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 November 09, 2018 in UT Life
James Weiner, assistant professor of sport management, was at the Sport Marketing Association (SMA) annual conference Oct. 24–26 in Dallas with a group of three UT juniors, Nic Freiri, Brett Felton and Brad Luther. They were all there to network, but also to compete in the Case Study Bowl for undergraduates.
The morning after the group’s competition, where they had performed strongly but didn’t advance to the finals, Weiner texted them to meet up for breakfast, thinking they’d be ready for a low-key day after weeks of nonstop preparation for the competition.
“They said, ‘We're watching the winning group right now and taking notes,’” Weiner said. “I told them, ‘You had a good time, you worked hard, you haven't slept in two days.’ I had told them to just relax, sleep in, get some food, enjoy the conference. Now they can relax and exhale. And they didn't. They got up and watched all the winning groups, took notes on them and are going to come back and win next year.”
Posted November 08, 2018 in News
UT professors Rebecca White, Speros Margetis and Thomas Pittz will report on updated findings and new research on strengthening entrepreneurship in Tampa Bay at this year’s State of the Tampa Bay Entrepreneurial Ecosystem.
The event will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 6 p.m. in the Sykes College of Business Lowth Entrepreneurship Center in the Daly Innovation and Collaboration Building on UT’s campus.
Posted November 07, 2018 in News
Come set sail at The University of Tampa’s production of a fresh, updated version of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s family friendly comic opera The Pirates of Penzance. Show times are 8 p.m. on Thursday–Saturday, Nov. 15-17, and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 18. All performances will be in Falk Theatre, 428. W. Kennedy Blvd.
The Pirates of Penzance is a fast-comedic romp that takes you from the high seas to the streets of Wales. The love story, with cases of mistaken identity involving pirates, keystone cops, a major general and his six lovely daughters, follows a young man whose duty is to be truthful and honest.
Posted November 06, 2018 in News
On Sunday, Nov. 11, The University of Tampa will welcome ModernMedieval Trio of Voices as part of the Damron Concert Artist Series in the Sykes Chapel and Center for Faith and Values. The concert will begin at 2 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
The program will feature some of Hildegard of Bingen’s most celebrated chants along with new works by acclaimed composers Caroline Shaw (a Pulitzer Prize winner), Caleb Burhans, Joel Phillip Friedman, Daniel Thomas Davis and Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek.
Posted November 06, 2018 in News
On Tuesday, Nov. 13, The University of Tampa will host a reading with Tampa Review Poetry Prize winner Eric Smith. The program, which is part of the Writers at the University series, begins at 7 p.m. in the Scarfone/Hartley Gallery. The event is free and open to the public; refreshments will be served.
Smith is the author of Black Hole Factory, which was the winner of the Tampa Review Prize for Poetry in 2017 and was published by The University of Tampa Press in 2018. The Tampa Review judges praised his work for its exploration of an impressive range of traditional poetic forms while building an innovative, personal voice.