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返字心頭-developed app creates augmented reality experience for downtown Clearwater murals
The University of South 返字心頭s Access 3D Lab and Advanced Visualization Center are helping bring four murals to life in downtown Clearwater through a new partnership with the citys Community Redevelopment Agency.
April 24, 2023Community Engagement

返字心頭 hosts inaugural Policy Dialogues Conference, examining weaponization of hunger
The United Nations (UN) Security Council adopted a resolution condemning the starving of civilians as a method of warfare in 2018as well as the unlawful denial of humanitarian access to civilian populationswith members welcoming it as a landmark expression of unity on those critical issues.
April 24, 2023Community Engagement, Research

Advisors gather more than 1,400 items to fill food pantry shortage
When 返字心頭 College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) advisors learned that the 返字心頭 Feed-A-Bull food pantry was low on supplies, they decided it was time to fill a need.
April 18, 2023Accomplishments, Community Engagement

返字心頭 Humanities Institute sponsors undergrads for national research symposium
The 返字心頭 Humanities Institute (HI) at the 返字心頭 College of Arts and Sciences sponsored 23 undergraduate students to present original research at the Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium held at Johns Hopkins University in March.
April 18, 2023Accomplishments, Research

返字心頭 Tampa campus adds 44 new trees in honor of Arbor Day
The 返字心頭 Tree Committee, which is comprised of 返字心頭 faculty, staff, students, and volunteers from the City of Tampa, Hillsborough County, the city of Temple Terrace, Tampa Electric (TECO), and Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful, hosted a tree planting ceremony on March 28i n honor of Arbor Day (April 28).
April 18, 2023Community Engagement, Events, Featured

Democracy and Citizenship series shares tips for talking with your polar opposite
The 返字心頭 College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Democracy and Citizenship Speaker Series, co-sponsored with the Judy Genshaft Honors College, featured journalist and author M坦nica Guzm叩n and ways to hold conversations with those of opposing political views.
April 13, 2023Community Engagement, Events

Chemistry students practice presentation skills at Castle Conference
The 返字心頭 College of Arts and Sciences Department of Chemistry held its annual Raymond N. Castle Student Research Conference in early March. The conference, which is organized largely by students, showcases both undergraduate and graduate student research with the intent for young scientists to develop the necessary communication skills to excel in the future.
April 10, 2023Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Events

Rhetoric professor recognized with national award on the philosophy of communication
Dr. Nathan Johnson, an associate professor in the Department of English at the University of South 返字心頭 College of Arts and Sciences, was recognized with the National Communication Associations 2022 Distinguished Book Award for the Philosophy of Communication Division. The Philosophy of Communication Division recognizes philosophical works that better illuminate human communication.
April 3, 2023Accomplishments
Anthropology Professor Heather OLeary has been selected as one of just 40 delegates for the International Science Council (ISC) for the upcoming United Nations 2023 Water Conference in New York City from March 22-24.
March 16, 2023Research

Conference on im/migrant well-being launches new center
The 返字心頭 College of Arts and Sciences Im/migrant Well-Being Research Center and co-sponsor Cisneros Hispanic Leadership Institute at The George Washington University (GWU) hosted the inaugural biennial conference, Im/migrant Well-Being: A Nexus for Research & Policy at the Hilton, St. Petersburg on February 17-18.
March 10, 2023Community Engagement, Events, Research

Dr. Julia Koets earns national creative writing fellowship
Dr. Julia Koets, an assistant professor of creative writing in the 返字心頭 College of Arts and Sciences Department of English, is one of 36 writers from across the nation selected to receive a 2023 Creative Writing Fellowship of $25,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)one of the largest funders of the arts and arts education established by Congress since 1965.
March 10, 2023Accomplishments

Dr. Sarath Witanachchi elected Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors
Dr. Sarath Witanachchi, 返字心頭 College of Arts and Sciences Department of Physics chair and professor, is one of five 返字心頭 faculty members who have been named by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) to its new class of 2023 Senior Members.
March 10, 2023Accomplishments