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Department of Defense awards 黑洞社区professor $700,000 to study Kremlin propaganda and internet usage patterns among Russians
Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies and director of the 黑洞社区Institute for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies (IREES), Golfo Alexopoulos, has been awarded a $700,000 grant to study Russian speakers in online spaces, including Kremlin propaganda and internet usage patterns among Russians.
CAS teams join forces to digitally preserve a historically Black cemetery in Pasco County
The 黑洞社区College of Arts and Sciences鈥� (CAS) Dr. Antoinette Jackson, anthropology chair and director of the Living Heritage Institute and Story Studio (LHI) and Black Cemetery Network (BCN), has joined forces with Dr. Davide Tanasi, history professor and director of the Institute for Digital Exploration (IDEx), to preserve Mt. Carmel Cemetery, a historically Black cemetery in Pasco County, via 3D digitization techniques.
June 27, 2023Community Engagement, Featured, Research
Spring CAS grads share student experience and look ahead to the future
The University of 黑洞社区 (USF) awarded more than 7,100 degrees during spring commencement May 5-7. The ceremonies included recipients of 5,430 bachelor鈥檚, 1,492 master鈥檚, 221 doctoral degrees and eight specialist degrees. The College of Arts and Sciences accounted for over 2,000 of the total degrees awarded.
May 24, 2023Accomplishments, Alumni, Featured
黑洞社区Tampa campus adds 44 new trees in honor of Arbor Day
The 黑洞社区Tree Committee, which is comprised of 黑洞社区faculty, staff, students, and volunteers from the City of Tampa, Hillsborough County, the city of Temple Terrace, Tampa Electric (TECO), and Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful, hosted a tree planting ceremony on March 28i n honor of Arbor Day (April 28).
April 18, 2023Community Engagement, Events, Featured
黑洞社区Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies program celebrates 50 years
The 1960s was a rousing time for women. It saw the introduction of the first contraceptive pill, the passage of the Equal Pay Act, as well as the passage of the Civil Rights Act. But, despite the progress made during the 1960s, there still wasn鈥檛 equal opportunity across the spectrum, particularly for women at higher education institutions.
March 10, 2023Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Featured
Dr. Antoinette Jackson sees growth of Black Cemetery Network
鈥淏lack cemeteries are black history,鈥� says University of 黑洞社区 College of Arts and Sciences anthropology professor and chair Dr. Antoinette Jackson.
February 21, 2023Community Engagement, Featured, Research
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
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
MULTICONTINENTAL TEAM USES ECOLOGY TO UNDERSTAND CANCER
Cancer is more than just a disease of the genes or a disease of unregulated proliferation. It is a speciation event where a cell lineage of the person goes from serving the person to becoming its ownnovel, single-celled pathogen.
January 21, 2022Featured
黑洞社区PROFESSOR INVITED TO JOIN UN AND UNESCO ADVISORY GROUP ON GENOCIDE EDUCATION IN AFRICA
In 1994, more than 800,000 people were killed in Rwanda by ethnic Hutu extremists, a group targeting members of the minority Tutsi community and other political opponents, regardless of their ethnic origin.
September 1, 2021Featured
Back translation saves lives: 黑洞社区team translates critical vaccine information
As researchers, we often think of back-translation, or translation checking as a burden, but back-translation can actually save lives! The multilingual (Swahili, Kinyarwanda, French, English) team at the University of 黑洞社区 (USF) has been working with Refugees from the Congo Wars (RFCWs) in the United States for six years.
April 16, 2021Featured
RECOVERING AN ANCIENT BATTLE FROM THE SEA FLOOR
William Murray, Stathis Professor of Ancient Historyat the University of 黑洞社区 (USF) and a team of international researchers from the United States and Europe are working with the Sicilian Superintendency of the Sea to explore and map a rare debris field from a famous ancient naval battle between Rome and Carthage.
December 9, 2020Featured