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Zimmerman School student’s internship with NASA boosts her hopes for the future
Gracie Glover, a senior in the Zimmerman School of Advertising, completed an internship at NASA where she highlighted stories of fellow interns focusing on the inclusivity of the organization’s opportunities.
April 24, 2024Accomplishments, Community Engagement
CAS student finds calling in environmental stewardship
Dharsh Saravana, an environmental science and policy student and vice president of the USF Agrarian Club, has found their calling in environmental stewardship with hopes to one day address urban food resilience, diversity of food systems, and food sovereignty for vulnerable populations in urban spaces.
April 24, 2024Community Engagement, Featured
Student's urban studies minor supports internship experience in environmental protection
CAS senior Evalyse Sanabria’s knowledge gained from minoring in urban studies in the School of Public Affairs strengthens her internship experience with the Environmental Protection Commission (EPC) of Hillsborough County.
April 22, 2024Accomplishments, Community Engagement
Democracy and Citizenship Series explores challenges and opportunities in today’s media landscape
The CAS Center for Sustainable Democracy and Humanities Institute welcomed panelists from the Poynter Institute and Tampa Bay Times to discuss challenges 21st century media faces and how news can meet modern community needs for new generations of information consumers.
April 22, 2024Community Engagement, Events
Communication senior empowers local community through a fundraising cooking competition
Communication senior, Alyssa Edridge, partnered with Healthy 22nd Street to organize a successful fundraising event, create a cookbook, and leverage personal connections for donations.
April 19, 2024Community Engagement
5 ways the ECORE System shows the Earth love
The ECORE System within the USF College of Arts and Sciences manages and promotes the botanical and environmental assets of three green spaces on campus: Forest Preserve, Botanical Gardens, and GeoPark. Here are five positive environmental impacts of the ECORE System.
April 12, 2024Community Engagement, Events, Research
Center for Justice Research and Policy directors release new book on evidence-based criminal justice practices
The Center for Justice Research and Policy co-directors Dr. Edelyn Verona and Dr. Bryanna Fox have written a new book providing evidence-based solutions to questions faced in today's criminal justice system.
March 28, 2024Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Events, Research
Quilting Our History Exhibit now open on USF Tampa campus
The Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) at the USF Tampa campus recently unveiled the Quilting Our History exhibit, which features quilts by Lauren Austin, a Florida-based storytelling artist who has worked for over 30 years in the medium of quilts.
March 27, 2024Community Engagement, Events
CAS and Barry University partner to teach pre-health students key podiatry suturing techniques
The USF Health Professions Advising Committee collaborated with Barry University's School of Podiatric Medicine to host a suturing workshop, providing pre-health students with practical, hands-on experience and vital networking opportunities with medical professionals.
March 27, 2024Community Engagement
Women in Leadership and Philanthropy choose dynamic group of CAS students as this year’s scholars
Women in Leadership & Philanthropy (WLP) have chosen a dynamic group of College of Arts and Sciences students as this year's WLP Scholars. WLP is dedicated to making a different in the lives of women throughout USF and the community.
March 26, 2024Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Featured
USF brings together international researchers to better understand the health effects of our environment
USF’s Oxidative Stress Group is leading an international consortium to bring together researchers and other stakeholders who have interests in nucleic acid (DNA/RNA) and protein adductomics, to promote collaboration, establish guidelines for best practices, and become a recognized entity contributing to our understanding of the exposome.
March 26, 2024Community Engagement, Events
Religious Studies welcomed Dr. Steven M. Vose for an overview of historical narratives on Jain-Muslim relations in India
The Department of Religious Studies welcomed Dr. Steven M. Vose, an assistant professor in the Department of History and holder of the Bhagwan Suparshvanatha Professorship in Jain Studies at the University of Colorado-Denver, for a discussion on “Just as When Hindus Ruled: The Sultans of Delhi in Jain History and Memory.”
March 26, 2024Community Engagement, Events