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Students visiting the South Carolina State House where they witnessed a session of the Senate. They also spoke with representatives Micah Caskey and Mike Neese. (Photo by Dante Rubino)

Students experience the frontlines of presidential campaign trail in 鈥楻oad to the Whitehouse鈥 course

A group of 24 新澳门六合彩内幕信息students and Dr. Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan, associate professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, traveled to South Carolina to work on the frontlines of the U.S. presidential campaign trail as part of the Road to the White House 2024 course.

March 21, 2024Community Engagement

instructor does presentation on wall monitor in front of students

新澳门六合彩内幕信息plans to launch college focused on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and computing

The goal of creating the new college positions the Tampa Bay region and state of Florida as a national leader in the rapidly evolving fields of artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity and computing. 新澳门六合彩内幕信息is the first university in Florida and among the first in the nation to announce plans to create a college dedicated to AI and cybersecurity.

March 21, 2024Research

Summer Decker and Jonathan Ford from the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息Health Department of Radiology make a 3D model of a heart

新澳门六合彩内幕信息research funding reaches record high of $692 million

Research funding awarded to 新澳门六合彩内幕信息reached an all-time high of $692 million in fiscal year 2023, representing an increase of nearly 27% from the previous year and elevating USF鈥檚 stature as one of the nation鈥檚 most research-intensive universities.

March 18, 2024Research

A white-tailed deer fawn about two weeks old, photographed in Orange Walk, Belize. (Photo by Charles J. Sharp)

USDA grants $3 million to 新澳门六合彩内幕信息advancing research on the transmission of COVID-19 between humans and animals

新澳门六合彩内幕信息researcher Dr. Andrew Kramer and his colleagues secure a $3 million USDA grant to research the transmission of COVID-19 between humans and animals and how it will affect the population.

March 12, 2024Research

The P.E. students at James Elementary School with Jenna Capuano. (Photo courtesy of Jenna Capuano)

Communications student initiates fundraiser to enhance local elementary school鈥檚 P.E. program and impart a meaningful message

Senior, Jenna Capuano raises over $450 for local elementary school as part of her senior capstone project in The Department of Communications.

March 12, 2024Community Engagement

The Committee on Black Affairs recognized Elizabeth Hordge Freeman, Maya Trotz and Hiram R. Green for their scholarship and selfless service to the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息.

March 12, 2024Accomplishments

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Genomic research may be key to understanding cancer resistance in Tasmanian devils

Over the past 30 years, Australia鈥檚 Tasmanian devil population has been afflicted with an infectious cancer that has pushed the species to near extinction.

March 11, 2024Research

A group of anthropology students are participating in new research using ground-penetrating radar (GPR) to help locate objects under the surface at Weedon Island Preserve. The use of GPR is part of a collaboration between 新澳门六合彩内幕信息and the cultural resource management company TerraXplorations.

March 4, 2024Research

Dr. Steven M. Vose, assistant professor in the Department of History and holder of the Bhagwan Suparshvanatha Professorship in Jain Studies at the University of Colorado-Denver. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Vose)

Department of Religious Studies to host Dr. Steven M. Vose for Jain Community Lecture

The talk, titled 鈥淛ust as When Hindus Ruled: The Sultans of Delhi in Jain History and Memory,鈥 will highlight two persistent and problematic ways of writing the history of India.

February 28, 2024Community Engagement, Events

Rev. Dr. Kapugollawe Anandakiththi, Theravada Buddhist monk and Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Kelaniya. (Photo courtesy of Rev. Dr. Kapugollawe Anandakiththi)

Guest speaker Rev. Dr. Kapugollawe Anandakiththi set to discuss UNESCO World Heritage Site Sigiriya

Theravada Buddhist monk and Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, Rev. Dr. Kapugollawe Anandakiththi, will be the guest speaker during an event that will highlight Sigiriya 鈥 a 5th-century plateau-top palace situated in Sri Lanka鈥檚 serpentine geological zone.

February 28, 2024Community Engagement, Events

Participants of the Journalism & Democracy Program and attendees at the recent CAS Democracy and Citizenship Series pose with keynote speaker journalist Rosental Calmon Alves (center). (Photo by Corey Lepak)

The Center for Sustainable Democracy hosts Brazilian journalists for a two-week immersion program at USF

The Center for Sustainable Democracy, in partnership with the U.S. Department of State, welcomed Brazilian journalists to 新澳门六合彩内幕信息for the Journalism & Democracy Immersion Program.

February 27, 2024Community Engagement, Events

History graduate student Hannah Thieryung has helped to improve accessibility at the May-Stringer House through digitizing the museum鈥檚 collection. (Photo by Corey Lepak)

History student Hannah Thieryung uses 3D scans to improve museum accessibility

As Hannah Thieryung works toward her Master of Arts degree from the Department of History, an internship with USF鈥檚 Access 3D Lab is helping her to improve accessibility at the historic May-Stringer House located in her hometown鈥攂ringing two of her passions together: history and accessibility.

February 27, 2024Accomplishments, Alumni, Community Engagement

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