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Screenwriter Brian Edgar Visits Honors Class to Help Students Shape Their Creative Voice
Screenwriter Brian Edgar visited the USF Judy Genshaft Honors College to share insights from the film and publishing industries, guiding students through the process of refining story ideas and crafting compelling loglines. Students in the course, Unlocking the Secrets of Ghostwriting: The Art of Storytelling through a Collaborative Literary Process, explored industry techniques for organizing narratives, received feedback on their concepts, and learned how professional writers develop ideas into stories.
March 5, 2026Teaching and Learning
Nico Lavaud’s Boren Scholar Experience in Senegal
From a summer classroom in Gainesville to the beaches of Dakar, USF College of Arts and Sciences and Judy Genshaft Honors College student Nico Lavaud shares his firsthand account of receiving the Boren Scholarship to study French for two semesters through the African Flagship Languages Initiative.
2025 CAS Graduate Finds Success On and Off Campus
A few months after he graduated from USF with degrees from the Department of Economics, the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies and the Judy Genshaft Honors College, Matheus Ivanesciuc stepped boldly into a career over 6,000 miles from his childhood home in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
February 23, 2026Alumni and Friends
Going for Goldwater: USF Students Share Research Behind the Scholarship
2025 Barry Goldwater Scholarship recipients Taylor Rand, Abdul-Malik Zekri, and Peter Alspaugh are breaking boundaries in natural sciences, neuroscience, and mathematics research. From studying insect ecosystems in Florida woodlands to building 3D models of neurons and advancing mathematical theory, their work reflects the depth and ambition of undergraduate research at USF.
February 20, 2026Accolades
Honors College Announces New Blanchard Sustainability Leadership Prize
Generously supported by Judy Genshaft Honors College affiliate faculty member and former Honors advisor Dr. Al Blanchard, the Blanchard Sustainability Prize will award funding each fall and spring semester to Honors students pursuing innovative sustainability projects.
February 20, 2026Teaching and Learning
The Honor Roll Podcast
Everything Honors, everywhere you go! Enjoy conversations, interviews, and insights from the USF Judy Genshaft Honors College.