Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) filed a civil rights complaint against USF in December, accusing the university of a “pattern of discrimination” and a “hostile environment.” The 59-page complaint alleges USF has a history of discrimination, created policies that target SDS and issued “retaliatory disciplinary charges” against the organization’s student leaders.  The […]

Almost a year and a half since protests in support of Palestine sparked at USF, some are calling the university’s actions into question. Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) members filed a civil rights complaint against USF. Their complaint details instances going back to October 2023. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act […]

For beginner climber Gianni Crowl, having a new bouldering wall on campus is an opportunity to talk to other students and challenge himself with something new. Crowl was one of the students who visited the bouldering wall at the Recreation & Wellness Center (REC) when it opened Monday morning. The freshman computer science major said […]

Get to the assigned bus, start the engine, pick up his flash drive filled with Beatles songs and play “Here Comes the Sun.” This is how 61-year-old Tracy DeCrescenzo starts his 7 a.m. shift driving Bull Runner buses at USF. DeCrescenzo loves listening to classic rock ‘n’ roll at work. He skips songs when the […]

Walking through the Botanical Gardens in late October, visitors may have seen collapsed trees or the broken bridge leading to the medicinal garden. Hurricane Milton made landfall on Oct. 9, 2024 in Siesta Key, bringing a storm of devastation to Tampa Bay. The hurricane flooded the Gardens. The medicinal and wildflower gardens were left under […]

In 2024, USF received a record-breaking $738 million in research funding, the largest amount it has ever gotten. Jeffrey Krischer, director of USF’s Health Informatics Institute, will be one of the researchers reaping the benefits. Krischer, who studies the causes and prevention of Type 1 diabetes, said the funding recognizes the “many wonderful researchers” on […]