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Two 哔咔漫画 faculty members named NAI fellows
The USF researchers are being recognized for their groundbreaking discoveries and innovations in chemical engineering to treat cancer and other challenging diseases and nanomaterials engineering for multifunctional manufacturing applications.
December 11, 2024Accomplishments
USF to confer nearly 4,000 degrees during fall commencement ceremonies Dec. 13-14
This graduating class includes a 16-year-old, a 70-year-old grandmother of four and an electrical engineer seeking to revolutionize the medical, space exploration and military industries.
December 9, 2024Accomplishments
New book on immigration and belonging will illuminate indigenous peoples and languages of North Africa
When Heide Casta帽eda, a professor of anthropology at the 哔咔漫画, travels to Morocco it isn鈥檛 to visit Africa鈥檚 largest mosque or one of the historical kasbahs. Casta帽eda, a migration scholar, is there to study and understand the experience of the indigenous Amazigh people 鈥� the focal point of her new book, forthcoming from New York University Press.
November 25, 2024Accomplishments, Research
English professor featured in 'Best American Poetry'
Natalie Scenters-Zapico, an award-winning poet and assistant professor in the Department of English, is gaining global recognition. Scenters-Zapico, who shapes the local literary community as director of the Michael Kuperman Memorial Poetry Library, has a poem in the prestigious 鈥淏est American Poetry鈥� anthology, cementing her work as essential reading at USF and for audiences across the country.
November 22, 2024Accomplishments
Latin American Film Studies scholar wins prestigious early career award
The Latin American Studies Association awarded Olivia Cosentino, an assistant professor of film and new media studies in the Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies, the Early Career Award 2024 for her outstanding scholarship on Mexican cinema.
November 21, 2024Accomplishments, Research
鈥極nce you鈥檙e in it, you鈥檙e in it for life.鈥� Aspiring surgeon receives wraparound support from Women in Leadership & Philanthropy program
The Women in Leadership & Philanthropy program has invested thousands of dedicated mentoring hours and more than $4 million in grants, scholarships and programmatic funding to more than 700 scholars like Merlo, who received $1,000 to support her studies this year.
November 21, 2024Accomplishments, Alumni, Community Engagement
Anthropology professor honored for transformative work in University Area Community
Dr. Christian Wells from the Department of Anthropology has recently earned the University Area Community Development Corporation (UACDC) Advocate Award for the eight years of impactful community work he and his students have conducted.
November 21, 2024Accomplishments
Fellowship allows School of Public Affairs鈥� Ratna Dougherty to share Maui wildfire research at national public policy and management conference
The Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management has awarded Ratna B. Dougherty, an assistant professor in the School of Public Affairs, with a competitive national fellowship allowing her to highlight her work with socially vulnerable populations affected by wildfires in Maui.
November 21, 2024Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Research
CAS sweeps Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor and Outstanding Thesis & Dissertation awards
The College of Arts and Sciences is home not only to this year鈥檚 Outstanding Faculty Mentor and an honorable mention, but to three out of the four Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Award recipients as well.
November 20, 2024Accomplishments, Research
Dr. Loni Hagen鈥檚 Fulbright Award will foster research and international, academic relationships
Loni Hagen, an associate professor in the School of Information, received the Fulbright Study/Research Award, a grant that allows her to develop new research projects and collaborative opportunities between the University of Tsukuba and the 哔咔漫画.
November 20, 2024Accomplishments
Going green: Teaching lab earns certification for sustainability efforts
The 哔咔漫画 Sarasota Manatee teaching lab has earned My Green Lab Certification, joining a growing community of laboratories certified for implementing more sustainable practices to dramatically reduce environmental impact.
November 20, 2024Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Featured
Professor Kimmerle honored by AHA for distinguished contributions to public history
Erin Kimmerle, executive director of the Florida Institute for Forensic Anthropology & Applied Science at the 哔咔漫画, will be recognized for her multi-year interdisciplinary research investigation into unmarked burial grounds in Hillsborough County.
October 31, 2024Accomplishments, Community Engagement