$500,000 gift from Mary Kay and Joe Henson to USF funds tutoring, mentorship program at Sarasota middle school
Ensuring young students can read, so they are free to accomplish their dreams, is a goal of a literacy program based at the University of South Florida’s Sarasota-Manatee campus that matches USF students with middle schoolers needing support to boost their reading skills — and to set a course for brighter futures.
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Remembering a USF Marine Science Legend
William T. (“Bill”) Hogarth, 83, of Treasure Island FL passed away after a short illness on November 5, 2022. In 2007, he became the acting Dean of the USF College of Marine Science. There he was able to secure funds to rebuild laboratories, recruit new faculty, acquired the research vessel Weatherbird II and, perhaps most importantly, led efforts on behalf of the state of Florida to study the impacts of the devastating Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010.
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Supporting a “Resource for Truth”
Dinkins and Lally, who recently celebrated their 44th anniversary, have listened to WUSF ever since they moved to Tampa from Louisville, Kentucky, in 1979. They’ve been regular donors to WUSF Public Media since 2003 and have included a generous bequest for WUSF in their estate plan.
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Bulls Explore the Globe
It was a typical late September Friday afternoon on USF’s Tampa campus — warm and sunny, with most students and faculty members wrapping up their final classes in anticipation of the weekend ahead. But inside one room in the Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, a group of students, professors and USF supporters were being transported far from campus, back to ancient Athens, Sicily and Malta.
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A Tribute to Gus Stavros
For more than 40 years, Stavros dedicated his time and resources to advance economic education throughout the state of Florida. The son of a Greek immigrant who built a successful business from scratch, Stavros believed economic education was good for everyone. He was particularly passionate about economic education for young people.
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USF to receive $6 million gift to support biomedical engineering research
Five years ago, the University of South Florida’s College of Engineering and the Morsani College of Medicine partnered to advance the growing field of biomedical engineering by jointly creating the Department of Medical Engineering. Now, a $6 million gift from an alumna will further assist with its mission to improve patient care by conducting innovative research, developing impactful technologies and training students for success as multidisciplinary global leaders.
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Urban Honey
When most people think of beekeeping, they think of someone in a funny costume working in the field. Rarely do they imagine bees being kept on the rooftops of apartment and office buildings. But spanning several continents, the last few decades have seen an increase in the number of people engaged in urban beekeeping.
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Lifting as She Climbs
Attorney. Entrepreneur. Educator. It would be impossible to fit Kristen Corpion, ’10, into just one category.
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Touching a Family, Enriching a Field
USF Health’s acclaimed Breast Cancer Surgeon Dr. Cox leads with empathy and expertise. And his ability to connect while providing leading-edge care is particularly well known to one Tampa family with deep USF ties—a family, in keeping with his philosophy, that he has made his own.
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Growing Generosity on Campus
As the scorching sun beats down on the University of South Florida, a student-led oasis cultivates a generous mission on campus.
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