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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, Research

Tammy and Bennett Moscato [Photo courtesy of Tammy Moscato]

Tammy and Bennett Moscato

Mother and son Tammy and Bennett Moscato attended ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏtogether. Now, they are both graduating this spring.

May 2, 2025Accomplishments

Ashley Parow

Critical Language Scholarship Opens Door for ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏStudent to Study Arabic in Jordan

Third-year ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ 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

Brian Turnbull, Ph.D.

2025 Innovation in Online Design and Teaching Award Highlights Transformative Faculty Approaches

Associate professor of instruction in the Department of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Brian Turnbull, is a finalist for the Innovation in Online Design and Teaching Award, presented by ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏInnovative Education and the Office of the Provost.

April 30, 2025Accomplishments

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ: A Preeminent Research University

St. Petersburg poet laureate and ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏalumna publishes debut novel

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.

April 29, 2025Accomplishments, Alumni, Events

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ: A Preeminent Research University

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏstudents make directorial debut

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.

April 29, 2025Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Events

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

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.

April 29, 2025Accomplishments, Research

About CAS Chronicles

CAS Chronicles is the monthly newsletter for the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ's College of Arts and Sciences, your source for the latest news, research, and events at CAS.