CAS Chronicles
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350 poison dart frogs walk into a lab
Stepping into Yang Lab is like stepping into a sauna, thanks to the many temperature-controlled terrariums that line the walls. Inside, frogs glitter like gemstones — ruby, emerald, sapphire — on mossy beds. The frogs' vibrant and diverse colors are what drew Yang to study them in the first place.
Power in partnership: School of Public Affairs presents Gladfelter Award to local nonprofit, Rebuilding Together Greater Florida
Every year, the School of Public Affairs presents the Gladfelter Award to an organization that addresses quality of life issues for the direct benefit of those who live, work and play in greater Tampa Bay.
May 27, 2025Community Engagement
Successful CAS alumni offer time and insight to students
Two CAS graduates and Outstanding Young Alumni recipients answered questions about their academic and career paths, sharing guidance with eager students.
May 27, 2025Alumni
Alumna creates community impact by putting anthropology in action
Aria Garling credits USF for influencing her nonprofit work and helping her design meaningful, intergenerational programs.
May 27, 2025Alumni, Community Engagement
How do Floridians perceive AI in mental health and health care?
The multidisciplinary team from USF developed a platform that addresses critical gaps in cancer care – improving medication adherence, enhancing patient education and supporting symptom management.
May 21, 2025Research
In ‘Time’s Agent,’ pocket worlds reveal deep truths — and earn USF faculty a Philip K. Dick award
In Brenda Peynado's "Time's Agent," pocket worlds exist, but they don’t hold the key to the universe’s mysteries like the characters once hoped. Instead, each pocket world — a geographically small, hidden offshoot of reality — is controlled by a corporation intent on turning a profit.
May 20, 2025Accomplishments, Research
How USF hurricane experts are helping improve evacuation procedures across Tampa Bay
As hurricane season approaches, researchers at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ are turning to the public to help government agencies improve emergency communication and evacuation strategies. They want to know how residents heeded warnings ahead of hurricanes Helene and Milton.
May 19, 2025Research
Professor's contributions to the field of biological anthropology earn national honor
Anthropology professor Lorena Madrigal received the Gabriel W. Lasker Service Award for her pioneering work in the field of biological anthropology.
May 19, 2025Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Research
USF to confer more than 7,700 degrees during commencement ceremonies May 8-11
Graduates include a mother and son earning their degrees, a cancer survivor who never gave up on her educational goal and twin sisters who created thriving startups, winning awards along the way to fuel their entrepreneurial journeys.
May 5, 2025Community Engagement
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Tammy and Bennett Moscato
Mother and son Tammy and Bennett Moscato attended USF together. Now, they are both graduating this spring.
May 2, 2025Accomplishments
Critical Language Scholarship Opens Door for USF Student to Study Arabic in Jordan
Third-year Â鶹ÊÓƵ student Ashley Parow, a history and political science double major, was selected for the 2025 Critical Language Scholarship Program to study Arabic language and culture in Amman, Jordan.
May 2, 2025Accomplishments
Could 'The Last of Us' really happen? USF mycology expert breaks down the fungus behind the fiction
HBO’s The Last of Us might be a dystopian thrill ride, but how real is its core concept that a fungus could hijack the human brain? A USF microbiology professor explains what’s fact and what’s fiction.
May 1, 2025Research