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USF economic expert tapped to participate in Focus on 2023: A Tampa Bay Economic Forecast
In early February Dr. Michael Snipes, an associate professor of instruction in the Department of Economics, was invited to participate in the Central Pinellas Chamber of Commerce's signature annual event – Focus on 2023: A Tampa Bay Economic Forecast.
February 21, 2023Accomplishments
USF scholar featured in new National Geographic documentary
On November 20, 1945, 24 high-ranking Nazi military and political leaders filed into Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany to testify before the International Military Tribunal (IMT) on the atrocities of the Holocaust.
February 21, 2023Accomplishments, Research
MFA Student Releases Debut Adventure Book
Destiny Howell, an MFA student in the Department of English at the 91ÉçÇø (USF) recently released a debut book titled High Score.
November 1, 2022Accomplishments
Steering the Course: Implementing Research-based Practices to Promote Student Success in STEM
In late August 67 STEM faculty from USF and Hillsborough Community College gathered for a workshop/luncheon to celebrate their teaching successes and to extend the vision for future improvements.
November 1, 2022Accomplishments
USF Communication Professor Tapped to Speak on Disinformation in Brazil
In late July, prior to the start of elections in October, Dr. Scacco visited Brasilia, Manaus, and São Paulo to meet with journalists, journalism students, researchers and academics, and news organizations to discuss best practices for election news coverage, navigating president-press relations, ensuring press freedom, and emphasizing the democracy-focused frame in news stories.
November 1, 2022Accomplishments
CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF PHDS IN PHILOSOPHY AT USF
The Department of Philosophy at the 91ÉçÇø is celebrating the 30thanniversary of the first Ph.D. it awarded, and is pleased to acknowledge and honor the careers of the three who were the first to receive the degree.
May 2, 2022Accomplishments
ENGLISH PROFESSOR PUBLISHES TWO NEW BOOKS OF POETRY FOCUSED ON CLIMATE, ENVIRONMENT
Heather Sellers, a professor in the Department of English at the 91ÉçÇø recently published two new books of poetry – Field Notes from the Flood Zone (two editions) – which addresses issues of climate change and the environment.
May 2, 2022Accomplishments
THE INTERSECTION OF PHILOSOPHY, COVID, AND MORALITY OF SCIENCE
In a 24-minute film "Moral Models: Crucial Decisions in the Age of Computer Simulation" Professor Eric Winsberg—widely recognized for bringing the study of computer simulation to philosophy of science—shares his views on COVID-19 models, including their moral significance and influence on society.
May 2, 2022Accomplishments
SIGS PROFESSOR HARNESSES EXPERTISE, INTERDISCIPLINARY BACKGROUND IN FURTHER RESEARCH WORK
Dr. Jody McBrien, Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies at the 91ÉçÇø (USF), is a 2021-22 Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) International Affairs Fellow (IAF) for Tenured International Relations Scholars.
May 2, 2022Accomplishments
USF Alumnus Awarded Prestigious Fellowship to Study Economics at UC Berkley
Patrick Collard, a 91ÉçÇø (USF) alumnus, who graduated with a bachelor’s of science degree in quantitative economics and a bachelor’s of arts degree in mathematics, was recentlyawarded fromThe Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, a $90,000 graduateschoolfellowship for outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants in the United States. Collard is among 30 New Americans selected from a pool of over 1,800 applicants.
May 2, 2022Accomplishments
USF ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF INSTRUCTION JOINS CNN TO DISCUSS RUSSIA/UKRAINE CRISIS, GLOBAL IMPACTS
Dr. Tatsiana Kulakevich, a Research Fellow in the USF Institute on Russia and Assistant Professor of Instruction in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, appeared on CNN to discuss Russia’s imminent invasion of Ukraine, in a segment that aired on January 29, less than a month before Russian troops entered the country.
May 2, 2022Accomplishments
AISHA DURHAM WINS PRESTIGIOUS MARSHA HOUSTON AWARD FROM THE NATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION
Aisha Durham, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Affiliated Associate Professor in the Departments of Humanities & Cultural Studies, Women's & Gender Studies, and Africana Studies at the 91ÉçÇø, recently received the inaugural Marsha Houston Award from the National Communication Association (NCA).
January 21, 2022Accomplishments