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Yu Zhang, USF engineering professor, earns TRB Best Paper Award, pioneering sustainable transportation innovations

Yu Zhang, Ph.D., professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at USF, is elevating the university’s reputation in transportation innovation. Read to learn about her work and accomplishments.

January 23, 2025Accolades, Faculty & Staff

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Hopeful for the future: USF professor Dr. Seden Dogan honored for her work in hospitality and tourism management

Seden Dogan, Assistant Professor of Instruction in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at USF, has received four awards this year for her work. Read about her accomplishments and her journey at USF.

January 6, 2025Accolades, Faculty & Staff

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Ye Shen has been awarded two research grants to examine heritage language learning

Ye Shen, an assistant professor at the University of South Florida College of Education, has been awarded two significant research grants. Read more about these awards and how they further her studies in heritage language learning.

December 5, 2024Accolades, Faculty & Staff

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USF solidifies its standing as top Florida destination for international students

According to a new report from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Institute of International Education, USF ranks 29th in the U.S. among all universities and 19th among public institutions. Read to learn more about this prestigious achievement.

November 26, 2024Accolades, Students

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USF creator of global clean water, energy technology is inducted into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame

The USF College of Engineering professor whose vision of building a clean-energy system that could solve challenges in parts of the world with no sanitation systems was inducted into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame in October. Read how his technology is being used in India, South Africa, and on a global scale.

November 22, 2024Accolades, Faculty & Staff

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Dr. Loni Hagen’s Fulbright Award will foster research and international, academic relationships

Loni Hagen, an associate professor in the School of Information, received the Fulbright Study/Research Award, a grant that allows her to develop new research projects and collaborative opportunities between the University of Tsukuba and the University of South Florida.

November 20, 2024Accolades, Faculty & Staff

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Kimberly Brooke Hansen named Fulbright Specialist

Congratulations to Kimberly Brooke Hansen for being awarded a 2024 Fulbright Specialist Award to Serbia. She will begin her three-year program next month at the University of Belgrade.

November 15, 2024Accolades, Faculty & Staff

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USF student Christoper Oueis earns multiple national awards, sets sights even higher

Chris Oueis, a fourth-year USF student, has been awarded three prestigious scholarships with support from the Office of National Scholars. A student from Lebanon, Oueis is leveraging these opportunities to pursue his dream career in public policy and international affairs.

October 1, 2024Accolades, Students

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USF libraries curator awarded $150,000 National Science Foundation Research Grant

Christoper Kiahtipes, Ph.D., curator of the USF Libraries’ Florida Environment & Natural History (FLENH) collections and co-principal investigator with Gregory Herbert from the USF School of Geosciences are investigating long-term changes and environmental resilience in coastal fisheries. Read to learn how this impacts our world.

October 1, 2024Accolades, Faculty & Staff

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USF international alum named on Forbes List of Nation’s Most Impactful Women Leaders

Jyotika Virmani, a USF alum has been named to the prestigious Forbes 50 Over 50 list of the most impactful women in the United States. Read how her achievements as head of the international ocean research and technology organization paved the way for this honor.

August 26, 2024Accolades, Alumni, Global Networks

Taylor Herman stands on her balcony in Moldova. Herman traveled to Europe for a 2-week study abroad trip and came back with a deeper understanding of the Holocaust.

Summer graduate wins Fulbright award to teach in Moldova

USF St. Petersburg classes lead student down path of human rights and the receipt of a prestigious Fulbright English Teaching Assistant scholarship in Moldova.

July 31, 2024Accolades, Alumni

Presidential Fellow and PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology Elizabeth Bews shown at a dig site in Turkey

Empowering future discoveries: PhD candidate receives John S. Freeman Scholarship in Public Archaeology to advance bioarcheological research

Presidential Fellow and PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology Elizabeth Bews receives the John S. Freeman Scholarship in Public Archaeology to further her contributions to the growing field of bioarcheology and research in southwest Turkey.

July 29, 2024Accolades, Students

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