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Sailing captain Madisen Hamai

Graduate goes from novice to captain of nationally ranked sailing team

When she arrived at USF St. Petersburg several years ago, Madisen Hamai had never stepped foot on a sailboat. This week, she is graduating as captain of the nationally ranked USF Women’s Sailing team.

April 30, 2026Campus News, Student Life

University of South Florida: A Preeminent Research University

USF student finds path in environmental science

In the wake of the 2024 hurricanes, Oliver Laczko took an eroded patch of USF St. Petersburg's Bayboro Harbor waterfront and restored some of the first marsh habitats since the harbor was developed in the early 1900s.

May 4, 2026Campus News, Student Life, Sustainability

Holocaust Museum partnership

USF students working with Florida Holocaust Museum to create exhibit on Holocaust survivor, Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel

Students are helping to catalogue artifacts, correspondence, photographs and other material that will lead to a permanent museum exhibition on the life, works and teachings of the Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

April 30, 2026Community Partnerships

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