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$4.8M Mellon Foundation grant opens internship opportunities for USF humanities students

For the first time, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation — the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities — invited the University of South Florida 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.

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Uncovering ocean tech

The Rising Tides Podcast” covers ocean research from space to the seafloor, including the use of buoys, satellites, and submersibles to advance marine science. Credit: Jay Law.

Designed for ocean experts and general audiences alike, “The Rising Tides Podcast” invites oceanographers to discuss their ground-breaking research.

Transforming waste

person's gloved hands sifting through mulch

A new partnership between USF St. Petersburg and the City of St. Petersburg will bring an industrial-sized composter to campus to process food waste.

Shaping hurricane safety

As social media replaces traditional hurricane news, a USF expert and influencers explore its impact on public safety and what to expect this season.

CAS Chronicles

From “She Draws” organized by STEMXposure and sponsored by Turner Construction, to USF Recreation’s Camp Rocky, or the USF Office of Youth Experience’s SAT Summer Institute to the Fantasy Fishing Camp, camp season has arrived at USF St. Petersburg.

Bulls In the Burg: June 2025 Community Relations Roundup

06/13/25 — This community roundup series highlights the ways that USF St. Pete faculty, staff, students and administration are active in the community.

From classroom to command: USF student helping shape the future of national security

06/09/25 — For May Birch, national security isn’t just a field of study—it’s a calling rooted in family, shaped by mentors and propelled by student leadership.

MediMirror, silicon atomic clock and early stroke detection device awarded BRAG grants for further development

06/09/25 — The University of South Florida Foundation and the USF Research Foundation have awarded Foundation Bull Ring Accelerator Grants to three early-stage start-ups affiliated with the Tampa Bay Technology Incubator.

USF graduate students Libby Royer and Lara Novalvos Hernandes (right) set up equipment to study beach erosion on a reef island near Placencia, Belize.

USF expertise helps battle beach erosion and protect coastal communities

06/09/25 — A beachfront community in southeastern Belize is seeking help from researchers in addressing severe beach erosion. It is one of several sites, including Biscayne Bay in Miami and the U.S. Virgin Islands, where USF’s expertise in making Tampa Bay’s coastline more resilient is helping others.

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