Global Citizens Program, Community Engagement, and Collaboration across USF contribute to Changes to East Tampa Retention Ponds
On October 13, 2013, the Tampa Bay Times ran a story about improvements to east Tampa retention ponds. Many of the changes can be attributed to community engagement and collaboration between USF Anthropology, Engineering, and Geography faculty and students. Sarina Ergas, Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator, Dept. Civil & Environmental…
Iyshia Lowman’s Homestead Beach report published by the National Park Service
Congratulations to USF graduate student, Iyshia Lowman, for her recently published report by the National Park Service entitled, Jim Crow at the Beach: An Oral and Archival History of the Segregated Past at Homestead Bayfront Park. Charles Lawson, NPS Cultural Resource Manager, Biscayne National Park, Florida, who funded the study…
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The mission of the USF Heritage Research Lab is to develop applied research projects in collaboration with communities and civic organizations interested in preserving and promoting heritage as a key cultural resource for education and empowerment of all community residents and visitors.