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 January 22, 2019 in News
University of Tampa students, faculty and staff will honor the legacy of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a day of service to the Tampa Bay community on Friday, Jan. 25.“The Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service allows incoming and continuing students to participate in a day of activism and service, instead of a day of rest,” said Liz Ho-Sing-Loy ’20, student coordinator for the PEACE Volunteer Center, which is organizing the event. “By participating in community service in the Tampa Bay area, we hope to do as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. did: educate and inspire people to care about current social issues affecting their communities.”
Posted January 22, 2019 in News
On Thursday, Jan. 24, The University of Tampa will welcome filmmaker Jodie Mack for the Florida premiere of her new feature, The Grand Bizarre, as part of FLEX FEST ’19. The film, which premiered at Locarno Film Festival, will be projected in 16mm at UT’s Black Box Studio, followed by a Q-and-A with Mack and FLEX organizers. The event is free and open to the public.
Posted January 22, 2019 in UT Life
Two years ago, David Wheeler, assistant professor of journalism, got his first clue that his profession was under fire.
A fellow traveler seated next to him in a plane asked him what he did for a living.“I teach college journalism,” Wheeler replied.
The man responded immediately by holding up his fingers in a cross, as if he was trying to ward off Dracula.
Posted January 18, 2019 in News
The University of Tampa’s Spring 2019 Honors Program symposia series kicks off on Monday, Jan. 28, with Noah Oakley, recipient of the Timothy M. Smith Inspiration Through Exploration Award. His presentation begins at noon in the Crescent Club on the ninth floor of the Vaughn Center.
Throughout the series, resident scholars and researchers at the University as well as guest speakers will present in their areas of specialization. Guest speakers in the series include Mario Chard, author of the award-winning Land of Fire; Jaime Harker, professor of English and the director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies at the University of Mississippi; and Kareem Khubchandani, the Mellon Bridge Assistant Professor in the Department of Drama and Dance and the Program in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Tufts University.
Posted January 15, 2019 in UT Life
UT faculty offer their advice on a variety of topics in a Winter 2019 UT Journal article, “The UT Guide to…” Featured here are two of the six articles; find the others online in the UT Journal.