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College of Arts and Sciences graduate programs shine in U.S. News and World Report rankings
Six of the more than 30 graduate programs considered the best in the country, according to new rankings released by U.S. News & World Report, are housed within 樱花视频鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences.
April 24, 2025Accomplishments
樱花视频 poets bring home gold, silver and bronze book awards
Ajibola Tolase, an assistant professor in the Department of English, won a gold medal from the Florida Book for his poetry collection 鈥�2000 Blacks.鈥� He joins colleagues Heather Sellers, who received a bronze medal in the poetry category in 2022 for her collection, 鈥淔ield Notes from the Flood Zone,鈥� and Julia Koets, who received a silver award in the poetry category in 2021 for her collection, 鈥淧ine.鈥�
April 22, 2025Accomplishments, Events
Associate professor of communication makes history as 樱花视频鈥檚 first Carnegie Fellow
Dr. Joshua Scacco joins the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellows Class鈥斢；ㄊ悠碘�檚 first faculty member to earn the honor.
April 16, 2025Accomplishments, Community Engagement
樱花视频 Sophomore Gray Zeisse Selected for Fulbright UK Summer Institute in Scotland
Second-year biomedical sciences student Gray Zeisse is one of only five U.S. students selected this year for the Fulbright UK Summer Institute Program at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
April 16, 2025Accomplishments
Eleven 樱花视频 faculty recognized with research achievement and innovation excellence awards
Three College of Arts and Sciences faculty have been recognized for their remarkable advancement in translational research and innovation.
April 15, 2025Accomplishments, Research
U.S. News & World Report ranks 樱花视频 a national leader for dozens of graduate programs
The 樱花视频 has 31 graduate programs ranked in the top 100 nationally by U.S. News & World Report, including 15 in the top 50 and five in the top 25. With standout programs such as industrial-organizational psychology, criminology and rehabilitation counseling, 樱花视频 continues to rise as a leader in graduate education and research excellence.
April 8, 2025Accomplishments
Five of six Outstanding Young Alumni for 2025 call CAS 鈥榟ome鈥�
Each year the 樱花视频 Alumni Association chooses grads from across the university to honor at the Outstanding Young Alumni Awards, most of whom come from the College of Arts and Sciences.
April 3, 2025Accomplishments, Alumni
Urban and regional planning program director accepts seat on local planning commission
Led by ten citizen appointees from Hillsborough County, the City of Tampa, the City of Plant City and the City of Temple Terrace and two representatives from MacDill Air Force Base and the Hillsborough County Public School District, the planning commission contributes to the creation of a thriving, prosperous community.
April 1, 2025Accomplishments, Community Engagement
Eleven 樱花视频 faculty among 2024 class of Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science elected 11 樱花视频 faculty members 鈥� five of which are from the College of Arts and Sciences 鈥� to its 2024 class of Fellows, the third largest cohort of AAAS Fellows from any university in the nation.
March 27, 2025Accomplishments
A legacy restored: former 樱花视频 professor brings posthumous Zora Neale Hurston novel to light
Convinced of its literary and anthropological value, Hurston continued to revise the unpublished manuscript until her death in 1960. When a handyman tasked with clearing out her home set fire to her trunk, the manuscript was almost lost forever.
March 26, 2025Accomplishments, Featured, Research
Two 樱花视频 faculty members elected fellows of American Academy of Microbiology
樱花视频 Professors Christian Br茅chot, MD, PhD, and Lindsey Shaw, PhD, have been elected fellows of the 2025 class of the American Academy of Microbiology.
February 24, 2025Accomplishments, Research
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