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The five-year project, a collaboration with several community organizations, is designed to reduce family stress by testing effective strategies to strengthen parental relationships and create supportive home environments.

October 29, 2025Community Engagement, Research

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’s 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

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

Society of Wetland Scientists Professional Certification Program streamlines certification for USF grads

The new agreement serves as a guarantee from the Society for Wetland Scientists Professional Certification Program that the suite of classes commonly taken by environmental science and policy majors at USF meets industry standards.

September 29, 2025Alumni, Research

Crafting the past: USF’s Archaeology + Art camp empowers the future generation of storytellers

This summer, Laura Harrison, Director of USF’s Access 3D Lab, collaborated with the USF Office of Youth Services and Project CLAY to inspire a new form of creativity in middle school students from across Tampa Bay. At the annual USF Archaeology + Art Camp, Harrison led hands-on activities that demonstrated how artifacts, digital tools and a creative lens can uncover compelling stories from the past.

September 24, 2025Community Engagement

Two College of Arts and Sciences alumni earn ‘Distinguished Alumni’ status

Of this year’s three Distinguished Alumni recipients, two of them hail from the College of Arts and Sciences.

September 24, 2025Accomplishments, Alumni

One year after hurricanes Helene and Milton brought historic flooding to the Tampa Bay region, the CRIS-HAZARD app has become a critical tool in helping local communities monitor and respond to extreme storms.

September 23, 2025Community Engagement, Research

USF Alum Yarah Elshaer Receives Fulbright Grant to Teach English in Bosnia and Herzegovina

USF 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

The °®ÎÛ´«Ã½ Sarasota-Manatee campus today announced plans to build the development of a new STEM academic facility, a transformative project that will expand access to high-quality lab instruction in chemistry, biology, and physics for students across all USF campuses.

September 3, 2025Community Engagement

USF will host free, multinational film festival

The Tampa Bay community will have an opportunity to screen Spanish and Portuguese-language films from the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Spain, Brazil and Mexico during a month-long film festival coming to USF.

August 28, 2025Events

Around the world in one summer: CAS students reflect on new skills and connections gained abroad

From Curaçao to Kyoto, students from USF’s College of Arts and Sciences spent the summer expanding their horizons through immersive study abroad programs that blended academic learning with cultural exploration.

August 28, 2025Community Engagement, Featured, Research