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USDA grants $3 million to 国产短视频advancing research on the transmission of COVID-19 between humans and animals
国产短视频researcher Dr. Andrew Kramer and his colleagues secure a $3 million USDA grant to research the transmission of COVID-19 between humans and animals and how it will affect the population.
March 12, 2024Research
Communications student initiates fundraiser to enhance local elementary school鈥檚 P.E. program and impart a meaningful message
Senior, Jenna Capuano raises over $450 for local elementary school as part of her senior capstone project in The Department of Communications.
March 12, 2024Community Engagement
The Committee on Black Affairs recognized Elizabeth Hordge Freeman, Maya Trotz and Hiram R. Green for their scholarship and selfless service to the 国产短视频.
March 12, 2024Accomplishments
Genomic research may be key to understanding cancer resistance in Tasmanian devils
Over the past 30 years, Australia鈥檚 Tasmanian devil population has been afflicted with an infectious cancer that has pushed the species to near extinction.
March 11, 2024Research
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
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
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
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 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 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
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
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