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Barnali Dixon, a professor of geosciences and the co-director of the Initiative on Coastal Adaptation and Resilience (iCAR), who ranked 461 in the field of geography out of a total of 51,126.

March 7, 2022Honors and Awards

Growing up traveling the world with her parents, professor of the School of Geosciences and Director of the Institute on Black Life (IBL) Fenda Akiwumi leads with a holistic perspective of different cultures.

February 7, 2022Community Engagement

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Ten ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏfaculty members receive national recognition as AAAS Fellows for academic research

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has named 10 ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ researchers as new Fellows, including a College of Education associate professor who will become the university’s first Black faculty member to receive one of the world’s most prestigious honors for academic research.

January 26, 2022Honors and Awards

When the pandemic shut down Jason Gulley's travels, he shifted his attention to caves in his own backyard. Instead of rappelling a few hundred feet down vertical shafts in splintering ice, he swims deep inside underwater caverns in the porous limestone of the giant Floridan aquifer to document their failing health.

September 14, 2021Research

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ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏGeosciences Professor Jennifer Collins Elected Fellow of the American Meteorological Society

An internationally renowned hurricane expert, Dr. Collins’ research and teaching accomplishments are lauded by the prestigious international organization.

August 31, 2021Honors and Awards

Seagrass beds along Florida’s east coast have collapsed, wiping out an important manatee food source. With nothing to eat, scientists are racing to save this gentle marine mammal.

August 26, 2021Research

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ: A Preeminent Research University

22 ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏFaculty Members Recognized with Outstanding Research Achievement Awards

One ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏresearcher brings dinosaurs to life through augmented reality while a colleague explores the origins of life through planetary chemistry. This one of just a few of the faculty research achievements newly recognized with USF’s Outstanding Research Achievement Awards.

August 16, 2021Honors and Awards

Cărișoara Ice Cave's formations and underground glaciers

Could caves on other planets yield the secrets of the universe? ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏGeoscientist Bogdan Onac and his international colleagues want to find out

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏSchool of Geosciences Professor Bogdan P. Onac documents millions of years of Earth’s natural history by exploring caves and lava tubes around the world.

June 15, 2021Research

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ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏlaunches study to identify impact of COVID-19 vaccinations on hurricane evacuation behaviors

The ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ is helping prepare offices of emergency management across the nation for the upcoming hurricane season by determining how COVID-19 may impact evacuation behaviors.

May 4, 2021Research

Photographer and scientist Jason Gulley decided to use his camera to make people care about nature. As a research geologist, he has spent the last 16 years studying how humans have impacted our planet.

April 21, 2021Research

Graduate Research Fellowship Program

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏSenior Withers Selected for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; Three Other ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏStudents Earn Honorable Mentions

Three ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏstudents earned widely regarded honorable mentions: ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏseniors Jack Edwards (Physics), and Stephanie Peak (Chemistry and Cell and Molecular Biology), and PhD student Franco Villegas-Garin (Geology).

April 21, 2021Honors and Awards, Research

Explore the inspiring journey of Dr. Heather Lehto, an accomplished alumna of the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏGeology program. In this engaging article, Dr. Letho shares her experience and contributions to building Arizona State University's geology degree curriculum, starting from its early stages in 2012.

April 13, 2021Alumni News

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