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Flood monitoring system expands from research tool to critical community resource
USF St. Petersburg’s CRIS-HAZARD network now includes 40 cameras, a user-generated app and a growing community network focused on flood preparedness.
August 19, 2026Community Engagement, Research & Innovation
Composting initiative launches to reduce food waste and support urban agriculture in St. Petersburg
A partnership between USF St. Petersburg and the city has brought an industrial-sized composter to campus that will redirect tons of food waste each year from landfills while creating compost for community gardens, urban farms and landscaping.
August 17, 2026Community Engagement, Research & Innovation
One year in: This internship program is inspiring humanities students to chart new career paths
A year ago, Sabrina Karazoun was one of many college students working an hourly job that wasn't aligned with her career goals. Today, she's living in Brazil and teaching English at an institution that supports language learners of all ages. Her secret? Applying for a paid internship through the Mellon Humanities Internship Program.
August 17, 2026Students
A Lifelong Learner: Honors Graduate Britlee Yant Looks Ahead to Graduate School
Britlee Yant graduates this summer with her bachelor's degree, turning her childhood dream into a major milestone as she continues her quest for knowledge by pursing her master’s degree.
August 11, 2026Students
USF to confer more than 2,600 degrees during commencement ceremonies on Aug. 8
The group features 22 undergraduate students earning a perfect 4.0 grade point average, 77 student veterans and graduates from 19 countries and 39 states.
August 3, 2026Students
Employ-A-Bull: Student dives into seagrass research internship
Environmental science and policy major Olivia Smith is gaining hands-on marine science experience while restoring a vital Florida ecosystem.
August 1, 2026Research & Innovation, Students
Is Nolan's 'Odyssey' faithful to Homer? USF faculty weigh in
Audiences have been divided over Nolan’s creative direction since Universal Pictures released the first promotional images last year.
July 30, 2026Community Engagement, Events
CAS alumna's gift creates endowment for undergraduate research
Derek Wildman is an internationally recognized scholar, researcher and academic leader who has advanced scientific discovery and student success through his work in genomics, public health and graduate education.
July 30, 2026CAS News
How Florida’s sea turtle hatchlings find the ocean in the dark
Biologist Deby Cassill explains how hatchlings navigate to the ocean and her theory for how sea turtle mothers manage one of nature’s longest survival gambles.
July 29, 2026Research & Innovation
USF scientists advance space agriculture for future moon and Mars missions
Christina Richards, a researcher in the Department of Integrative Biology, is applying her lab's plant genomics expertise to a multidisciplinary USF effort exploring whether mangroves and other resilient coastal plants could survive space-like conditions. The work is part of a broader push at USF's ASTRA Center studying sustainable agriculture for future moon and Mars missions.
July 28, 2026Research & Innovation
In visit to the iconic center of British diplomacy, USF students hear life lessons from trailblazer Dame Karen Pierce
USF students in Associate Professor Scott Solomon's British Politics, Culture, and Life class met with Dame Karen Pierce, one of the UK's most senior diplomats, at the British Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in Westminster. The visit was part of the USF in London summer program Solomon co-leads.
July 22, 2026Students
Catching Up With Honors Alum Sy-Woei Hao
Sy-Woei Hao earned her bachelor's degrees in biology and psychology from USF before becoming an attorney and Assistant Director of Dispute Resolution at Stetson University College of Law. She's now pursuing a PhD in educational psychology at USF, drawing on her legal background to study how law students prepare for advocacy competitions.
July 20, 2026Alumni