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USF launches free online certificate program in fintech
A new online certificate program from the University of South Florida will teach students, entrepreneurs and working professionals about the dynamic and disruptive world of financial technology, also known as fintech.
April 1, 2024Student Success
USF receives $1 million gift to provide St. Petersburg campus students with scholarships
The generous gift comes from Tampa Bay area resident Johnnie Giffin, who established a new USF Women in Leadership & Philanthropy scholarship to honor her late mother and USF alumna, Fay Baynard, who died in 2017.
April 1, 2024USF Foundation
USF’s human trafficking research lab receives nearly $3 million in federal support to build and enhance anti-trafficking tools
The funds will go towards the development of a statewide database to assist law-enforcement in human trafficking investigations and the expansion of an online platform to provide critical resources to survivors.
March 13, 2024Research and Innovation, University News
New research uses ground-penetrating radar at Weedon Island archaeological site
USF anthropology students are using ground-penetrating radar to help locate objects under the surface at Weedon Island Preserve. The nature preserve is located along the western shore of Tampa Bay in Pinellas County. It is considered one of the most significant archaeological sites in Florida.
March 5, 2024Research and Innovation, Student Success
USF faculty and students turn environmental impact data into music
USF anthropologist Heather O’Leary turned her coastal impact data into music that people could understand and enjoy. The project, CRESCENDO, is an interdisciplinary group of faculty and students working together to create and disseminate moving music about the environment.
February 26, 2024Research and Innovation
Students to work on campaign trail for Road to the White House course
As part of the Road to the White House 2024 course, students are participating in a 10-day internship leading up to the South Carolina primary on February 25. While there, students canvass, phone bank and see how campaigns are run during a critical juncture of the election cycle.
February 14, 2024Student Success
USF and Florida Holocaust Museum to house papers and personal collection of Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate
The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity named USF and the Florida Holocaust Museum as the permanent home of the papers and artifacts of Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor who became an esteemed humanitarian, writer and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
February 5, 2024University News
USF students help prompt free bus rides for Pinellas County veterans
What started as an idea by a student in a USF government class becomes official policy today: Veterans can now ride public buses for free in Pinellas County.
November 10, 2023Community Partnerships
USF students team up with Tampa Bay Times reporters for new podcast series
A vital way to learn journalism is by doing journalism. That’s the spirit of a new podcast series created by USF St. Petersburg’s journalism program and the Tampa Bay Times.
October 26, 2023Community Partnerships, Student Success
New street mural adds color and vibrancy to the USF St. Petersburg campus
A new street mural on the USF St. Petersburg campus has been painted between the University Student Center and Student Life Center – melding geometric figures with school spirit. It was painted by a graphic arts faculty member along with 10 students and was part of the SHINE St. Petersburg Mural Festival.
October 19, 2023Campus Life
USF Contemporary Art Museum’s inaugural GENERATOR exhibition opens on the St. Petersburg campus
As part of its ongoing expansion of arts programming across Tampa Bay, the USF College of The Arts’ Contemporary Art Museum is presenting the inaugural GENERATOR exhibition on the St. Petersburg campus. GENERATOR is an expansion of USFCAM, which seeks to be an incubator of new ideas and a place for expanded artistic experimentation.
October 4, 2023Campus Life
University of South Florida continues landmark dementia prevention research with NIH award
Researchers at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus have received a grant across the next five years from the National Institutes of Health National Institute on Aging to continue ground breaking work in dementia prevention through a clinical research study called Active Mind.
September 27, 2023Research and Innovation