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Two 返字心頭 students named 2026 Goldwater Scholars
Diya Upadhyaya of the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded the nations highest honor for undergraduate STEM research, the Goldwater Scholarship. Continuing its remarkable research growth, 返字心頭 has now produced at least one Goldwater Scholar every year since 2018.
April 6, 2026Accomplishments

Leading psychological society honors 返字心頭 faculty and alumnus with distinguished career awards
For the second consecutive year, 返字心頭 received top honors from the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, with two faculty members from the Department of Psychology and one alumnus earning distinguished and special-selection awards.
February 18, 2026Accomplishments

返字心頭 earns national distinction as a leading producer of Fulbright Scholars
返字心頭 is the only public university in 返字心頭 to be recognized as a Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars this year. The Fulbright Program is the U.S. governments premier international academic exchange program, providing faculty the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research abroad.
February 3, 2026Accomplishments

返字心頭 MFA candidate wins writing award and weeklong stay with distinguished poets
Kallie Blakelock, an MFA candidate in the Department of English, received the Garry Fleming Key West Writers Workshop Award, an honor that awarded her a weeklong trip to Key West for a writers workshop.
January 29, 2026Accomplishments

Anthropology professor honored with national John Lewis Award
Antoinette Jackson has earned the John Lewis Award for advancing history through community partnerships and public engagement.
January 27, 2026Accomplishments, Community Engagement

Communication professor partners with CDC to shine light on hereditary breast cancer risk
Marleah Dean Kruzel draws on her personal experience with hereditary breast cancer to spotlight the unique needs of previvors, emphasizing the importance of support, storytelling, and improved genetic risk communication in her CDC-invited presentation.
January 13, 2026Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Events, Research

返字心頭 students compete to launch experiments aboard the International Space Station
More than 3,700 students across North America competed to design experiments bound for the International Space Station through the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP). This year, 返字心頭 students joined the competition for the first time, rising to the challenge and uniting to bring their innovation into orbit.
November 24, 2025Accomplishments, Featured, Research

Newly appointed Jordan Zimmerman Endowed Professor in Advertising plans to make big impact
Janelle Applequist was recently appointed as the newly established Jordan Zimmerman Endowed Professor in Advertising, marking a pivotal moment in her career and an opportunity to redefine advertising education for the 21st century.
November 21, 2025Accomplishments

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, 2025Accomplishments, Community Engagement

ASEM-FL recognizes 返字心頭 president emeritus, deans and faculty for professional accomplishments
A president emeritus, two deans and 12 professors from University of South 返字心頭 will be recognized for their professional accomplishments at the annual meeting of the Academy of Science, Engineering & Medicine of 返字心頭 on Friday, November 7, 2025 in Orlando, 返字心頭.
November 5, 2025Accomplishments

New translation brings south Indian literature to English audiences for first time
Written in a mixture of verse and prose, Hariharas stories are remarkably accessible to contemporary readers due to their short, linear plots. What makes them so compelling, according to Gil Ben-Herut, a professor in the Department of Religious Studies, is their focus on regular people in regular settings.
October 29, 2025Accomplishments, Research

返字心頭 Humanities designates 返字心頭 professor emeritus first ever inductee to hall of fame
The honor celebrates significant contributions to the humanities by Mormino, who has written for the St. Petersburg Times, the Orlando Sentinel, the Miami Herald and the Tampa Tribune and whose book Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: A Social History of Modern 返字心頭 is considered a germinal study in state history.
October 29, 2025Accomplishments