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CAS faculty cited in President Biden’s economic report
Research from USF College of Arts and Sciences faculty was cited in the 2023 Economic Report of the President. The report, released in March, includes a reflection by President Joseph Biden regarding the administration’s economic accomplishments, opportunities and challenges ahead.
April 27, 2023Accomplishments
Four CAS graduates named Outstanding Young Alumni
The University of South Florida Alumni Association held its annual Outstanding Young Alumni Awards ceremony on April 20 at the Gibbons Alumni Center at its Tampa campus. Four out of the six extraordinary honorees this year are College of Arts & Sciences graduates.
April 27, 2023Accomplishments, Alumni
19 new students welcomed into Dean’s Student Leadership Society
The USF College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) welcomed 19 new members to the Dean’s Student Leadership Society (DSLS). DSLS students are chosen for their superior leadership skills, often serving as volunteer coordinators, executive board members, or critical points of contact on behalf of CAS. DSLS also provides students with mentorship opportunities, professional development workshops, and year-round networking.
April 26, 2023Accomplishments
‘The Lesson Is Murder’: USF criminologist and graduate students debut true crime docuseries on Hulu
A new true crime docuseries, “The Lesson Is Murder,” follows University of South Florida criminology Associate Professor Bryanna Fox and her five graduate students as they show the reality of how researchers analyze convicted murderers’ personality traits and motives to develop psychological profiles. Dr. Fox is cofounder of the USF College of Arts and Sciences Center for Justice Research and Policy.
April 24, 2023Accomplishments
Advisors gather more than 1,400 items to fill food pantry shortage
When USF College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) advisors learned that the USF Feed-A-Bull food pantry was low on supplies, they decided it was time to fill a need.
April 18, 2023Accomplishments, Community Engagement
USF Humanities Institute sponsors undergrads for national research symposium
The USF Humanities Institute (HI) at the USF College of Arts and Sciences sponsored 23 undergraduate students to present original research at the Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium held at Johns Hopkins University in March.
April 18, 2023Accomplishments, Research
Chemistry students practice presentation skills at Castle Conference
The USF College of Arts and Sciences Department of Chemistry held its annual Raymond N. Castle Student Research Conference in early March. The conference, which is organized largely by students, showcases both undergraduate and graduate student research with the intent for “young scientists to develop the necessary communication skills to excel in the future.”
April 10, 2023Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Events
Rhetoric professor recognized with national award on the philosophy of communication
Dr. Nathan Johnson, an associate professor in the Department of English at the University of South Florida College of Arts and Sciences, was recognized with the National Communication Association’s 2022 Distinguished Book Award for the Philosophy of Communication Division. The Philosophy of Communication Division recognizes philosophical works that better illuminate human communication.
April 3, 2023Accomplishments
Dr. Julia Koets earns national creative writing fellowship
Dr. Julia Koets, an assistant professor of creative writing in the USF College of Arts and Sciences Department of English, is one of 36 writers from across the nation selected to receive a 2023 Creative Writing Fellowship of $25,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)—one of the largest funders of the arts and arts education established by Congress since 1965.
March 10, 2023Accomplishments
Dr. Sarath Witanachchi elected Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors
Dr. Sarath Witanachchi, USF College of Arts and Sciences Department of Physics chair and professor, is one of five USF faculty members who have been named by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) to its new class of 2023 Senior Members.
March 10, 2023Accomplishments
USF alumnus Kerry Sanders reflects on an incredible career in broadcast journalism
NBC News correspondent and University of South Florida (USF) College of Arts and Sciences alumnus Kerry Sanders has the ability to share a story from the other side of the world while making you feel you were right there with him. But his interest in journalism and storytelling didn’t start halfway across the globe, rather it started in Tampa, Fla. during his time as a student at USF.
March 10, 2023Accomplishments, Alumni
USF researchers receive national recognition for making Florida’s colonial history more accessible
La Florida: The Interactive Digital Archive of the Americas is an open-access digital history project designed to make Florida’s colonial history more accessible by combining historical research and cutting-edge technology.
March 10, 2023Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Research