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USF faculty members receive international recognition for fight against infectious disease
Two University of South Florida faculty members have received prestigious honors and subsequent kudos from an international community of scientists for their work in the fight against infectious disease.
February 5, 2026Accolades, Faculty & Staff
USF earns national distinction as a leading producer of Fulbright Scholars
The Fulbright Program is again recognizing the University of South Florida as one of the nation’s colleges and universities with the highest number of faculty and administrators selected for the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. This is the 10th time USF has made the coveted and prestigious list since 2015.
February 5, 2026Accolades, Faculty & Staff
Continuing to prosper: International partnership between USF and Sungkyunkwan University flourishes after Joint Research Conference
Last month, the Muma College of Business hosted the USF and Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) Joint Research Conference to great success. Faculty from both universities presented their research and discussed the future of fintech, a growing industry that has continued to progress rapidly.
February 3, 2026Events, Faculty & Staff
Public Health professor Dina Martinez Tyson leads USF honors students on service trip to the Dominican Republic
Martinez Tyson led USF Judy Genshaft Honors College students on an immersive service-learning trip to the Dominican Republic, combining health care support, cultural engagement, and academic study. The experience built on 12-year partnership with the Kerolle Initiative for Community Health, while giving students hands-on insight into community-centered global health.
January 26, 2026Faculty & Staff
Responsibility and resilience: Reflections from the cloud forests of Guatemala
Jamie Sommer traveled to Guatemala to speak with the Mayan women of San Juan Chamelco who are fighting to maintain their cultural heritage in the face of industrial agriculture, deforestation and rising temperatures that are disturbing the cloud forest with torrential rains and droughts, devastating traditional crops.
January 21, 2026Faculty & Staff
USF’s Virtual Global Exchange Program on the rise
USF’s Virtual Global Exchange (VGE) program is on the rise, rapidly growing its global partnerships and bringing new collaborative experiences into the classroom.
December 18, 2025Faculty & Staff, Students
USF class uses cross-cultural exchange to examine each chapter of life
The course, "Happiness: Finding Meaning and Wellbeing through Cross-Cultural Perspectives," paired undergraduates with members of OLLI, the university’s lifelong learning program for older adults, to explore what it means to live a good life.
December 16, 2025Faculty & Staff, Students
USF study finds widespread rule-breaking in whale shark tourism hotspot
One of the world’s busiest whale-shark destinations is struggling to manage a boom in ecotourism. A new USF study finds the world’s biggest fish may be paying the price.
December 10, 2025Faculty & Staff
USF engineering research team tackles America’s hidden sanitation crisis with breakthrough wastewater technology
Daniel Yeh and the Honu Hub team are working on delivering a certified, industry-ready product with support from a $5 million NSF award.
December 2, 2025Faculty & Staff
Political science professor leverages Fulbright appointment to build bridges through civic education
Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan used her Fulbright appointment in Uganda to help launch a new U.S. studies center and strengthen communities at home and abroad through civic and political science education.
November 21, 2025Faculty & Staff
New study suggests accounting, not aliens, explains Peru’s mysterious ‘Band of Holes’
New research published in Antiquity reveals the first scientific evidence that Peru’s puzzling “Band of Holes” — once featured in Ancient Aliens — was part of a sophisticated Indigenous network for storing and recording goods.
November 18, 2025Faculty & Staff
New study suggests accounting, not aliens, explains Peru’s mysterious ‘Band of Holes’
New research published in Antiquity reveals the first scientific evidence that Peru’s puzzling “Band of Holes” — once featured in Ancient Aliens — was part of a sophisticated Indigenous network for storing and recording goods.
November 18, 2025Faculty & Staff