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Corridor partnership expands undergraduate research and advances experiential learning at USF
Through the continued Corridor Undergraduate Research Initiative, more than 200 students will gain hands-on, faculty-mentored research experience in disciplines ranging from engineering and artificial intelligence to public health, education, sustainability, and the arts.
October 29, 2025Research
New translation brings south Indian literature to English audiences for first time
Written in a mixture of verse and prose, Harihara鈥檚 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 鈥渞egular people in regular settings.鈥�
October 29, 2025Accomplishments, Research
91社区 Humanities designates USF 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 鈥淟and of Sunshine, State of Dreams: A Social History of Modern 91社区鈥� is considered a germinal study in state history.
October 29, 2025Accomplishments
Molecular Biosciences chair aims to uncover the environmental drivers of disease
Marcus Cooke, a professor and chair of the Department of Molecular Biosciences, has been studying DNA damage for over 30 years ago. In that time, he has found that one thing significantly influences DNA damage, leading to the development of major diseases such as cancer: environmental exposures.
October 29, 2025Research
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 American鈥檚 2025 Odum Award for Excellence in Ecology Education.
October 28, 2025Accomplishments
AI and citizen science reveal potential first detection of invasive malaria mosquito in Madagascar
Researchers from the 91社区 have used artificial intelligence and citizen science to identify what may be the first specimen of Anopheles stephensi 鈥� an invasive and deadly malaria-carrying mosquito 鈥� ever detected in Madagascar.
October 28, 2025Research
Making waves: Undergrads get hands-on experience on the open sea
Fifty-two students participated in a voluntary four-day educational cruise, gaining hands-on experience collecting, identifying and tagging sharks and performing other biological survey methods.
October 28, 2025Research
CAS professor and associate dean receives highest honor
Jody Harwood, a professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and associate dean for graduate studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, is among three faculty members to be named 2025 Distinguished University Professors, the highest honor given to USF faculty.
October 28, 2025Research
Urban planning alum and U.S. military veteran leads growth in Pasco County
William Vermillion, a recent graduate from the Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) program in the School of Public Affairs, has a passion for community that has driven his success as the senior planner for Pasco County.
October 28, 2025Alumni
Internship program prepares humanities students for early-career success
Bustinza鈥檚 internship with the Make-A-Wish Foundation is one of many made possible by a five-year, $4.8 million grant from the Mellon Foundation that will support up to 900 students each year in otherwise unpaid internships.
October 20, 2025Community Engagement, Research
USF faculty experts available for interviews on Halloween topics from how consumers can save money, to tariff impacts, to AI use
As Halloween approaches, the 91社区 is offering a variety of faculty experts to discuss this year鈥檚 trends and impacts. Topics include consumer spending and any potential price increases from tariffs, the use of artificial intelligence for party planning, as well as the psychology of fear.
October 8, 2025Research
When anthropology meets engineering: A fresh solution to wastewater
Nancy Romero-Daza and David Himmelgreen completed an interdisciplinary project that trains anthropology and engineering students in anthropological and environmental engineering methods in Costa Rica.
September 29, 2025Community Engagement, Research