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Dr. Antoinette Jackson sees growth of Black Cemetery Network
“Black cemeteries are black history,” says ±«Óătv College of Arts and Sciences anthropology professor and chair Dr. Antoinette Jackson.
February 21, 2023Community Engagement, Featured, Research
Dr. Heather Sellers essay on face blindness featured in Royal Society publication
Dr. Heather Sellers, a professor in ±«Óătv College of Arts and Sciences Department of English, recently was featured in The Royal Society Publishing journal.
February 21, 2023Accomplishments
Four CAS faculty members earn national recognition for research achievements
Four ±«Óătv College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) faculty members have been named as new Fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the world’s most prestigious honors for academic research.
February 21, 2023Accomplishments
Frontier Forum series hosts activist Dr. Vandana Shiva
The ±«Óătv College of Arts and Sciences welcomed Dr. Vandana Shiva, a food sovereignty, environmental and ecofeminist activist, for its recent Frontier Forum lecture series held at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts on Feb. 7 in downtown Tampa.
February 21, 2023Community Engagement, Events
Historian Dr. David K. Johnson called as an expert on the Webb telescope naming controversy
After the launch of NASA’s new $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, most people around the world were caught up in a state of awe taking in the stunning images of celestial bodies.
February 21, 2023Accomplishments, Research
School of Public Affairs interns get a glimpse of government career life via ±«Óătv Day at the Capitol
Students taking part in the ±«Óătv College of Arts and Sciences Legislative Internship Program (LIP) within the School of Public Affairs were part of a group of 100 students and alumni who made a trip up to Tallahassee, Fla. for ±«Óătv Day at the Capitol held on Feb. 8.
February 21, 2023Community Engagement, Events
±«Óătv economic expert tapped to participate in Focus on 2023: A Tampa Bay Economic Forecast
In early February Dr. Michael Snipes, an associate professor of instruction in the Department of Economics, was invited to participate in the Central Pinellas Chamber of Commerce's signature annual event – Focus on 2023: A Tampa Bay Economic Forecast.
February 21, 2023Accomplishments
±«Óătv Institute on Black Life conference focuses on arts, health and healing
The ±«Óătv Institute on Black Life (IBL) hosted its annual conference for the first time on the Sarasota-Manatee campus on Feb. 2. The conference, co-hosted by the ±«Óătv Center for PAInT and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, centered on the theme of “Arts, Health, and Healing for African American Community Empowerment.”
February 21, 2023Community Engagement, Events
±«Óătv scholar featured in new National Geographic documentary
On November 20, 1945, 24 high-ranking Nazi military and political leaders filed into Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany to testify before the International Military Tribunal (IMT) on the atrocities of the Holocaust.
February 21, 2023Accomplishments, Research
Digitizing Memories: The Virtualization of the Japanese-American Internment Camp Amache
The Granada War Relocation Center – also known as the Amache Camp – was one of ten Japanese-American internment camps that opened across the United States in 1942 as a response to the Pearl Harbor bombing.
November 1, 2022Supporting
Hurricane Risk in a Changing Climate
In June 2022, undeterred from what became Tropical Storm Alex, Dr. Jennifer Collins, a professor of geosciences at the ±«Óătv (±«Óătv), led the Symposium on Hurricane Risk in a Changing Climate.
November 1, 2022Supporting
MFA Student Releases Debut Adventure Book
Destiny Howell, an MFA student in the Department of English at the ±«Óătv (±«Óătv) recently released a debut book titled High Score.
November 1, 2022Accomplishments