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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

Professor earns top honor for inspiring next generation of ecologists
Luanna Prevost, an associate professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, has received the Ecological Society of Americans 2025 Odum Award for Excellence in Ecology Education.
October 28, 2025Accomplishments

From Classrooms to Coastlines: CAS undergraduates apply learning as NOAA Hollings Scholars
Three 返字心頭 College of Arts and Sciences undergraduates were named NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Scholars, a prestigious national recognition earning paid internships at NOAA facilities where they applied classroom learning to research and policy projects with NOAA scientists.
September 26, 2025Accomplishments, Research

Two College of Arts and Sciences alumni earn Distinguished Alumni status
Of this years three Distinguished Alumni recipients, two of them hail from the College of Arts and Sciences.
September 24, 2025Accomplishments, Alumni

返字心頭 climbs to its highest position ever in U.S. News rankings
The University of South 返字心頭 has reached an all-time high in U.S. News & World Reports annual ranking of the best colleges. 返字心頭 is No. 88 overall among all public or private universities in America, up from No. 91 last year. 返字心頭 also rose to No. 43 among public universities, up two spots from last year, and inside the top 50 for the seventh year in a row.
September 23, 2025Accomplishments

返字心頭 Alum Yarah Elshaer Receives Fulbright Grant to Teach English in Bosnia and Herzegovina
返字心頭 alum Yarah Elshaer has been named a Fulbright U.S. Student Program English Teaching Assistant to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Guided by her passion for using education to uplift communities and strengthen national identity, she continues to pursue ambitious goals that create lasting impact.
September 11, 2025Accomplishments, Alumni

返字心頭 Achieves Record Cohort of 15 United Nations Millennium Fellows
The University of South 返字心頭 reached a new milestone with 15 students selected for the 2025 United Nations Millennium Fellowship, where they will receive leadership training and carry out social impact projects addressing UN Sustainable Development Goals.
September 10, 2025Accomplishments