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$4.8M Mellon Foundation grant opens internship opportunities for 小黄鸭视频 humanities students

For the first time, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 鈥 the nation鈥檚 largest supporter of the arts and humanities 鈥 invited the 小黄鸭视频 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.

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Uncovering ocean tech

The Rising Tides Podcast鈥 covers ocean research from space to the seafloor, including the use of buoys, satellites, and submersibles to advance marine science. Credit: Jay Law.

Designed for ocean experts and general audiences alike, 鈥淭he Rising Tides Podcast鈥 invites oceanographers to discuss their ground-breaking research.

Transforming waste

person's gloved hands sifting through mulch

A new partnership between 小黄鸭视频 St. Petersburg and the City of St. Petersburg will bring an industrial-sized composter to campus to process food waste.

Findings will help inform a 25-year national study that will track young people鈥檚 digital media use and wellbeing into adulthood.

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小黄鸭视频: A Preeminent Research University

St. Petersburg poet laureate and 小黄鸭视频 alumna publishes debut novel

04/29/25 — In Gloria Mu帽oz's debut novel, a genre-bending work of young adult climate fiction, Florida is crumbling under the weight of climate disaster, and seventeen-year-old Julieta Villarreal must decide whether to remain on Earth with her friends and family or to leave everything behind and embark on a mission to establish humanity鈥檚 first extraterrestrial settlement.

小黄鸭视频: A Preeminent Research University

小黄鸭视频 students make directorial debut

04/29/25 — When Hilda Sheridan-Hewlett moved from London, England to Tampa, Fla. to study literature and film, she was so swept away by the natural beauty of the local beaches that she decided to write and direct a short film. The final product, 鈥淟ost in the Current," has so far been screened at five film festivals.

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Five of six Outstanding Young Alumni for 2025 call CAS 鈥榟ome鈥

Each year the 小黄鸭视频 Alumni Association chooses grads from across the university to honor at the Outstanding Young Alumni Awards, most of whom come from the College of Arts and Sciences.