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A group of anthropology students are participating in new research using ground-penetrating radar (GPR) to help locate objects under the surface at Weedon Island Preserve. The use of GPR is part of a collaboration between 国产短视频and the cultural resource management company TerraXplorations.

March 4, 2024Research

Dr. Steven M. Vose, assistant professor in the Department of History and holder of the Bhagwan Suparshvanatha Professorship in Jain Studies at the University of Colorado-Denver. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Vose)

Department of Religious Studies to host Dr. Steven M. Vose for Jain Community Lecture

The talk, titled 鈥淛ust as When Hindus Ruled: The Sultans of Delhi in Jain History and Memory,鈥 will highlight two persistent and problematic ways of writing the history of India.

February 28, 2024Community Engagement, Events

Rev. Dr. Kapugollawe Anandakiththi, Theravada Buddhist monk and Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Kelaniya. (Photo courtesy of Rev. Dr. Kapugollawe Anandakiththi)

Guest speaker Rev. Dr. Kapugollawe Anandakiththi set to discuss UNESCO World Heritage Site Sigiriya

Theravada Buddhist monk and Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, Rev. Dr. Kapugollawe Anandakiththi, will be the guest speaker during an event that will highlight Sigiriya 鈥 a 5th-century plateau-top palace situated in Sri Lanka鈥檚 serpentine geological zone.

February 28, 2024Community Engagement, Events

Participants of the Journalism & Democracy Program and attendees at the recent CAS Democracy and Citizenship Series pose with keynote speaker journalist Rosental Calmon Alves (center). (Photo by Corey Lepak)

The Center for Sustainable Democracy hosts Brazilian journalists for a two-week immersion program at USF

The Center for Sustainable Democracy, in partnership with the U.S. Department of State, welcomed Brazilian journalists to 国产短视频for the Journalism & Democracy Immersion Program.

February 27, 2024Community Engagement, Events

History graduate student Hannah Thieryung has helped to improve accessibility at the May-Stringer House through digitizing the museum鈥檚 collection. (Photo by Corey Lepak)

History student Hannah Thieryung uses 3D scans to improve museum accessibility

As Hannah Thieryung works toward her Master of Arts degree from the Department of History, an internship with USF鈥檚 Access 3D Lab is helping her to improve accessibility at the historic May-Stringer House located in her hometown鈥攂ringing two of her passions together: history and accessibility.

February 27, 2024Accomplishments, 国产短视频, Community Engagement

15th St. Farm Nutrition Education Program participants. (Photo by Funmi Odumosu)

15th Street Farm cultivates community health through innovative Nutrition Education Program

The 15th St. Farm NEP helps improve nutritional knowledge through farm/nature-based nutrition education activities such as a "Young Farmers" program, cooking/tasting classes, storytelling, presentations, and hands-on garden activities.

February 23, 2024Community Engagement, Research

Journalist Rosental Calmon Alves spoke at the CAS Democracy and Citizenship Series to share his personal experiences as a Latin American journalist, the rapid spread of disinformation, rise of political polarization, and impact on press freedom. (Photo by Corey Lepak)

Democracy and Citizenship Series: Navigating Latin America's democracy and press freedom challenges in an era of disinformation

CAS and the Center for Sustainable Democracy welcomed Rosental Calmon Alves, Knight Chair in International Journalism and director of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin, for a Democracy and Citizenship Speakers Series discussion.

February 22, 2024Community Engagement, Events

AABGP team members Walter 鈥淲ally B.鈥 Jennings (left) and Dr. Antoinette Jackson (right) accept the award on behalf of the team during the City of Tampa鈥檚 annual Black History Celebration. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Jackson)

The City of Tampa honors research efforts of the African American Burial Ground Project

Dr. Antoinette Jackson accepted an award from the City of Tampa on behalf of the African American Burial Ground Project for their research efforts helping to protect sacred burial sites throughout the Tampa Bay region.

February 22, 2024Accomplishments, Community Engagement

Colson Whitehead and CAS Interim Dean Magali Michael discuss Whitehead鈥檚 Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel, 鈥淭he Nickel Boys.鈥 (Photo by Corey Lepak)

Frontier Forum features two-time Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead

The College of Arts and Sciences welcomed two-time Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead for a discussion of his novel, "The Nickel Boys," as part of the signature lecture series Frontier Forum held at the Marshall Student Center on Feb. 7.

February 22, 2024Community Engagement, Events, Featured

国产短视频Anthropologist Heather O鈥橪eary turned her coastal impact data into music that people could understand and enjoy. The project, CRESCENDO, is an interdisciplinary group of faculty and students working together to create and disseminate moving music about the environment.

February 20, 2024Community Engagement

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Zimmerman School professor examines how journalists evaluate their bosses

Dr. Gregory Perreault, associate professor at the Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications, and his colleague recently examined one area of a newsroom that doesn鈥檛 get much research鈥攈ow journalists evaluate their bosses.

February 19, 2024Research

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Department of Communication graduate dedicates final project to support at-risk youth

A recent graduate of the Department of Communication, Devyne Davis, shares the impactful story of her senior capstone project with Joshua House.

February 19, 2024Community Engagement

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