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Celebrating the power of words: World-renowned poets visit the College of Arts and Sciences for poetry series

01/29/25 — A new partnership between the USF Humanities Institute and the Michael Kuperman Memorial Library will welcome world-renowned poets to campus to bring students and the community together and empower audiences to pursue their craft.

$4.8M Mellon Foundation grant opens internship opportunities for USF humanities students

01/15/25 — For the first time, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation — the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities — invited the University of South Florida to submit a proposal last spring for one of its humanities internship grants. The foundation awarded the college a five-year, $4.8 million grant that will support up to 900 students each year in otherwise unpaid internships. The beneficiaries will be undergraduate students majoring in humanities.

Dear Reader, USF’s first Taylor Swift course just wrapped a semester of puns and poetry

12/12/24 — A trio of English professors taught the class. Jessica Cook, Michelle Taylor and Emily Jones agreed it made them feel like they’re part of a special intellectual and cultural community.

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