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Paid Internship Opportunities for USF Humanities Students

USF humanities students may apply for paid internships thanks to a $4.8 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The five-year Mellon Internship program will support up to 900 undergraduate students each year, providing valuable hands-on experience across a wide range of fields.

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Diving into Learning

Every student was able to participate in each task while aboard the cruise. (Photo courtesy of Chase McGuire)

Fifty-two students participated in an educational cruise, gaining hands-on experience collecting, identifying and tagging sharks.

Linking Methods, Impact

Jackson Anderson and Facundo Pereyra-Kluser collecting a water sample from a constructed wetland. (Photo by Nancy Romero-Daza)

USF anthropologists team up with engineers to train students tackling wastewater issues in Costa Rica.

Uncovering the Unknown

Davide Tanasi and his team uncovered a trove of pottery fragments. [Photo courtesy of Davide Tanasi]

Arts and Sciences research reveals that horses were present in Bronze Age Sicily earlier than thought, altering views on diet and society.

CAS Chronicles

USF faculty reframes what literacy means in the age of generative artificial intelligence

11/24/25 — Gupta’s task is twofold: help students navigate the benefits and harms of the rapidly evolving technology and encourage them to develop their own principled stances so that they may find meaningful employment and become leaders in their communities.

Adjunct professor Elliott Wiser from the Department of Journalism and Multimedia at USFSP interviewing guest for podcast. Photo courtesy of Elliott Wiser.

Mic drop: USF students gain real-world experience through podcast production

11/24/25 — A hands-on podcasting course at USF St. Petersburg is providing students with professional experience as producers across three original series. Through editing, scheduling and collaborative production, students are developing career-ready skills while gaining deeper insight into the craft and impact of audio storytelling.

Jaiden Brick, Hannah Kirschenmann, Jade Fei, and Krystal Walford working on their proposal for the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program competition, a national competition allowing groups of interdisciplinary students to combine their areas of expertise. (Photo by Corey Lepak)

USF students compete to launch experiments aboard the International Space Station

11/24/25 — More than 3,700 students across North America competed to design experiments bound for the International Space Station through the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP). This year, USF students joined the competition for the first time, rising to the challenge and uniting to bring their innovation into orbit.

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Student Spotlight: Mellon Humanities Intern Maria Bustinza Seizes Opportunities to Serve

Maria Bustinza — a double major in international studies and world languages and a member of USF’s inaugural Mellon Foundation Humanities Internship cohort — is gaining substantive, hands-on experience with the Make-A-Wish Foundation and advancing toward her goal of a career in the nonprofit sector.

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