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Accomplishments & Awards
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
Dr. Heather Sellers essay on face blindness featured in Royal Society publication
Dr. Heather Sellers, a professor in USF College of Arts and Sciences Department of English, recently was featured in The Royal Society Publishing journal.
February 21, 2023Accomplishments
Four CAS faculty members earn national recognition for research achievements
Four USF College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) faculty members have been named as new Fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the world’s most prestigious honors for academic research.
February 21, 2023Accomplishments
MFA Student Releases Debut Adventure Book
Destiny Howell, an MFA student in the Department of English at the University of South Florida (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 University of South Florida 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 University of South Florida 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 University of South Florida (USF), is a 2021-22 Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) International Affairs Fellow (IAF) for Tenured International Relations Scholars.
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