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Cheryl Rodriguez holding an award

Anthropologist Dr. Cheryl Rodriguez earns Dr. Ira E. Harrison Legacy Award

Dr. Cheryl Rodriguez, professor and anthropologist in the Sciences School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, has earned the Dr. Ira E. Harrison Legacy Award from the Association of Black Anthropologists.

February 19, 2024Accomplishments, Community Engagement

A group of 24 USF students will soon embark for South Carolina to experience firsthand what it鈥檚 like to work on the campaign trail. As part of the Road to the White House course, students canvass, phone bank and see how presidential campaigns are run during a critical juncture of the election cycle.

February 14, 2024Research

Kendrick Williams of USF鈥檚 Joint Military Leadership Center moderated a panel featuring MSG LeVon Sains, Senior Military Science Instructor, GySgt Darius O. Robinson, Assistant Marine Officer Instructor, SSgt. Dominque Robinson, SSgt Jordan M. Barnes (student) and OC Justus Betts (students) for a discussion of ROCT at USF. (Photo by Corey Lepak)

Institute on Black Life annual conference illuminates Black military experiences

The USF Institute on Black Life (IBL) co-hosted its annual conference with the USF Office of Veteran Success to explore this year鈥檚 theme: 鈥淏lack Life and the Military.鈥

February 13, 2024Community Engagement, Events

Dr. Ernest Boger on the USF Tampa campus in 1961. (Photo courtesy of the USF Digital Commons)

Dr. Ernest Boger鈥檚 legacy as USF鈥檚 first African American student and hospitality industry pioneer

Dr. Ernest Boger became the first African American student at USF where he not only shaped the history of the Civil Rights Movement but became a pioneer in the hospitality industry with over 40-years of experience.

February 12, 2024Alumni, Community Engagement

USF partners with Hillsborough County Sheriff鈥檚 Office to preserve more than a century of law enforcement history

USF partners with Hillsborough County Sheriff鈥檚 Office to preserve more than a century of law enforcement history

USF鈥檚 Institute for Digital Exploration is helping the Hillsborough County Sheriff鈥檚 Office preserve more than 80,000 items, dating back to the 1890s, through the creation of a digital database.

February 6, 2024Research

The 51在线 has named Joe Askren director of the Brewing Arts program, creating an opportunity to expand partnerships between the College of Arts and Sciences and the Muma College of Business.

January 30, 2024Community Engagement, Events

Su Senapati, a professor of instruction in the Department of English at USF Sarasota-Manatee, published 鈥淚mages of Women and Gender Identity in John Marston's Plays.

January 30, 2024Accomplishments

Tan and black book cover with skyline

Assistant Professor Mark Leib celebrates release of new book 鈥淚mage Breaker鈥

The book centers around protagonist Tristan Wishnasky, whose meteoric professional rise as a novelist is threatened when he begins to hallucinate mysterious messages telling him he's wasting his life.

January 29, 2024Accomplishments

Former College of Arts and Sciences Dean Eric Eisenberg with the DSLS class of 2013-2014 at a USF Homecoming event. (Photo courtesy of Lauren Taylor)

Dean鈥檚 Student Leadership Society celebrates 10 years of shaping CAS identity and fostering professionalism

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Dean鈥檚 Student Leadership Society hosts a virtual event, reflecting on its past and offering insights into future plans.

January 26, 2024Accomplishments, Alumni, Community Engagement, Events, Featured

Jeremy Lomax (fifth from right) standing next to former College of Arts and Sciences Dean Eric Eisenberg (fourth from right) with the DSLS class of 2014. (Photo courtesy of Jeremy Lomax)

DSLS alumnus Jeremy Lomax shares his journey from undergraduate research to professional success

USF alumnus, Dr. Jeremy Lomax, highlights the influence of the Dean鈥檚 Student Leadership Society (DSLS) in shaping his academic, professional, and personal development.

January 26, 2024Alumni, Community Engagement, Research

From left: Dr. Tara Deubel, Natasha Sutton, Shaye Soifoine, and Zach Whiteman. (Photo courtesy of Tara Deubel)

Sustainable women's argan oil field school in Morocco creates hands-on research experiences for students

Two CAS students recently participated in a field school project where they were provided with hands-on research experience opportunities related to the cultural and socioeconomic impact of argan oil production in Morocco.

January 26, 2024Community Engagement, Research

(From left) Dr. S.L. Crawley and Dr. Ashley Green (right), accepting their award from the American Sociology Association for their work featured in The Oxford Handbook of Symbolic Interaction. (Photo courtesy of Dr. S.L. Crawley)

American Sociology Association recognizes faculty and alumna for article on symbolic interactionism

The American Sociology Association has recognized Dr. S.L. Crawley, associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, and Dr. Ashley Green, now a PhD alumna, for their article, 鈥淕ender and Embodiment as Negotiated Relations,鈥 as featured in 鈥淭he Oxford Handbook of Symbolic Interaction.鈥

January 25, 2024Accomplishments, Alumni, Research

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