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COLLEGE STUDENTS STRUGGLE WITH FOOD INSECURITY
USF researchers have examined food insecurity, health, and wellness in Tampa Bay and elsewhere, but there remains a need to look within the university at the students, staff, and even faculty. This effort is now compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 19, 2020Community Engagement
DRONES AS AN INFORMATION TOOL
University of South Florida (USF) School of Information Professor Kim Lersch has long been fascinated with locational aspect of social events, looking for answers to the questions of where and why. For the past two decades, her research has examined the locations of incidents of domestic violence, carjackings, suicides, and mentalhealth related calls for service to the police.
June 19, 2020Supporting
FLORIDA COASTLINES RESPOND TO SEA LEVEL RISE
Climate change is a familiar term to most, and the associated sea level rise has been one on the trademarks of this environmental threat. While rising seas remain a danger to coastal populations and can damage coastal ecosystems, some ecosystems appear to be building themselves up as the water rises.
June 19, 2020Research
LEADERSHIP DISCOURSE IN RESPONSE TO COVID CRISIS: ANALYSIS ANDREW CUOMO'S PRESS BRIEFINGS
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, people around the globe are looking to their political leaders for both information as well as guidance. In the United States, New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, is being widely praised by the mass media and laypeople alike for standing out as a great leader in this time of uncertainty and adversity.
June 19, 2020Research
NEW TAMPA: COMMUNITY ENGAGED PROJECT, A STUDY OF NEW TAMPA'S BUSINESS CLIMATE
New Tampa, the area northeast of USF, was largely undeveloped until it was annexed into the City of Tampa in the 1980's. Since then, it has seen rapid housing growth accompanied by commercial development, largely along the Bruce B. Downs corridor. But residents, and some community leaders, have been concerned that the commercial life of the community is not as robust as it could be.
June 19, 2020Community Engagement
PROFESSOR JUDITH BRYANT RECEIVES TEACHING MENTORSHIP AWARD
In March 2020, the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) named Department of Psychology Professor Judith Bryant the recipient of the inaugural STP Mentorship of Teachers Award.
June 19, 2020Accomplishments
SIGS INSTRUCTOR INVITED AS PANELIST AT THE HARRIMAN INSTITUTE
The Program on U.S.-Russian Relations at the Harriman Institute invited permanent instructor of quantitative research methods at University of South Florida (USF) School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies (SIGS) and research fellow at USF Institute on Russia, Tatsiana Kulakevich, as a leading expert for a panel discussion on recent developments in foreign policy and the evolution of Belarusian national identity.
June 19, 2020Accomplishments
THE BELARUS GOVERNMENT HAS LARGELY IGNORED COVID-19 PANDEMIC
In April of 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tatsiana Kulakevich, permanent instructor of quantitative research methods at University of South Florida (USF) School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies (SIGS) and research fellow at USF Institute on Russia, penned an analysis in the Washington Post, describing the attitudes of an authoritarian government in Belarus towards the coronavirus.
June 19, 2020Research
THE INSTITUTE ON RUSSIA CREATES PARTNERSHIPS TO ADVANCE GLOBAL EDUCATION
For the past three years, the Institute on Russia has focused on advancing global education at the University of South Florida (USF). In 2019-2020, the Institute held many events for students, faculty, and the Tampa Bay community.
June 19, 2020Community Engagement
TRANSPARENCY AND CRITICAL DISCUSSION NECESSARY FOR UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE AND CORONAVIRUS
Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Florida (USF), Eric Winsberg, recently teamed up with Professor of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam, Eric Schliesser, to contribute their expertise in the NewStatesman – where this story originally appeared. The two discuss the false equivalence that is created when comparing scientific research in climate change with new finding about coronavirus.
June 19, 2020Research
USF ALUMNA JAQUIRADÍAZ WINS PRESTIGIOUS WHITING AWARD IN NONFICTION
University of South Florida Department of English alumna Jaquira Díaz is winner of a 2020 Whiting Award in Nonfiction for her memoir Ordinary Girls. Diaz earned her Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from USF.
June 19, 2020Accomplishments
USF AND THE VENEZUELAN DIASPORA: NEWS FROM THE FIELD
In the last few years, the humanitarian crisis in Venezuelan has reached an unbearable peak, leading to an unprecedented exodus. Over 5 million of Venezuelans have left the country, and some human rights organizations are predicting that this mass migration could even surpass the Syrian crisis of 2015.
June 19, 2020Research