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WHY IS CIVIL VIOLENCE AND CONFLICT INCREASING?
The first decades of the 21st Century have marked a notable new trend in global violence, namely the growth in incidents of civil conflict.
July 22, 2019Research
GET READY FOR SEWSA 2020!
The USF Department of Women’s and Gender Studies will be hosting the Southeastern Women’s Studies Association annual conference on March 26-28, 2020 in St. Petersburg, Florida.
July 22, 2019Community Engagement
ENGLISH DEPT YICE IRIZARRY AWARD
English Professor Ylce Irizarry was recently honored with two awards for her book "Chicana/o and Latina/o Fiction: The New Memory of Latinidad," originally released in 2016.
April 15, 2019Accomplishments
GEOSCIENCES SEDAAG AWARD
School of Geosciences faculty member Dr. Jennifer Collins recently received a research award from the Southeastern Division of the American Association of Geographers (SEDAAG) and the most prestigious teaching award in the field of meteorology, the Edward N. Lorenz Teaching Excellence Award, awarded by the American Meteorological Society (AMS).
April 15, 2019Accomplishments
PHILOSOPHY DEPT ASLI's CHOICE
Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) has selected Professor of Philosophy Eric Winsberg's book, "Philosophy and Climate Science", to receive a 2018 ASLI's CHOICE Honorable Mention award.
April 15, 2019Accomplishments
ACCESS 3D LAB CARRIES OUT DIGITALLY DRIVEN HERITAGE RESEARCH AT EGMONT KEY
Few people realize that Egmont Key, now a wildlife refuge of the coast of St. Petersburg, FL, was once an island internment camp where Seminole Indians were imprisoned during the Indian Removal Period, from 1856-1858.
April 5, 2019Research
AMERICAN AND FRENCH COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AIMS TO CHARACTERIZE THE CONTENT OF ROMAN AND LATE ROMAN POTTERY
Davide Tanasi, assistant professor of history at the University of South Florida and a team of researchers from across America and France recently embarked on a project that hopes to provide answers to help characterize the content of Roman and Late Roman amphorae, a tall Roman jar, likened to pottery, with two handles and a narrow neck.
THE DIGITAL (COMING OF) AGE: TEENS, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND A PARENT'S ROLE
Parents of Gen Z teenagers have many questions about social media and are looking for answers from experts in the field. Concerns include the time their children are spending on social media, problems caused by social media, and how they can monitor the online behavior of their children.
April 5, 2019Community Engagement