italian officials have provided an interdisciplinary group of researchers from the University of South Florida access to the remains of individuals who died from the Black Death, a plague that killed millions of people in the 14th century, to help determine the effectiveness of quarantines.
July 11, 2023Research
![Students from the St. Petersburg and Tampa campuses visited the Treblinka concentration camp. The study abroad ethics class,](/arts-sciences/chronicles/images/edition-16/treblinka-memorial-490-327.jpg)
Educational trip to Europe provides impactful experience, teaches significance of the Holocaust
Eighteen students who took an educational abroad trip to Europe focusing on the Holocaust came back with a deeper understanding of one of the darkest periods in history.
July 5, 2023Research