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Students to virtually map USF Tampa campus [05.24.2013]
Scientists from the Alliance for Integrated Spatial Technologies, or AIST, are shifting their focus and are now working on an extensive project virtually mapping the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida.

USF student to bike for veterans [05.08.2013]
Kiersten Downs is a veteran, activist and athlete and her passion for encouraging and inspiring fellow student veterans is a powerful force in her next mission: pedaling her road bike across the country, from San Francisco to Washington D.C., in a momentous effort to support the veteran transition from military to university life.

USF research at closed school praised [02.01.2013]
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is supporting the work of University of South Florida researchers to locate and identify gravesites at a closed reform school in Florida’s Panhandle. On Friday, Nelson was briefed on the project by Erin Kimmerle, a forensic anthropologist at USF and one of the lead researchers on the project examining burial sites at the former Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Fla. Nelson had asked Gov. Rick Scott to grant the researchers’ request to remain on the state-owned land until their work is concluded.

The work of Christian Wells and his students documenting cultural heritage resources on Roatan Island, Honduras,  was recently featured in Roatan’s “Bay Islands Voice,” a local popular magazine of tourism, history, and culture for Roatan and the Bay Islands. See the story at: http://www.bayislandsvoice.com/the-day-augusta-%E2%80%98burned%E2%80%99archaeologists-shed-new-light-on-1782-battle-201305288737

Congratulations to Isabella Chan, who was one of two 2013 winners of an Edward H. and Rosamond B. Spicer Travel Awards, given by the Society for Applied Anthropology, in support of travel to present a paper at the SFAA's annual meeting. Isabella is a dual-degree MA/MPH student;  her research interests include maternal health, maternal decision-making, the political economy of health, health disparities, the Peruvian Andes, participatory action research, and social justice. For full information about her award, go to: http://www.sfaa.net/spicer/spicerwinner2013.html

Please join me in congratulating three colleagues who will be formally granted tenure at the upcoming Board of Trustees meeting:

Dr. Heide Castaneda: Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor
Dr. Daniel Lende: Tenure (he is already an Associate Professor)
Dr. Rebecca Zarger: Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor

Many congratulations to all three on their well-deserved recognition. We look forward to many more years with them all!

USF has funded a 3 year research assistantship to assist a collaborative project between USF and Exeter University in the U.K.  The research assistantship will be to conduct research on post-disaster recovery, health and third sector organizations.  The person will work with Graham Tobin and Linda Whiteford.

For more details, please go to the following web site.
LMW

http://www.acad.usf.edu/Office/Strategic-Planning/research.htm

From left to right: Rob Tykot, Ella Schmidt, and Heide Castañeda show their awards as USF Outstanding Faculty Members

Three anthropologists were among 25 faculty honored by USF for recent professional recognitions, at a dinner and awards ceremony on Jan. 24, where they received a cherry wood and bronze plaque from USF President Judy Genshaft and Provost Ralph Wilcox.

Robert Tykot was honored for his election as a fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Heide Castañeda for her designation as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar.

Ella Schmidt, associate professor of anthropology at USF St. Petersburg, was also honored as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar.

Congratulations to them all!

Christian Wells was recently appointed to serve on the Historic Preservation Challenge Grant Program—Grant Review Committee for the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners. The purpose of the committee is to “promote heritage preservation, heritage tourism, and related economic development within Hillsborough County.” Wells will serve with eight other Hillsborough County residents, including Thom Stork (President and CEO of The Florida Aquarium) and Heather Brown (Curator of Education for the Henry Plant Museum).

Twice per year, the committee recommends to the BOCC approval of up to $250,000 per proposed project that deals with rehabilitation/restoration of historic structures, additions to historic structures, improvements to historic sites or grounds, and heritage tourism projects. Previous grant awards in 2012 have included $250,000 to the Ybor City Museum Society to create the Al Lopez Baseball Museum, $22,500 to the Temple Terrace Preservation Society to reconstruct the historic bat tower in Riverhills Park, $150,000 to repair and renovate the Tampa Theatre, and $100,000 to improve the security and integrity of the Italian Club Cemetery in Ybor.

USF Anthropologists join Engineers in NSF-funded Interdisciplinary Project Focus on Sustainability

Lorena Madrigal named one American Association for the Advancement of Science of the 15 faculty at the University of South Florida as Fellows this year.

David Himmelgreen letter to the editor Tampa Bay Times

PhD Research Assistantship Opportunity: Water, Energy, and Culture in the Caribbean

Cecilia Vindrola Padros, a 2012 doctoral anthropology graduate, was selected to receive the USF Outstanding Dissertation Award.

Erin Kimmerle in New York Times

David Himmelgreen interviewed for Fox News story 'Plus-sized' women reshaping retail industry

Antoinette Jackson featured in USF News article National Parks Connection

Erin Kimmerle on NPR’s “All Things Considered”: Florida's Dozier School For Boys: A True Horror Story

Erin Kimmerle interviewed by CNN Mystery surrounds graves at boys' reform school