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School of Information鈥檚 Amelia Anderson honored for research excellence in public library services for adults
Amelia Anderson, School of Information assistant professor, earned the prestigious Association for Library and Information Science Education Connie Van Fleet Award for her success in research about public library services for adults.
February 20, 2025Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Research

Undergraduate Humanities Conference encourages professional and personal growth
Nearly 100 students participated in this year鈥檚 Undergraduate Humanities Conference, an event providing real-life experience for future academic, professional and personal challenges.
February 20, 2025Accomplishments, Events, Research
A book on the geology, history and current state of Florida springs and a biography on the civil rights icon John Lewis were awarded top honors by the Florida Book Awards.
February 12, 2025Accomplishments

Department of Communication鈥檚 Steven Wilson celebrates 鈥楧istinguished Scholar鈥 recognition by National Communication Association
Department of Communication professor Steven Wilson earns national recognition as a 鈥楧istinguished Scholar鈥 by the National Communication Association.
January 27, 2025Accomplishments

Religious studies professors receive grant to provide religious literacy to health professionals
Four of 无码专区鈥檚 religious studies professors received a $60,000 grant, placing 无码专区 in the forefront for providing religious and cultural competency to health students and professionals.
January 16, 2025Accomplishments, Community Engagement

$4.8M Mellon Foundation grant opens internship opportunities for 无码专区 humanities students
For the first time, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 鈥 the nation鈥檚 largest supporter of the arts and humanities 鈥 invited the 无码专区 to submit a proposal last spring for one of its humanities internship grants. The foundation awarded the college a five-year, $4.8 million grant that will support up to 900 students each year in otherwise unpaid internships. The beneficiaries will be undergraduate students majoring in humanities.
January 15, 2025Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Featured

Two 无码专区 faculty members named NAI fellows
The 无码专区 researchers are being recognized for their groundbreaking discoveries and innovations in chemical engineering to treat cancer and other challenging diseases and nanomaterials engineering for multifunctional manufacturing applications.
December 11, 2024Accomplishments

无码专区 to confer nearly 4,000 degrees during fall commencement ceremonies Dec. 13-14
This graduating class includes a 16-year-old, a 70-year-old grandmother of four and an electrical engineer seeking to revolutionize the medical, space exploration and military industries.
December 9, 2024Accomplishments

New book on immigration and belonging will illuminate indigenous peoples and languages of North Africa
When Heide Casta帽eda, a professor of anthropology at the 无码专区, travels to Morocco it isn鈥檛 to visit Africa鈥檚 largest mosque or one of the historical kasbahs. Casta帽eda, a migration scholar, is there to study and understand the experience of the indigenous Amazigh people 鈥 the focal point of her new book, forthcoming from New York University Press.
November 25, 2024Accomplishments, Research

English professor featured in 'Best American Poetry'
Natalie Scenters-Zapico, an award-winning poet and assistant professor in the Department of English, is gaining global recognition. Scenters-Zapico, who shapes the local literary community as director of the Michael Kuperman Memorial Poetry Library, has a poem in the prestigious 鈥淏est American Poetry鈥 anthology, cementing her work as essential reading at 无码专区 and for audiences across the country.
November 22, 2024Accomplishments

Latin American Film Studies scholar wins prestigious early career award
The Latin American Studies Association awarded Olivia Cosentino, an assistant professor of film and new media studies in the Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies, the Early Career Award 2024 for her outstanding scholarship on Mexican cinema.
November 21, 2024Accomplishments, Research

鈥極nce you鈥檙e in it, you鈥檙e in it for life.鈥 Aspiring surgeon receives wraparound support from Women in Leadership & Philanthropy program
The Women in Leadership & Philanthropy program has invested thousands of dedicated mentoring hours and more than $4 million in grants, scholarships and programmatic funding to more than 700 scholars like Merlo, who received $1,000 to support her studies this year.
November 21, 2024Accomplishments, Alumni, Community Engagement