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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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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