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$4.8M Mellon Foundation grant opens internship opportunities for USF humanities students

For the first time, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation — the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities — invited the University of South Florida to submit a proposal last spring for one of its humanities internship grants. The foundation awarded the college a five-year, $4.8 million grant that will support up to 900 students each year in otherwise unpaid internships. The beneficiaries will be undergraduate students majoring in humanities.

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Uncovering ocean tech

The Rising Tides Podcast” covers ocean research from space to the seafloor, including the use of buoys, satellites, and submersibles to advance marine science. Credit: Jay Law.

Designed for ocean experts and general audiences alike, “The Rising Tides Podcast” invites oceanographers to discuss their ground-breaking research.

Transforming waste

person's gloved hands sifting through mulch

A new partnership between USF St. Petersburg and the City of St. Petersburg will bring an industrial-sized composter to campus to process food waste.

Growing up digital

several kids seated use their smartphones

Findings will help inform a 25-year national study that will track young people’s digital media use and wellbeing into adulthood.

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St. Petersburg poet laureate and USF alumna publishes debut novel

04/29/25 — In Gloria Muñoz's debut novel, a genre-bending work of young adult climate fiction, Florida is crumbling under the weight of climate disaster, and seventeen-year-old Julieta Villarreal must decide whether to remain on Earth with her friends and family or to leave everything behind and embark on a mission to establish humanity’s first extraterrestrial settlement.

University of South Florida: A Preeminent Research University

USF students make directorial debut

04/29/25 — When Hilda Sheridan-Hewlett moved from London, England to Tampa, Fla. to study literature and film, she was so swept away by the natural beauty of the local beaches that she decided to write and direct a short film. The final product, “Lost in the Current," has so far been screened at five film festivals.

Students present in panels alongside others with intersecting topics. (Photo courtesy of Anna Alieva)

Undergraduate students hone research presentation skills at national humanities research symposium

04/29/25 — Ten students from USF’s College of Arts and Sciences were selected to attend the Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium at Johns Hopkins University in March.

Graduate students work with patients under the oversight of the clinic’s supervisors and directors. (Photo by Corey Lepak)

USF Psychological Services Center filling mental health services gap for community

04/29/25 — At the USF Psychological Services Center, anyone in the community has access to evidence-based therapy and assessments on a sliding scale.

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