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English Professor Awarded Prestigious Fulbright Grant to Teach in Mexico
This upcoming fall semester, Thomas Hallock will help create a connection between students from USF St. Petersburg and those from Cholula, Mexico when he assumes the role of Garcia Robles Chair of U.S. Studies at the Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP) as a Fulbright Scholar.
July 24, 2019Research and Innovation
Anthropologist Leads International Team to Study Social and Environmental Impact of Mass Conflict
USFSP Professor of Anthropology Kathryn Weedman Arthur has been awarded $270,000 by the National Science Foundation to investigate the relationship between human conflict and the preservation of natural resources.
July 22, 2019Research and Innovation
Students from South St. Pete Gain Hands-on Experience Analyzing Local Flooding and Devising Solutions
Led by USFSP Professors Barnali Dixon and Rebecca Johns, the Mapping Flood Vulnerabilities and Solutions workshop taught students to analyze flooding in streets and neighborhoods around the city.
July 18, 2019Research and Innovation
Prison Education Program Aims to Reduce Recidivism and Improve Job Prospects
For six weeks, USF St. Petersburg’s College of Education partnered with the Florida Department of Corrections to offer literacy training to 48 inmates at the Polk Correctional Institute.
July 15, 2019Research and Innovation
Grad Student Part of Guinness World Record-breaking Underwater Cleanup
USF St. Petersburg graduate student Chase Nawrocki was part of the underwater cleanup at Deerfield Beach, Fla., joining divers from as far away as South America and Europe.
July 8, 2019Student Life
Art Meets Science in After the Oil Spill Exhibit at Poynter Library
Nine years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the works of three artists and a photographer grapple with the disaster in a pair of exhibits at USF St. Petersburg’s Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
July 2, 2019Events
Wealth Management Center Makes Recent Grads Stand Out while Improving Personal Finance Know How in the Community
The center provides the space for teams of students to use the knowledge they acquire in class to make compelling stock valuations and presentations, earning the right to have their suggested stocks purchased with real money from a student-managed investment fund.
June 26, 2019Campus News, Research and Innovation
First Research Team to Film Elusive Giant Squid in U.S. Waters Includes USFSP Professor
When USF St. Petersburg Marine Biology Professor Heather Judkins was awoken last week aboard the Research Vessel Point Sur to news that her colleagues had possibly caught a giant squid on camera, Judkins was up faster than you can say the scientific name Architeuthis.
June 24, 2019Research and Innovation
Week of Welcome Shows Students What USFSP Has to Offer
Starting Saturday, June 22, first-year students at USF St. Petersburg will jumpstart college with Week of Welcome (WOW), an event series designed to help students meet new people, try new adventures and lay the foundation for a successful higher education experience.
June 19, 2019Campus News, Student Life
Meet Dr. Brenda L. Walker, Interim Associate Dean of the College of Education
Dr. Brenda L. Walker began her tenure as the Interim Associate Dean for the College of Education at USF St. Petersburg on June 3, 2019.
June 12, 2019Campus News
USFSP Hosts 100 High School Students From Across the State to Improve Civics Literacy
USF St. Petersburg and the Florida YMCA are partnering to offer the Civics Fellows Program, an initiative designed to enhance civic education in the state by giving high school students hands-on experience in government and public service.
June 10, 2019Events
Two Financial Awards Will Offer Full Rides for Brewing Arts Program Students
For the third time, Yuengling Brewing has committed to sponsoring an annual $5,000 tuition award for one student veteran to attend USF St. Petersburg’s Brewing Arts Program.
June 6, 2019Campus News