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RSS FeedOnce a year, USF St. Petersburg anthropology professor Micah Boyer ventures out to Benin West Africa to research the disease Buruli ulcer. Boyer works for Optimus Foundation Stop Buruli research consortium on a social science team with Dr. Mark Nichter, who was Boyer’s Ph.D. adviser at the University of Arizona. Buruli ulcer is the third
Students got their creative juices flowing at the Reuse-a-Bull Fashion show, where designers created a wardrobe from materials you would find in the trash. Models strutted down the catwalk in their garbage attire on April 13 in the University Student Center ballroom while guests chowed down on Tijuana Flats tacos. The event was coordinated by
Game two’s high-scoring affair Saturday resulted in a 5-1 Lightning win, tying the opening-playoff round between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Detroit Red Wings 1-1. But it won’t be the high flying Steven Stamkos that will get them to the Stanley Cup Finals. It’s going to be goalie Ben Bishop and the tough, physical
On April 30, the lives of 256 college athletes will change forever — and then some. The NFL draft can do that. Players like Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota, Todd Gurley and Amari Cooper are projected to go in the first round and are expected to bring an immediate impact to the teams that select them.
If you look at my right knee, you’ll notice a scar about the size of a quarter. The scar reminds me of the kindness of strangers. I woke up the Monday morning after the Grand Prix in 2014, celebrating the end of the noise. I was also eager to go for a run. My favorite
The Rolling Stone article “A Rape on Campus” and the reports of its publication boil down to a recent fact: basic journalism rules and skills are getting misled in the big league publications. The Columbia Graduate School of Journalism published an investigative report two weeks ago, which gives details to the article’s failure at basic
The future of TRiO Support Services, a USF St. Petersburg organization that offers academic and personal support to first generation and low-income students, is uncertain. The program is undergoing administrative processes to determine whether it will continue to stay on campus as is or as a renovated program available to more students. The TRiO SSS
The 12th annual Research Symposium was held at the University Student Center ballroom on April 15 to showcase this year’s research projects and creative work from USF St. Petersburg students. The symposium gathers undergraduate students from all different majors, including biology, mass communications, criminology, psychology and business. A total of 158 students exhibited 138 projects,
The USF St. Petersburg Coquina Pool is now on track to open June 1, just in time for the summer. Pool-staff hiring and the final touches to construction will be completed within the next month, according to Zachary Oppenheim, assistant director of Student Life and Engagement. “The anticipated date for students to begin swimming is
How would you feel if you had to eat your lunch in the restroom stall? What if someone told you to go to the restroom to prepare your dinner? Currently, this is how nursing babies who come to USF St. Petersburg eat their meals. But plans are in the works to set aside a specific
