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Neighborhood News Bureau Chronicles St. Petersburg’s African-American History through Digital Storytelling
Dr. Bernardo Motta thought he was giving his journalism students a simple project: research the history of local African-American communities.
October 10, 2018Research and Innovation, Student Life
Celebrating 20 Years of Innovative Research: Duckwall Professorship Spurs New Insight Into Florida History
A physicist turned successful businessman who ran an optics company in Tampa, he decided to create a foundation dedicated to making the Tampa Bay region a better place.
September 12, 2018Research and Innovation
Historian Writes First Comprehensive Biography of Tennis Legend and Civil Rights Icon Arthur Ashe
While Arthur Ashe gained fame for his brilliance on the tennis court, it was his commitment to advancing causes such as civil rights, education, AIDS awareness and ending apartheid in South Africa that cemented his status as an American icon.
August 21, 2018Research and Innovation
USF St. Petersburg Alum Awarded Pulitzer Prize in History for The Gulf
Jack E. Davis, a University of South Florida St. Petersburg alum and University of Florida professor, was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in history for his engrossing book The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea.
April 23, 2018Campus News
Meet the Young Scholars Who are Helping to Revolutionize Early American History
Two young USF St. Petersburg history scholars are reading 16th century Spanish, scrolling through documents in one of the world’s most important historical archives and making a huge impact on how the story of colonial Florida is told.
March 13, 2018Research and Innovation, Student Life
Unveiling of La Florida: The Interactive Digital Archive of the Americas to Revolutionize Early American History
At receptions in Washington, D.C. on March 15-16, USF St. Petersburg will unveil the groundbreaking La Florida: The Interactive Digital Archive of the Americas in front of dignitaries, international media and the public.
March 13, 2018Research and Innovation
The Historian Journal Comes to USFSP
The second largest scholarly journal in the field of history is now housed at USF St. Petersburg.
January 29, 2018Research and Innovation
History Chair Featured in National PBS Documentary “Secrets of Spanish Florida”
After the “discovery” of America by Europeans, the first events most school children learn about in U.S. history are the colonial settlements of Jamestown and Plymouth.
January 16, 2018Campus News