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 April 15, 2019 in UT Life
Nino Lopez ’21 is a hockey fan with a drive for learning. So when he was offered an internship at the Tampa Bay Lightning for a position he thought he was underqualified for, he rose to the occasion.
“One of the greatest philosophies of the Lightning is that your technical skills don’t matter as much as your will to learn,” said Lopez, who has been an intern with the Lightning as a hockey analytics programmer since Fall 2018, where he performs a variety of functions from using a different programming language for a task to running a machine learning model or sometimes he’ll watch a hockey game and record stats.“The experience I am having at the Lightning has pushed me to be a better programmer and to critically analyze things better,” said Lopez.
Posted April 11, 2019 in News
The University of Tampa’s master’s degree program in physician assistant medicine was recently granted Accreditation-Provisional status by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).
Accreditation-Provisional is an accreditation status granted when the plans and resource allocation, if fully implemented as planned, of a proposed program that has not yet enrolled students appear to demonstrate the program’s ability to meet the ARC-PA standards or when a program holding Accreditation-Provisional status appears to demonstrate continued progress in complying with the standards as it prepares for the graduation of the first class (cohort) of students.
Posted April 11, 2019 in UT Life
As Jess Larson ’22 stepped into the warm tank of water, sting rays began brushing at her feet. With her hand full of fish, she dipped her hand below the surface, feeling the smooth underbellies of the rays as they grazed her palms. Larson smiled, feeling lucky to be doing what she had dreamed about as a kid.“My parents would take me to the aquarium when I was just a little girl,” said Larson. “Ever since then, I’ve dreamed of working in an aquarium and educating others about the sea creatures.”
Posted April 10, 2019 in News
Kareem Khubchandani, professor, author and performance artist, will present In Search of a Desi Drag Queen at The University of Tampa as part of the Honors Symposium on Thursday, April 18. The presentation will begin at 8 p.m. in the Crescent Club on the ninth floor of the Vaughn Center and is free and open to the public.
Khubchandani is a Mellon Bridge assistant professor at Tufts University in the Department of Drama and Dance. He also teaches within the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department. His research, performance and teaching interests include dance studies, queer nightlife, South Asian diaspora, global queer politics, performance ethnography, critical race studies and drag.
Posted April 10, 2019 in News
The University of Tampa’s Faculty Woodwind Trio will perform on Thursday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. The recital is held in the Sykes Chapel and Center for Faith and Values and is free and open to the public.The Faculty Woodwind Trio is comprised of Barbara Prescott, flute; Maurizio Venturini, bassoon; and Grigorios Zamparas, piano. The trio will perform a program of chamber music for flute, bassoon and piano.