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English professor receives grant to integrate environmental education into K-12 language arts curriculum
Dr. Jarod Roselló, a professor in the Department of English, received a grant from The Spencer Foundation to fund a one-year program aimed at integrating environmental education into the K-12 Language Arts curriculum.
March 26, 2024Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Research
Students experience the frontlines of presidential campaign trail in ‘Road to the Whitehouse’ course
A group of 24 USF students and Dr. Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan, associate professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, traveled to South Carolina to work on the frontlines of the U.S. presidential campaign trail as part of the Road to the White House 2024 course.
March 21, 2024Community Engagement
Communications student initiates fundraiser to enhance local elementary school’s P.E. program and impart a meaningful message
Senior, Jenna Capuano raises over $450 for local elementary school as part of her senior capstone project in The Department of Communications.
March 12, 2024Community Engagement
Department of Religious Studies to host Dr. Steven M. Vose for Jain Community Lecture
The talk, titled “Just as When Hindus Ruled: The Sultans of Delhi in Jain History and Memory,” will highlight two persistent and problematic ways of writing the history of India.
February 28, 2024Community Engagement, Events
Guest speaker Rev. Dr. Kapugollawe Anandakiththi set to discuss UNESCO World Heritage Site Sigiriya
Theravada Buddhist monk and Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, Rev. Dr. Kapugollawe Anandakiththi, will be the guest speaker during an event that will highlight Sigiriya – a 5th-century plateau-top palace situated in Sri Lanka’s serpentine geological zone.
February 28, 2024Community Engagement, Events
The Center for Sustainable Democracy hosts Brazilian journalists for a two-week immersion program at USF
The Center for Sustainable Democracy, in partnership with the U.S. Department of State, welcomed Brazilian journalists to USF for the Journalism & Democracy Immersion Program.
February 27, 2024Community Engagement, Events
History student Hannah Thieryung uses 3D scans to improve museum accessibility
As Hannah Thieryung works toward her Master of Arts degree from the Department of History, an internship with USF’s Access 3D Lab is helping her to improve accessibility at the historic May-Stringer House located in her hometown—bringing two of her passions together: history and accessibility.
February 27, 2024Accomplishments, Alumni, Community Engagement
15th Street Farm cultivates community health through innovative Nutrition Education Program
The 15th St. Farm NEP helps improve nutritional knowledge through farm/nature-based nutrition education activities such as a "Young Farmers" program, cooking/tasting classes, storytelling, presentations, and hands-on garden activities.
February 23, 2024Community Engagement, Research
Democracy and Citizenship Series: Navigating Latin America's democracy and press freedom challenges in an era of disinformation
CAS and the Center for Sustainable Democracy welcomed Rosental Calmon Alves, Knight Chair in International Journalism and director of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin, for a Democracy and Citizenship Speakers Series discussion.
February 22, 2024Community Engagement, Events
The City of Tampa honors research efforts of the African American Burial Ground Project
Dr. Antoinette Jackson accepted an award from the City of Tampa on behalf of the African American Burial Ground Project for their research efforts helping to protect sacred burial sites throughout the Tampa Bay region.
February 22, 2024Accomplishments, Community Engagement
Frontier Forum features two-time Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead
The College of Arts and Sciences welcomed two-time Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead for a discussion of his novel, "The Nickel Boys," as part of the signature lecture series Frontier Forum held at the Marshall Student Center on Feb. 7.
February 22, 2024Community Engagement, Events, Featured
An interdisciplinary team of faculty and students turn environmental impact data into music
USF Anthropologist Heather O’Leary turned her coastal impact data into music that people could understand and enjoy. The project, CRESCENDO, is an interdisciplinary group of faculty and students working together to create and disseminate moving music about the environment.
February 20, 2024Community Engagement