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The power of global collaboration: The inaugural Joint Fintech Research Symposium between the University of South Florida and the University of East London 

University of East London (UEL) and Tampa Bay strengthen their partnership activity in exciting ways. Read about the Tampa Bay Wave and UEL roundtable and the launching of the first Joint UEL/USF Fintech Research Symposium.

February 27, 2025Events, Global Networks

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USF is a top producer for Fulbright Scholars

The University of South Florida is again a top producer nationally for the highly competitive Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. USF is ranked No. 6 for the 2024-25 academic year – the ninth time over the last decade to be named in the top 10. Learn more about the program and awards.

February 25, 2025Accolades, Faculty & Staff, Scholars, Students

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Hopeful for the future: USF professor Dr. Seden Dogan honored for her work in the hospitality and tourism management

Seden Dogan, Assistant Professor of Instruction in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at USF, has received four awards this year for her work. Read about her accomplishments and her journey at USF.

January 6, 2025Accolades, Faculty & Staff

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USF World forum is first step toward a new French connection

At USF’s inaugural French Business Forum in November, participants discovered a natural synergy between emerging technologies, which are shaping both the University of South Florida’s status as a global research institution and France’s future economy. Read about those who came and how this event impacts the university locally and globally.

November 27, 2024Events, Global Networks

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New book on immigration and belonging will illuminate indigenous peoples and languages of North Africa

Heide Castañeda, a professor of anthropology at the University of South Florida, travels to Morocco to study and understand the indigenous Amazigh people — the focal point of her new book.

November 25, 2024Faculty & Staff, Scholars

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USF creator of global clean water, energy technology is inducted into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame

The USF College of Engineering professor whose vision of building a clean-energy system that could solve challenges in parts of the world with no sanitation systems was inducted into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame in October. Read how his technology is being used in India, South Africa, and on a global scale.

November 22, 2024Accolades, Faculty & Staff

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As uncertainty abounds, USF's Im/migrant Well-Being Research Center forges community ties

Florida is one of three states where half of the immigrant population in the U.S. lives. The goal of the USF center is to enhance the socioeconomic success and well-being of immigrant communities. Read how they plan to do this and more.

November 21, 2024Alumni, Events, Faculty & Staff

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How volcanic cave research is advancing the search for life on Mars

An international research team led by University of South Florida professor Bogdan P. Onac has uncovered preserved biosignatures in Spain’s lava tubes, providing insights into Earth’s ancient environments that could guide the search for past microbial life on Mars.

November 18, 2024Faculty & Staff

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Kimberly Brooke Hansen Named Fulbright Specialist

Congratulations to Kimberly Brooke Hansen for being awarded a 2024 Fulbright Specialist Award to Serbia. She will begin her three-year program next month at the University of Belgrade.

November 15, 2024Faculty & Staff

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USF bioarchaeologist’s summer field school uncovers layers of history in a Transylvania village

The Romanian region yields its secrets under the careful work of Jonathan Bethard and students from USF and around the world. Read about the research that led to this project and how it impacts the world.

October 1, 2024Faculty & Staff, Students

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USF students and researchers benefit from a new era of strengthened relations between Florida and the U.K

The United Kingdom long has been one of Florida’s most important global partners when it comes to trade, research, and academic engagement. Read how this friendship is getting a refresh.

September 24, 2024Global Networks

University of South Florida: A Preeminent Research University

Team led by USF alum discovers seamount, new species along Nazca Ridge

Marine sciences team, led by a USF alumna, discovered and captured the first live footage of the Promachoteuthis squid, a genus which had previously only been characterized from dead samples.

September 9, 2024Alumni, Global Networks

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