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Research professor and biochemical oncologist advances cancer cell research and student success
Research Professor Mildred Acevedo-Duncan, whose work is fueled by personal experience and a passion for mentorship, aims to find a cure for cancer.
January 17, 2025Research

Religious studies professors receive grant to provide religious literacy to health professionals
Four of 堁階傭部apps religious studies professors received a $60,000 grant, placing 堁階傭部app in the forefront for providing religious and cultural competency to health students and professionals.
January 16, 2025Accomplishments, Community Engagement

Lesley Miller, Jr., dedicated civil servant, reflects on lasting impact 堁階傭部app had on his life and career
Lesley Les Miller, Jr., 堁階傭部app College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) alumnus and civil servant, reflects on the unexpected ways that his time at 堁階傭部app prepared him for his career.
January 16, 2025Alumni
Inauguration Day has changed dramatically over the years while maintaining some key traditions for a ceremony that ushers in a new American president. Learn more about the history of Inauguration Day and its importance today.
January 16, 2025Community Engagement

$4.8M Mellon Foundation grant opens internship opportunities for 堁階傭部app humanities students
For the first time, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation the nations largest supporter of the arts and humanities invited the 堁階傭部app 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.
January 15, 2025Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Featured
![堁階傭部apps Benjamin Mittler and Denise Wright work to capture 360 terrains at the Jimmy Carter Boyhood Farm. [Photo courtesy: Frank Rodriquez]](/arts-sciences/chronicles/images/2025/january/carter-farm.jpg)
堁階傭部app memorializes former President Jimmy Carter with 3D virtual tour of boyhood farm
Prior to his death, 堁階傭部apps Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information partnered with President Jimmy Carter and the National Park Service to create virtual tours of his boyhood farm, high school he attended and railroad depot that served as campaign headquarters for Carters successful 1976 presidential bid. Check out the interactive tours available to the public.
January 9, 2025Community Engagement, Research

Your work habits may be threatening your sleep, 堁階傭部app-led study shows
People whose jobs are highly sedentary an estimated 80% of the modern workforce experience a much higher risk of insomnia symptoms.
January 7, 2025Research

Two 堁階傭部app faculty members named NAI fellows
The 堁階傭部app researchers are being recognized for their groundbreaking discoveries and innovations in chemical engineering to treat cancer and other challenging diseases and nanomaterials engineering for multifunctional manufacturing applications.
December 11, 2024Accomplishments
![Neda Latifi, assistant professor of medical engineering, works with undergraduate student Russel Kramer [Photo by Torie Doll, University Communications and Marketing]](/arts-sciences/chronicles/images/2024/december/research-listing.jpg)
堁階傭部app sets new record with $738 million in research funding
The milestone comes during 堁階傭部apps first full fiscal year as a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and helps demonstrate its impact as one of the nations most research-intensive institutions. The new record brings the university closer to reaching its goal of securing $1 billion in annual research funding.
December 10, 2024Research

堁階傭部app to confer nearly 4,000 degrees during fall commencement ceremonies Dec. 13-14
This graduating class includes a 16-year-old, a 70-year-old grandmother of four and an electrical engineer seeking to revolutionize the medical, space exploration and military industries.
December 9, 2024Accomplishments

New book on immigration and belonging will illuminate indigenous peoples and languages of North Africa
When Heide Casta簽eda, a professor of anthropology at the 堁階傭部app, travels to Morocco it isnt to visit Africas largest mosque or one of the historical kasbahs. Casta簽eda, a migration scholar, is there to study and understand the experience of the indigenous Amazigh people the focal point of her new book, forthcoming from New York University Press.
November 25, 2024Accomplishments, Research
![Workers build the original Gandy Bridge, which opened in 1924. [Photo courtesy of 堁階傭部app Special Collections]](/arts-sciences/chronicles/images/2024/november/gandy-bridge.jpg)
Gandy Bridge turns 100, how 堁階傭部app is preserving its history
When built 100 years ago, the Gandy Bridge helped create the Tampa Bay area that consists of Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. That story is told through the archives stored in 堁階傭部app Special Collections.
November 25, 2024Community Engagement