Marco Padilla-Rodriguez
Marco Padilla-Rodriguez has known what he wanted to do since he was a teenager. He wanted to teach. Then he fell in love with the environment and was determined to combine his two passions. So when he was accepted into the Honors Program at USF St. Petersburg in 2009, he enrolled in the Environmental Science Program. His goal: to be … Continue reading
Christopher Browning, Ph.D.
The USF St. Petersburg Honors Program and the Florida Holocaust Museum present Christopher Browning, one of the most distinguished Holocaust scholars in the country, April 25 at USF St. Petersburg. Browning will discuss his latest book, Remembering Survival: Inside a Nazi Slave-Labor Camp, at the University Student Center Ballroom, 200 6th Ave. S, at 6:30 p.m. The talk is free … Continue reading
A scene from last year's Undergraduate Research Symposium.
April is Research Month at USF St. Petersburg, when the ongoing work of students and faculty is highlighted in myriad ways. This year’s theme is “The Politics of Food: Rethinking Local Systems.” Events related to the theme include presentations by student journalists from the Neighborhood News Bureau, a lecture on the subject of urban food deserts, a discussion of the … Continue reading
Conference on International Affairs flyer
Diplomats, military leaders, academic experts and journalists will gather at USF St. Petersburg March 28-29 for the first St. Petersburg in the World Conference on International Affairs. About two dozen experts from across the country, including a former CIA official, will participate in a series of panel discussions on some of the most critical international issues of the day. The … Continue reading
Ashraf Khalil
As part of International Week, the USF St. Petersburg Honors Program presents Ashraf Khalil, author of Liberation Square: Inside the Egyptian Revolution, who will discuss the role of social media in the 2011 revolution. Khalil, an Arab-American journalist based in Cairo, will also discuss the recent unrest that rocked the country and what it means for the future of Egyptian … Continue reading