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USF social work students contribute to global collaboration at 2025 Interprofessional Education Day
The 2025 Interprofessional Education (IPE) Day brought vibrant energy to the Marshall Student Center on Nov. 12, drawing more than 1,200 students, faculty, and international partners together for a day focused on teamwork, communication, and solving real-world health challenges.
November 21, 2025Students
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
USF’s Dr. Heewon Gray elected vice president of leading international nutrition education society
Dr. Heewon Gray has been elected vice president of the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB). The international organization represents nutrition educators, researchers and practitioners committed to advancing evidence-based nutrition education and health promotion worldwide.
November 7, 2025Faculty & Staff
“A Full-Circle Journey:” USF Global Alumna Corinne Swainger reflects on her professional journey after reconnecting with her USF Roots
With 25 years of expertise as a medical writer and the founder of MedQuill Ltd—a medical copywriting and editing consultancy based in Greater London—Corinne Swainger is devoted to connecting life sciences to real people. Learn more about Swainger's journey from USF to her career.
November 1, 2025Alumni, Global Networks
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 alumna 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
Student spotlight: Jody Mustafa
Jody Mustafa once dreamed of seeing the world as a flight attendant — or traveling the globe as an international actress. But after an aunt introduced her to coding, the phrase, “The sky is the limit,” took on a new meaning.
October 29, 2025Global Networks, Students