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USF President Rhea Law honored for business leadership by the Florida Council of 100
Rhea Law, interim president of the University of South Florida, was honored with the Governor’s Business Leader of the Year Award at the Fall Meeting of the Florida Council of 100.
November 16, 2021Honors and Awards, University News
USF Medical Technology Startup SPKL Wins Coveted Cade Prize I USF News
New technology created by a USF College of Engineering team to precisely measure blood flow in the body’s tissues — allowing for more accurate medical assessments of strokes, brain injuries and a wide range of diseases — has won the Cade Prize for Innovation, one of the Florida’s top awards for invention.
October 4, 2021Honors and Awards, Research and Innovation
22 USF Faculty Members Recognized with Outstanding Research Achievements Awards
The pandemic could not divert USF’s top faculty researchers from making big discoveries that shape our understanding of the past, present and future.
August 16, 2021Honors and Awards, Research and Innovation
USF student veteran earns national recognition from the Pat Tillman Foundation
University of South Florida psychology student and U.S. Army veteran Josh “JB” Burnes is being honored with a 2021 Tillman Scholarship awarded by the Pat Tillman Foundation. Burnes is among a prestigious group of 60 U.S. service members, veterans and military spouses to earn this recognition. He is the only student from a Florida university in this year’s class.
June 29, 2021Honors and Awards, University News
Two USF honors students named 2021 Key into Public Service Scholars
Two Judy Genshaft Honors College students — Sarah Glaser and Samuel Rechek — are two of just 20 students nationwide selected as Key into Public Service Scholars by The Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation’s most prestigious academic honor society.
June 3, 2021Honors and Awards, University News
Sonny Holtzman inducted into the 2021 Florida Transportation Hall of Fame
Sylvan (Sonny) Holtzman, a powerhouse with more than 60 years of service as a lawyer and public servant, has been selected as a Hall of Fame inductee by the Center for Urban Transportation Research.
May 27, 2021Honors and Awards
Dean Donna Petersen receives President’s Fellow Medallion recognizing meritorious service
USF President Steven Currall honored USF College of Public Health Dean Donna Petersen with the President’s Fellow Medallion at the Spring 2021 in-person commencement ceremony. It is the first time in Currall’s administration that the medallion, given at the president’s discretion, has been awarded.
May 19, 2021Honors and Awards
USF Engineering Professor Norma Alcantar to be inducted into Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
USF Professor Norma Alcantar—who engineered an ancient practice of cleaning water with cactus mucilage to create modern technologies—is among seven new inductees to the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame announced today.
April 29, 2021Honors and Awards, University News
USF Senior Withers Selected for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; Three Other USF Students Earn Honorable Mentions
USF Senior Zachary Withers is selected for a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Three additional USF students earn honorable mention in the prestigious program’s annual process.
April 27, 2021Honors and Awards
USF earns international recognition for its global impact
The University of South Florida has been named one of the world’s most tenacious institutions in addressing society’s greatest challenges. Times Higher Education (THE) has ranked USF No. 3 in the U.S. and No. 30 in the world in its 2021 Impact Rankings.
April 21, 2021Honors and Awards, University News
USF College of Public Health Dean Donna Petersen earns 'She Stepped Up' award
USF College of Public Health Dean Donna Petersen is one of six women across Florida who earned the American Council of Education (ACE) Women’s Network “She Stepped Up Award: Recognizing Extraordinary Leadership in Facing 2020’s Unprecedented Challenges.”
April 13, 2021Honors and Awards
Two USF students named 2021 Goldwater Scholars
Two students in USF’s Judy Genshaft Honors College, Kelli Ann Lynch and Alexander Mercier, have been named 2021 Goldwater Scholars, chosen out of nearly 1,300 students nationally.
April 7, 2021Honors and Awards