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A triple Bull’s path to global public health leadership
Originally from Naples, Fla., Adriana Campos is the daughter of Ecuadorian immigrant parents and a triple Bull, earning all of her degrees from the USF College of Public Health (COPH).
January 13, 2025Faculty & Staff
USF professor shines light on men’s often misunderstood roles in maternal support in Senegal
How do women and men in poor countries educate themselves about pregnancy and childbirth? Do healthcare organizations give them enough accurate information to bring a baby safely into the world? Just as important, what are the “roles’’ of the mother and father in the delivery of a newborn?
January 10, 2025Faculty & Staff
New COPH dean embraces local and global challenges facing public health
As Dr. Sten Vermund, MD, PhD, takes over this month as the new dean of USF’s College of Public Health (COPH), he brings more than deep experience in infectious disease epidemiology and prevention. The whirlwind of global change in disease, climate, technology, politics, and economies is reshaping the future of health and exposing new challenges that he believes should be confronted head-on.
January 10, 2025Faculty & Staff
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
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
USF World forum is first step toward a new French connection
At USF’s inaugural French Business Forum in November, participants discovered a natural synergy between emerging technologies, which are shaping both the University of South Florida’s status as a global research institution and France’s future economy. Read about those who came and how this event impacts the university locally and globally.
November 27, 2024Events, Global Networks
New book on immigration and belonging will illuminate indigenous peoples and languages of North Africa
Heide Castañeda, a professor of anthropology at the University of South Florida, travels to Morocco to study and understand the indigenous Amazigh people — the focal point of her new book.
November 25, 2024Faculty & Staff, Scholars
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
As uncertainty abounds, USF's Im/migrant Well-Being Research Center forges community ties
Florida is one of three states where half of the immigrant population in the U.S. lives. The goal of the USF center is to enhance the socioeconomic success and well-being of immigrant communities. Read how they plan to do this and more.
November 21, 2024Alumni, Events, Faculty & Staff
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
How volcanic cave research is advancing the search for life on Mars
An international research team led by University of South Florida professor Bogdan P. Onac has uncovered preserved biosignatures in Spain’s lava tubes, providing insights into Earth’s ancient environments that could guide the search for past microbial life on Mars.
November 18, 2024Faculty & Staff
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