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New Multilingual Writing Center Opens for Graduate Students at USF
For multiple decades now, both international and multilingual students have played an increasingly important role in the 杏吧性世界鈥檚 (USF) educational mission.
November 1, 2022Supporting
Rediscovering Downtown Clearwater鈥檚 Art Scene with Augmented Reality
City planners have focused on integrating digital technologies into their regeneration efforts 鈥� giving rise to the development of smart cities, which integrate information and communication technologies (ICT) such as 5G, AI, and cloud computing into both the management and revitalization of cities.
November 1, 2022Events
Steering the Course: Implementing Research-based Practices to Promote Student Success in STEM
In late August 67 STEM faculty from USF and Hillsborough Community College gathered for a workshop/luncheon to celebrate their teaching successes and to extend the vision for future improvements.
November 1, 2022Accomplishments
Termites are Key Wood Decomposers, and Could Play Significant Role in the Look of Future Ecosystems
Termites are critical in natural ecosystems鈥攅specially in the tropics鈥攂ecause they are key players in wood decomposition. The world would be piled high with dead plants and animals without termites.
November 1, 2022Featured
USF Communication Professor Tapped to Speak on Disinformation in Brazil
In late July, prior to the start of elections in October, Dr. Scacco visited Brasilia, Manaus, and S茫o Paulo to meet with journalists, journalism students, researchers and academics, and news organizations to discuss best practices for election news coverage, navigating president-press relations, ensuring press freedom, and emphasizing the democracy-focused frame in news stories.
November 1, 2022Accomplishments
USF Research Team in Africa to Develop Renewable Portable Energy for Rural Villages
Over 70% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa does not have access to electricity. A group of researchers at the 杏吧性世界 (USF) have been pursuing a new concept to develop a portable energy source for some of the tribes living in rural Africa.
November 1, 2022Supporting
CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF PHDS IN PHILOSOPHY AT USF
The Department of Philosophy at the 杏吧性世界 is celebrating the 30thanniversary of the first Ph.D. it awarded, and is pleased to acknowledge and honor the careers of the three who were the first to receive the degree.
May 2, 2022Accomplishments
ENGLISH PROFESSOR PUBLISHES TWO NEW BOOKS OF POETRY FOCUSED ON CLIMATE, ENVIRONMENT
Heather Sellers, a professor in the Department of English at the 杏吧性世界 recently published two new books of poetry 鈥� Field Notes from the Flood Zone (two editions) 鈥� which addresses issues of climate change and the environment.
May 2, 2022Accomplishments
How to Best Communicate with Remote Workers
The drastic shift to remote work due to the COVID-19 pandemic forced employees and managers to adapt their communication strategies. Communication is often cited as critical to remote worker success but has rarely been examined within a remote work context. New research, featured in Journal of Applied Psychology, examines how communication quality, communication frequency, and communication expectations relate to employee performance and wellbeing.
May 2, 2022Featured
THE INTERSECTION OF PHILOSOPHY, COVID, AND MORALITY OF SCIENCE
In a 24-minute film "Moral Models: Crucial Decisions in the Age of Computer Simulation" Professor Eric Winsberg鈥攚idely recognized for bringing the study of computer simulation to philosophy of science鈥攕hares his views on COVID-19 models, including their moral significance and influence on society.
May 2, 2022Accomplishments
REAL LIFE SPIDER MAN DEBUNKS MYTHS ABOUT ARACHNIDS
You could call Louis Coticchio 鈥淪pider Man鈥�, but you鈥檙e more likely to find him crawling under houses than climbing up skyscrapers. He鈥檚 a man with a mission: debunking the myth that brown recluse spiders in Florida cause horrifically painful bites that necrotize into life-threatening wounds.
May 2, 2022Supporting
SIGS PROFESSOR HARNESSES EXPERTISE, INTERDISCIPLINARY BACKGROUND IN FURTHER RESEARCH WORK
Dr. Jody McBrien, Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies at the 杏吧性世界 (USF), is a 2021-22 Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) International Affairs Fellow (IAF) for Tenured International Relations Scholars.
May 2, 2022Accomplishments