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![Students at STEM Robtics](/news/images/usfsp-robotics-camp-stem-award-490-327.jpg)
Inaugural Robotics Camp to Inspire Next Generation of STEM Leaders
The USF St. Petersburg College of Education is hosting its first annual STEM Robotics Summer Camp for local fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth graders this June.
May 24, 2018Events
![Interim Regional Chancellor Martin Tadlock, Mike Ciminna, Rep. Gus Bilirakis, Ben Smet, Brian Andersonand Coordinator of USFSP Military and Veterans Success Center Milton White before the evening’s event.](/news/images/national-task-force-490-327.jpg)
National Task Force to Promote Dialogue, Education and Research on American Veterans Transition into Civilian Life
On Saturday, May 26, the USF St. Petersburg Military and Veterans Success Center and Open Partnership Education Network (OPEN) officially held the kick-off for the Veterans Transition Task Force, a nationwide initiative established by U.S. Congressman Gus Bilirakis.
May 24, 2018Campus News
![Dr. Tadlock standing with legislatures](/news/images/florida-legislature-educational-access-490-327.jpg)
Florida Legislature, Higher Education Representatives Discuss Ensuring Educational Access for Every Student in Pinellas County
USF St. Petersburg (USFSP) held a press conference on May 23, 2018 to detail new initiatives, scholarship opportunities and expansion of existing programs to increase higher education access for all students in Pinellas County.
May 17, 2018Campus News
![Emily Bowers covering an ACES2018 conference session.](/news/images/aces-2018-490-327.jpg)
Budding Journalists get Exclusive Opportunity to Shine Covering National Editors Conference
The Online News Association (ONA) USFSP chapter was the only student organization in the nation invited to the annual American Copy Editors Society (ACES) national conference to manage the pop-up newsroom.
May 8, 2018Events, Student Life
![USF St. Petersburg campus](/news/images/ariel-campus-news-sm.jpg)
Florida’s Premiere Anthropology Conference Comes to USF St. Petersburg
After 15 years, Florida’s Anthropological Society Conference returned to St. Petersburg.
May 7, 2018Events
![Interim Regional Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Olufunke Fontenot, Interim Regional Chancellor Martin Tadlock and Dean of the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library Catherine Cardwell cutting a ribbon at the grand opening.](/news/images/poynter-memorial-library-special-collections-490-327.jpg)
Poynter Memorial Library Unveils Special Collections Room
A newly revamped Special Collections Reading Room offers students and researchers opportunities to further their studies utilizing rare books, personal manuscripts and archival materials.
May 7, 2018Campus News
![Students in caps and gowns at commencement](/news/images/first-summer-commencement-490-327.jpg)
USF St. Petersburg Celebrates Diverse Student Achievements of more than 500 New Graduates at Commencement
In front of family, faculty and the greater St. Petersburg community, the University of South Florida St. Petersburg will celebrate the diverse accomplishments and confer degrees to 507 new graduates during its Spring Commencement.
May 1, 2018Campus News, Events
![Members of the HIV Stigma-reduction through Education, Empowerment, and Research Project that seeks to address HIV-related stigma among youth with the disease.](/news/images/fulbright-award-hiv-reserach-490-327.jpg)
Fulbright Award to Improve HIV Research and Treatment with Minors
Prior studies have shown that youth with HIV who have a greater understanding of their disease are more likely to seek treatment and stick with the often complex and time consuming medical regimen.
April 27, 2018Research and Innovation
![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