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![USFSP Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan 2018-2021](/news/images/inaugural-diversity-plan-490-327.jpg)
Inaugural Diversity Plan Aims to Provide a Fully Inclusive Campus Culture
The university’s first Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan seeks to create synergy and collaboration with every individual in the campus community through unique initiatives and study circles to inspire and ensure a welcoming environment.
April 25, 2018Campus News
![Small vegetable plants waiting to be planted in community garden.](/news/images/food-systems-internship-490-327.jpg)
New Internship Plants Seeds of Knowledge on Food Systems
One in six people in Florida go hungry and 13 million children in the United States do not have regular healthy food at home, according to the Fresh Initiatives Support Hub (FISH).
April 23, 2018Student Life, Sustainability
![Historian Jack Davis during a book signing](/news/images/jack-davis-pulitzer-prize-490-327.jpg)
USF St. Petersburg Alum Awarded Pulitzer Prize in History for The Gulf
Jack E. Davis, a University of South Florida St. Petersburg alum and University of Florida professor, was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in history for his engrossing book The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea.
April 23, 2018Campus News
![Jarrett Sabatini](/news/images/alumni-profile-jarrett-sabatini-intermezzo-490-327.jpg)
Alumni Profile: Jarrett Sabatini, Owner of Intermezzo Coffee & Cocktails
Jarrett Sabatini opened Intermezzo Coffee just three months after graduating from USF St. Petersburg with a marketing degree.
April 16, 2018Campus News
![Several of the more than 120 admitted students who came to campus for Anchor this year.](/news/images/5th-annual-anchor-event-490-327.jpg)
Record Turnout for 5th Annual Anchor Event
Earlier this month, USF St. Petersburg welcomed more than 120 admitted first-year students and a total of 300 students and guests to the campus for the 5th annual Anchor event.
April 16, 2018Events
![USFSP students working in the butterfly garden on the USFSP campus](/news/images/student-green-energy-fund-490-327.jpg)
Green Energy Fund Powers Sustainability Projects on Campus
As Earth Day approaches, one of the unique parts of sustainability at USF St. Petersburg is the Student Green Energy Fund (SGEF), which directly involves students with sustainability, alternative energy and other projects that are benefiting the campus and the Earth.
April 13, 2018Student Life, Sustainability
![Ex Labs winning team: Diana Bryson, Sara Rocks, Chris Rotolo, Malachi Greaves, and Jonathan Fanshaw.](/news/images/ex-labs-boot-camp-490-327.jpg)
Ex Labs Boot Camp Provides Unique and Empowering Training
After weeks of intense training sessions and countless hours of work, Sara Rocks and her team presented their award-winning business plan called Art Assist, in front of industry leaders, peers, faculty, family and friends on March 29.
April 6, 2018Research and Innovation, Student Life
![Students Mariah Culhane, Garden Club vice president, and Samantha Service, club secretary, working in the food forest.](/news/images/food-urban-agriculture-490-327.jpg)
Local Food and Urban Agriculture Grow in the Heart of Downtown St. Petersburg
During the fall semester, USF St. Petersburg made The Princeton Review’s “Guide to 375 Green Colleges, 2017.”
April 4, 2018Student Life, Sustainability
![Students in front of a sign reading](/news/images/un-bull-ievable-spring-break-490-327.jpg)
Students and Communities Deeply Impacted by Un-BULL-ievable Spring Break Trips
Some students are increasingly opting to participate in the USF St. Petersburg Un-BULL-ievable Spring Breaks (USB), an alternative for students who want to give back through civic engagement, and have fun while helping others.
April 3, 2018Student Life
![USF St. Petersburg students Garret Greca, Savannah Billett, and Hunter Schoch.](/news/images/childhood-cancer-research-490-327.jpg)
Student-Organized Fishing Tournament to raise more than $20,000 for Childhood Cancer Research
For the second consecutive year, three USF St. Petersburg students have organized “Fishing for the Fight,” a fishing tournament to help raise awareness and funds for neuroblastoma cancer research.
March 29, 2018Student Life
![USFSP Neighborhood News Bureau director Bernardo Motta and College of Marine Science research associate Dr. Kelly Quinn look over findings of tests](/news/images/journalism-students-drinking-water-490-327.jpg)
Journalism Students Investigate Lead in Local Drinking Water
In 2016, the city of Flint, Michigan made national headlines as thousands of citizens were exposed to lead poisoning through drinking water.
March 26, 2018Research and Innovation, Student Life
![USF St. Petersburg campus overlooking the water](/news/images/usf-st-petersburg-campus-waterfront-490-327.jpg)
Attorney Susan Churuti Appointed to USF St. Petersburg Campus Board
St. Petersburg attorney Susan Hamilton Churuti has been appointed by the University of South Florida Board of Trustees to a four-year term on the University of South Florida St. Petersburg (USFSP) Campus Board.
March 15, 2018Campus News