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USF cybersecurity, computing study abroad programs are growing
Student participation has increased 36% year-over-year from the 2023-2024 school year to the 2024-2025 year. And now a new program in Barranquilla, Colombia and hosted at the Universidad del Norte, is slated for the summer semester in 2026 and will focus on computer science and information security.
October 30, 2025Students
Global tech leader Gayle Sheppard recognized with USF 2025 Outstanding Alum Honor
Gayle Sheppard, a 2000 USF graduate and trailblazing technology executive, has been recognized with a 2025 USF Outstanding Alumni Award, one of the university’s top honors and a recognition of her career helping shape some of the world’s leading technology companies.
Global perspectives, local impact: Meet USF’s inaugural global leadership council scholars
Four juniors from the Judy Genshaft Honors College have been selected as the inaugural President’s Global Leadership Council Scholars in recognition of their academic excellence, campus leadership, and international engagement. Read more about what this means for these students.
October 30, 2025Students
“Hit the ground running:” How USF global alumni Fernanda Alexia Albanus’ passion and dedication led to a rewarding career in creative marketing
Currently a board member of the American Marketing Association (AMA) in New York and a Marketing Execution Specialist for SAP, Fernanda Alexia Albanus started as a Public Relations and Advertising major at USF after growing up in Brazil. Since leaving USF, read how she remained involved.
October 30, 2025Alumni, Global Networks
New translation brings south Indian literature to English audiences for first time
USF Professor Gil Ben-Herut's draw to the work of the twelfth-century figure Hampeya Harihara — whose stories about followers of the Hindu deity Shiva inaugurated a new era in south Indian literature — inspired him to publish the first English translation of select Harihara works.
October 29, 2025Faculty & Staff
AI and citizen science reveal potential first detection of invasive malaria mosquito in Madagascar
Researchers from the University of South Florida have used artificial intelligence and citizen science to identify what may be the first specimen of Anopheles stephensi — an invasive and deadly malaria-carrying mosquito — ever detected in Madagascar.
October 28, 2025Faculty & Staff
USF leadership strengthens 32-year partnership with UniNorte during visit to Colombia
Recently, Universidad del Norte celebrated the 28th edition of Cátedra Europa (Global Forum), the most important academic and cultural event in the Colombian Caribbean and a key international networking event for universities in Colombia. USF proudly joined its partner in a vibrant celebration, where a delegation led by Provost Dr. Prasant Mohapatra came together to strengthen and advance their growing partnership.
October 23, 2025Events, Global Networks
USF Fellow Annie Trusso brings pain management expertise to the global stage
Annie Trusso is a graduate of the USF College of Nursing Advanced Pain Management Fellowship and is currently the only board-certified pain management specialist on the island of Saipan.
October 23, 2025Alumni
USF Audiology alumna Jenna Vallario leads global efforts to expand sustainable hearing care
When Jenna Vallario began in the AuD program at USF, she knew she wanted her career to make a difference beyond the clinic walls. What she didn’t yet know was how profoundly her path would shape the field of global audiology.
October 21, 2025Alumni
Internship program prepares humanities students for early-career success
Bustinza’s internship with the Make-A-Wish Foundation is one of many made possible by a five-year, $4.8 million grant from the Mellon Foundation that will support up to 900 students each year in otherwise unpaid internships.
October 20, 2025Students
Training initiative expands global support for school readiness program serving children with autism
The program provides parents with specialized tools, strategies, and ongoing support to better serve children on the autism spectrum worldwide.
October 17, 2025Faculty & Staff
Jerome Galea examines integration of traditional medicine in Peru’s public health system
Galea and his colleagues learned how the public health system responded to high maternal mortality rates in the Peruvian jungle.
October 15, 2025Faculty & Staff