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Career Week Highlights Alumni, Helps Students Succeed

In keeping with the zombie-fied theme of this year’s Career Week (April 1-4), dozens of alumni are coming back to their alma mater to help current students understand that finding a job doesn’t...

Posted: April 3, 2013, 6:32 PM

Alumni Win NSF Graduate Fellowships

Congratulations to the following alumni for receiving National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships: Anissa Alexander ’11, biochemistry and molecular biology (M19*) Geoffrey...

Posted: April 3, 2013, 4:58 PM

Ekey ’11, PoliSci and MLL, Named Rangel Fellow

Vivian Ekey ’11, political science and modern languages and linguistics, was recently chosen to be a Rangel Fellow. The Rangel Graduate Fellowship is a program that aims to attract and prepare...

Posted: April 2, 2013, 7:48 PM

Vivian Ekey ’11 Chosen as Rangel Fellow

Vivian Ekey ’11, political science and modern languages and linguistics, was recently chosen to be a Rangel Fellow. The Rangel Graduate Fellowship is a program that aims to attract and prepare...

Posted: April 2, 2013, 7:19 PM

Judah Ronch, Erickson School, in McKnight’s

In a new guest column for McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, Erickson School Dean Judah Ronch explores how technology can enhance relationships between older adults with dementia and their...

Posted: April 2, 2013, 3:03 PM

Dennis Coates, Economics, in the Tampa Bay Times

“How much do the Tampa Bay Rays boost their local economy?” asks the Tampa Bay Times. In arguments for building a new stadium, St. Petersburg mayor Bill Foster estimates the team’s local economic...

Posted: April 2, 2013, 2:50 PM

Khaki ’10, Vis Arts, Explores Impact of War in Film

A native of Iran, Sara Khaki ’10, visual arts, has seen the after-effects of war first-hand. Now she’s combining her passion for film making and the love of her home country into a documentary...

Posted: April 2, 2013, 9:32 AM