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Award-winning professor uses artificial intelligence to track world’s deadliest animal

Thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏfaculty are developing a trap that uses artificial intelligence to identify the disease-carrying insects.

July 30, 2025Accomplishments, Featured, Research

Natalie Taylor (center), associate professor and director of the College of Arts and Sciences’ School of Information, is the recipient of the American Library Association’s Beta Phi Mu Award for her distinguished service to education for librarianship. (Photo courtesy of Natalie Taylor)

School of Information director transforms library education, earns national recognition

The American Library Association presented Natalie Taylor, an associate professor and director of the College of Arts and Sciences’ School of Information, with the Beta Phi Mu Award for her distinguished service to education for librarianship.

July 30, 2025Accomplishments

four students collage

From Trade Languages to Snake Venom: Four ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏStudents Selected for 2025 Fulbright Research Grants

Four ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏstudents have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants to conduct community-driven research in South Africa, Barbados, India, and the Dominican Republic. Their projects explore topics ranging from language and identity to disability studies and environmental change.

June 26, 2025Accomplishments

Track and field junior sprinter and mass communications student Abdul-Rasheed Saminu has raced to a top finish in ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏathletics history, setting a program record in the high-profile 100 meters, competing in last summer’s Olympic Games for his native Ghana and helping the Bulls to three conference championships (so far) while achieving All-American status.

June 23, 2025Accomplishments

May Birch Boundless Bulls hero

From classroom to command: ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏstudent helping shape the future of national security

For May Birch, national security isn’t just a field of study—it’s a calling rooted in family, shaped by mentors and propelled by student leadership.

June 9, 2025Accomplishments

Dr. Bailee Olliff

2025 ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏOutstanding Young Alumni Award Recipient Dr. Bailee Olliff Practices Medicine With Purpose

From pre-med student at USF's Judy Genshaft Honors College to trauma medical director, 2025 ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏOutstanding Young Alumni recipient Dr. Bailee Olliff has built a career grounded in purpose — making an impact through mentorship, community service, and a strong support system.

June 5, 2025Accomplishments, Alumni

Tammy Allen stands in front of US Capitol building

Distinguished professor of psychology earns national recognition

Distinguished Professor Tammy Allen of the Department of Psychology has been recognized for her career-long work advancing the science of industrial-organizational psychology—the study of human behavior in workplaces and organizations.

May 28, 2025Accomplishments, Research

Jimenez-Bacardi teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in American foreign policy, international law, introduction to international affairs, the United States intelligence community and world conflict. (Photo courtesy of Arturo Jimenez-Bacardi)

School of Interdisciplinary Global Sciences professor recognized for exceptional teaching and mentorship

Arturo Jimenez-Bacardi, an associate professor of instruction in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, was awarded this year’s CAS Liberal Arts and Sciences Teaching Award.

May 28, 2025Accomplishments

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ: A Preeminent Research University

In ‘Time’s Agent,’ pocket worlds reveal deep truths — and earn ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏfaculty 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

Lorena Madrigal, professor, (left) with Jonathan Bethard, associate professor, (right) — who nominated her — during the American Association of Biological Anthropologists awards ceremony in March 2025. (Photo courtesy of Lorena Madrigal)

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,