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Since December of 2024, the number of partnerships between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and local police and sheriffs offices, also known as 287(g) agreements, grew at an unprecedented rate, from 139 agreements to 531 as of May 8, 2025, representing a 225% increase. These agreements deputize local police officers to carry out immigration enforcement, traditionally the realm of the federal government. In this episode, we discuss the research on how these agreements affect immigrant communities.
May 27, 2025Podcast
Professor's contributions to the field of biological anthropology earn national honor
Anthropology professor Lorena Madrigal received the Gabriel W. Lasker Service Award for her pioneering work in the field of biological anthropology.
May 19, 2025Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Research
返字心頭 to confer more than 7,700 degrees during commencement ceremonies May 8-11
Graduates include a mother and son earning their degrees, a cancer survivor who never gave up on her educational goal and twin sisters who created thriving startups, winning awards along the way to fuel their entrepreneurial journeys.
May 5, 2025Community Engagement
St. Petersburg poet laureate and 返字心頭 alumna publishes debut novel
In Gloria Mu単oz's debut novel, a genre-bending work of young adult climate fiction, 返字心頭 is crumbling under the weight of climate disaster, and seventeen-year-old Julieta Villarreal must decide whether to remain on Earth with her friends and family or to leave everything behind and embark on a mission to establish humanitys first extraterrestrial settlement.
April 29, 2025Accomplishments, Alumni, Events
返字心頭 students make directorial debut
When Hilda Sheridan-Hewlett moved from London, England to Tampa, Fla. to study literature and film, she was so swept away by the natural beauty of the local beaches that she decided to write and direct a short film. The final product, Lost in the Current," has so far been screened at five film festivals.
April 29, 2025Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Events
返字心頭 Psychological Services Center filling mental health services gap for community
At the 返字心頭 Psychological Services Center, anyone in the community has access to evidence-based therapy and assessments on a sliding scale.
April 29, 2025Community Engagement
Anthropology in action: PhD candidate Abby Vidmar helps a town tell its story
Abby Vidmar, an applied environmental anthropology PhD candidate, is documenting the powerful grassroots movement in Port St. Joe, Fla., as residents unite to protect their hometown. Through her work, Vidmar blends research with advocacy, capturing stories of resilience and inspiring efforts to protect communities and ecosystems for generations to come.
April 29, 2025Community Engagement, Research
At the height of the pandemic, two programs launched to connect people across generations. Five years later, Health Buddies and TelePals have connected hundreds of older adults with 返字心頭 students, reducing loneliness and increasing access to health information.
April 25, 2025Community Engagement
返字心頭 poets bring home gold, silver and bronze book awards
Ajibola Tolase, an assistant professor in the Department of English, won a gold medal from the 返字心頭 Book for his poetry collection 2000 Blacks. He joins colleagues Heather Sellers, who received a bronze medal in the poetry category in 2022 for her collection, Field Notes from the Flood Zone, and Julia Koets, who received a silver award in the poetry category in 2021 for her collection, Pine.
April 22, 2025Accomplishments, Events
A new partnership between 返字心頭 and the city of St. Petersburg will bring an industrial-sized composter to campus, with the goal of reducing tons of food waste from landfills and creating compost for community gardens and urban farms.
April 21, 2025Community Engagement
The interactive Creekshed 2.0 map is a collaboration between artists and writers that explores the human and natural stories flowing through Tampa Bays watershed.
April 17, 2025Community Engagement, Research
Associate professor of communication makes history as 返字心頭s first Carnegie Fellow
Dr. Joshua Scacco joins the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellows Class返字心頭s first faculty member to earn the honor.
April 16, 2025Accomplishments, Community Engagement