From internships to student achievements to recognition of The University of Tampa faculty and institution as a whole, the following is a running archive of UT press releases, called News Articles, and feature stories, noted as UT Life.
Posted February 21, 2019 in News
The University of Tampa’s student chapter of the American Chemical Society (ACS) received an honorable mention award for its activities conducted during the 2017-2018 academic year.
The chapter and faculty advisors will be recognized at the 257th ACS National Meeting in Orlando later this spring.
Posted February 21, 2019 in News
The University of Tampa’s new Spartan Success Alumni Lecture Series aims to bring alumni back to campus to help them reconnect with the University and give students a glimpse of the possibilities of life after UT. The first lecture, scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 26, features Kira Armacost ’07, senior scientist at Merck & Co. Inc. The event begins at 4 p.m. in the Graduate and Health Studies Building, Room 104, and is free and open to the public.
Posted February 14, 2019 in News
Is feminism broken? And how might we mend it? On Tuesday, Feb. 19, Emma Rees, a professor of literature and gender studies at the University of Chester, will explore these questions and others at the next University of Tampa Ethics Speaker Series. Rees’ presentation, Who Broke Feminism? The Obligation of Privilege, begins at 6 p.m. in the Crescent Club on the ninth floor of the Vaughn Center and is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
According to Rees, the term “feminism” has an image problem at a time when the idea is needed more than ever. She poses the question: Why do people denounce the word while swearing by the very same phrases that so often follow the claim: “I’m not a feminist, but … ?”
Posted February 14, 2019 in News
On Thursday, Feb. 21, The University of Tampa will welcome Hubertus M. Mühlhäuser, CEO of CNH Industrial N.V., as part of the Sykes Hall of Fame Business Speaker Series. The presentation, “Technology and Transformation in an Ever-changing Business World,” begins at 5:30 p.m. in Falk Theatre, 428 W. Kennedy Blvd., and is free and open to the public.
Mühlhäuser brings extensive leadership experience at multinational industrial companies and a deep knowledge of various industrial sectors. Prior to joining the Fortune 500 CNH Industrial in 2018, he was president and CEO of Welbilt Inc., a global manufacturer of food service equipment, headquartered in the Tampa Bay area. Before joining Welbilt in 2015, he dedicated two years to his family business, the tunneling specialist Mühlhäuser Holding Ltd. (founded 1907), which he successfully repositioned and where he is still owner and non-executive chairman.
Posted February 14, 2019 in UT Life
There is a trend for the world’s critical infrastructures, such as power plants, nuclear facilities, dams and water treatment facilities, to become part of the internet of things (IoT). However, when these supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems were originally created, there was no internet and no threat of hackers, which leaves them vulnerable for malicious attackers to exploit the outdated facilities and cause serious damage.This trend caught the attention of student research assistants, juniors and cybersecurity majors Ashley Newsome and Jenny Khanal.
“They were made without security in mind,” said Khanal, of Nepal. “Physical security yes, but they weren’t considering cyberattacks.”