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USF student rocket team soars in national NASA competition
The 色色研究所's Society of Aeronautics and Rocketry team completed a NASA Student Launch Competition and brought home an award for successfully designing and then sending a model rocket over 4,000 feet while transmitting data.
June 10, 2025Student Success
From orange groves to alma mater: USF and Temple Terrace's shared history
Temple Terrace turned 100 years old on May 28. As USF approaches its 70th anniversary, the two neighbors are more connected than ever, with shared projects, planning efforts and a vision for what the future holds.
May 28, 2025Community Partnerships
Spies, robots and dorm life: USF set to welcome record number of summer campers
USF鈥檚 record-breaking lineup of 56 week-long educational summer camps provides hands-on experiences in robotics, culinary arts, archaeology, LEGO engineering, Esports, filmmaking, hospitality and emergency response.
May 19, 2025Community Partnerships
Behind the horns: Meet the USF students who were Rocky D. Bull
For years, they hid in plain sight, lifting spirits and energizing crowds as the university鈥檚 beloved mascot, Rocky D. Bull. Now that they鈥檝e graduated, three Rockys are allowed to take off the mask and share what it鈥檚 really like to be the face of USF.
May 12, 2025Student Success, USF Athletics
USF confers more than 7,700 degrees during spring commencement ceremonies
Graduates included a mother and son earning their degrees, a cancer survivor who never gave up on her educational goal and twin sisters who created thriving startups, winning awards along the way to fuel their entrepreneurial journeys.
May 12, 2025Student Success, University News
USF siblings bring TEDx back to Tampa, inspire with 鈥楲ift As You Climb鈥� theme
USF siblings Harikrishna and Krishna Patel curated a TEDx Talk at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa. Their effort, shaped in part by unexpected leadership roles on a global stage, received support from a team of 50, half of whom were USF students and alumni.
May 5, 2025Community Partnerships, Student Success, USF in the News
Rozeth Aquino
Before she ever held a blueprint, Rozeth Aquino held Legos and a dream of becoming a dentist. But the hands-on creativity she loved led her to architecture.
May 2, 2025Student Success
Lisa Patterson
A former high school dropout, Lisa Patterson overcame self-doubt to achieve her goal of earning a college degree.
May 2, 2025Student Success
Tammy and Bennett Moscato
Mother and son Tammy and Bennett Moscato attended USF together. Now, they are both graduating this spring.
May 2, 2025Student Success
Waseem Albaba
A passion for video games, combined with a skateboarding accident, guided Waseem Albaba toward a career in cybersecurity.
May 2, 2025Cyber/AI, Student Success
Humor, embarrassment and joy: Meet the name readers of USF鈥檚 commencement ceremonies
For those in attendance, the conferring of thousands of degrees each semester seems to run smoothly. But for the commencement readers, getting those names right takes preparation, care and a bit of courage.
April 30, 2025University News
Former USF football player鈥檚 harrowing survival at sea retold in documentary, feature film
Sixteen years ago, 2008 graduate Nick Schuyler was in a boating accident in the Gulf that killed his three friends. He was the sole survivor. Now, a documentary and Hollywood film will tell the tragic tale that made national headlines.
April 21, 2025USF Athletics, USF in the News