The University of South Florida St. Petersburg (USFSP) will celebrate the accomplishments of 417 new graduates during its Fall Commencement, representing undergraduate and graduate degrees from 36 academic homes. A ceremony will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 13, at the Mahaffey Theater. During the ceremony, Tampa Bay accounting executive, Mary Anne Reilly, will receive the institution’s most … Continue reading →

Six members of the USFSP Student Environmental Awareness Society (SEAS) recently attended the national conference of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) in Portland. The AASHE conference is the largest gathering of higher education sustainability professionals and students in North America, with some 2,000 participants. “When we found out that the conference was going to … Continue reading →

FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Oceanographic Center is home to some of the world’s top marine biology and ocean ecosystem researchers and experts. Now those research efforts are being given a boost, thanks to a financial award from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI.) NSU is one of 12 organizations selected to receive part of $140 … Continue reading →

Plenty of kids play in dirt and collect bugs. Maybe you used to bring home bugs in a jar. Maybe you still do.  Deby Cassill does. But, she’s the Associate Professor of Biology at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Read the full story.

USFSP journalism students performed well in the annual Southeastern Regional Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl (IEB), hosted recently by the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics. Teams gathered at the St. Petersburg College EpiCenter in Clearwater to argue and defend their moral assessments of some of the most troubling and complex issues facing society today, including an array of topics in business … Continue reading →