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The CAS winners of the Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Award and the Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award (left to right): Janine DeBiasi, Noah Schulz, Alexandria Choate, Patrice Buzzanell and Travis Bell.

CAS sweeps Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor and Outstanding Thesis & Dissertation awards

The College of Arts and Sciences is home not only to this year’s 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 receiving her Fulbright Award in Kyoto, Japan. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Loni Hagen)

Dr. Loni Hagen’s Fulbright Award will foster research and international, academic relationships

Loni Hagen, an associate professor 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 University of Tsukuba and the University of South Florida.

November 20, 2024Accomplishments

Student worker Abigail Pal refills pipette tip boxes by hand instead of buying replacement racks, greatly reducing the lab’s plastic waste. (Photo courtesy of Victoria Ramiez)

Going green: Teaching lab earns certification for sustainability efforts

The USF Sarasota Manatee teaching lab has earned My Green Lab Certification, joining a growing community of laboratories certified for implementing more sustainable practices to dramatically reduce environmental impact.

November 20, 2024Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Featured

Associate Professor Erin Kimmerle speaks to media at the

Professor Kimmerle honored by AHA for distinguished contributions to public history

Erin Kimmerle, executive director of the Florida Institute for Forensic Anthropology & Applied Science at the University of South Florida, will be recognized for her multi-year interdisciplinary research investigation into unmarked burial grounds in Hillsborough County.

October 31, 2024Accomplishments, Community Engagement

Anabela Villach Vaquer at the special meeting of the Permanent Council that addressed the results of the electoral process in Venezuela held in the Liberator Simón Bolívar Room, House of the Americas at the Organization of American States in Washington, DC. (Photo courtesy of Anabela Villach Vaquer)

Graduate student’s participation in ISLAC leads to internship opportunity focused on migratory experiences across the Americas

Anabela Villach Vaquer, a master’s student in the Master in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies program in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, participated in a unique internship experience with the Organization of American States—a Washington, DC based organization focused on fostering regional democracy, human rights, security, and development.

October 29, 2024Accomplishments, Community Engagement

Team member Margaret Amsler scouts the diverse and abundant Antarctic sea floor for interesting marine organisms to collect. (Photo courtesy of Bill Baker)

Dr. Bill Baker's career of merging the world of marine organisms and medicine

USF College of Arts and Sciences professor Dr. Bill Baker has dedicated his research career to the creation of live-saving human therapeutics using marine invertebrates.

October 29, 2024Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Research

nterest from users, including start-up companies and contract research organizations, around the world is very high for the Prototype Automated High Through-Put Comet Assay Device. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Marcus Cooke)

Dr. Marcus Cooke awarded $2 million grant to advance creation of new device simplifying the testing for damaged DNA

Dr. Marcus Cooke has been awarded a $2 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to develop a novel device for automating the comet assay — essentially making it easier and faster to test cells for DNA damage.

October 28, 2024Accomplishments, Research

USF alumna Meghan Bowman accepts the Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Podcasting at the ceremony in New York City on Oct. 14. © Chorus Photography

One More Time: How a USF alumna’s tribute to her mother earned a prestigious Murrow Award

When a USF alumna’s life changed with the unexpected passing of her mother, she channeled her grief into an award-winning story about love, loss, and dance.

October 28, 2024Accomplishments, Alumni

USF College of Arts and Sciences Mass Communications alumna Tamsen Fadal is among the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients. (Photo courtesy of Tamsen Fadal)

Mass communications alumna Tamsen Fadal named recipient of USF’s Distinguished Alumni Award

Tamsen Fadal, College of Arts and Sciences Mass Communications alumna, multi-Emmy Award winning journalist, menopause advocate, documentary filmmaker, and author is among this year’s Distinguished Alumni Award recipients.

October 28, 2024Accomplishments, Alumni

Tiffany Chenneville started her executive fellowship in Washington D.C. on September 1, 2024.

Psychology professor receives prestigious Executive Branch Fellowship with the National Science Foundation

USF St. Petersburg Psychology Professor Tiffany Chenneville has been working with the National Science Foundation's scientific integrity team in Washington, D.C.

October 22, 2024Accomplishments, Research

(L to R) Dr. Alejandro Figueroa, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Missouri, Dr. Christopher Kiahtipes, USF Libraries FLENH curator, and Jaime Rogers, Ph.D. candidate in USF’s Anthropology program.

USF Libraries Curator Awarded $150,000 National Science Foundation Research Grant

Dr. Christoper Kiahtipes, curator of the USF Libraries’ Florida Environment & Natural History collections and a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Anthropology, has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to examine long-term changes and environmental resilience in coastal fisheries and the impact of climate change.

October 1, 2024Accomplishments, Research

Christopher Oueis

USF Student Christopher Oueis Earns Multiple National Awards, Sets Sights Even Higher

Chris Oueis, a fourth-year USF student, has been awarded three prestigious scholarships with support from the Office of National Scholars. A student from Lebanon, Oueis is leveraging these opportunities to pursue his dream career in public policy and international affairs.

October 1, 2024Accomplishments

About CAS Chronicles

CAS Chronicles is the monthly newsletter for the University of South Florida's College of Arts and Sciences, your source for the latest news, research, and events at CAS.