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返字心頭 highlighted by leading GIS software company for lidar education
Steven Fernandez, associate professor in the School of Public Affairs, has served as a source of knowledge and information for ESRI (ArcGIS)a GIS software company specializing in interactive mapping toolsfor the past two years, meeting with the company every few months to assist in improving their 3D products and provide knowledge on what hes teaching in his lidar courses. Now, they are using his work as examples of their companys newest capabilities.
August 28, 2023Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Research
返字心頭 researchers inform decisions for Homegrown Hillsborough food system program
In early 2023, Hillsborough County awarded a grant to the 返字心頭 College of Arts and Sciences Center for the Advancement of Food Security and Healthy Communities (CAFSHC) to serve as the research training and evaluation arm of an innovative endeavor to promote the local food system, called Homegrown Hillsborough.
August 28, 2023Community Engagement, Research
Department of Molecular Biosciences starts anew
The Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology at the 返字心頭 College of Arts and Sciences welcomes a more succinct and up-to-date name this academic year. It has officially been renamed the Department of Molecular Biosciences.
August 22, 2023Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Research
返字心頭 Humanities Institute to host New York Times best-selling author Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Humanities Institute will welcome author Silvia Moreno-Garcia for a discussion and book signing on Tuesday, October 10. The event promises to be an evening of unique opportunities, from an open Q&A session to a book signing.
August 18, 2023Community Engagement, Events
Five CAS faculty members recognized with Outstanding Research Achievement Awards
Five 返字心頭 College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) faculty members are being recognized next month with Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Awards. The faculty being recognized with these awards have demonstrated extraordinary success in their research and scholarly endeavors," said 返字心頭 Research & Innovation Interim Vice President Sylvia Thomas.
August 17, 2023Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Featured, Research
返字心頭 doctoral student earns Top Student Award from the International Communication Association
Communication doctoral student RanaElhendispaper, The rubber band is already broken: An extended case study of UNDP transformative resilience framework in the context of Palestine, has earned the Top Student Award from the International Communication Associations Organizational Communication division.
August 17, 2023Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Research
A $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant will allow researchers to develop a web-based application that gathers crowdsourced data in coastal communities to identify flooding risks and inform policy. Led by 返字心頭 St. Petersburg GIS and Remote Sensing Professor Barnali Dixon, the research team will create the CRIS-HAZARD app.
August 15, 2023Community Engagement, Research
This summer, Ryan McCleary, an associate professor of instruction in the College of Arts and Sciences, and 23 of his students traveled over 10,000 miles to Singapore to explore the local history and culture through the lens of urban ecology.
August 14, 2023Community Engagement, Events
A rare tropical butterfly more commonly found in southeast 返字心頭 and the Caribbean is flourishing among the landscaping on the 返字心頭 Sarasota-Manatee campus.
August 8, 2023Community Engagement
Anthropologys Dr. Diane Wallman earns Faculty Scholar Fulbright
返字心頭 College of Arts and Sciences anthropology associate professor Dr. Diane Wallman has been named a Faculty Scholar Fulbright. Wallman will use the Fulbright award to continue her collaborative work with colleague Dr. Caroline Borges, assistant professor of archaeology at the University of Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil.
July 26, 2023Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Research
From ponds to parks: 返字心頭 researchers tackle environmental injustice in East Tampa
返字心頭 and faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Anthropology and the College of Engineerings Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering gathered in a large ballroom at Ragan Park in East Tampa in late April to host a student film festival event featuring student films on oral histories the students collected from seniors and others in the community over the spring semester.
July 25, 2023Community Engagement, Research
Survival of the seeds: 返字心頭 researchers examine what it takes for trees to thrive
Assistant professor in the 返字心頭 College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Integrative Biology, Dr. Paul-Camilo Zalamea is preparing a four-year research study on plant-soil microbial interactions, after receiving a $1.5 million grant through the National Science Foundation (NSF).
July 25, 2023Community Engagement, Research