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 October 24, 2018 in News
The University of Tampa will rebuild part of its Bailey Arts Studios on campus to host one of the most forward-thinking visual arts programs in the country, offering spaces for innovation and creativity amongst student and faculty inventors, designers, entrepreneurs and artists.Most notably, the project will include construction of a digital fabrication lab (the Fab Lab) that will be an entrepreneurially focused, collaborative maker-space for students and faculty to turn their ideas and dreams into prototypes and products. The space will include laser cutters, 3-D printers, computer numerical control (CNC) routers, large format printers, vinyl cutters and state-of-the-art computer technology.
Posted October 23, 2018 in News
On Thursday, Nov. 1, The University of Tampa will host a reading and reception featuring Daniel Wollenberg, assistant professor of English. The program, which is the second reading of the University’s UT Writes lecture series, begins at 6 p.m. in the Macdonald-Kelce Library, AV Room 2. It is free and open to the public; refreshments will be served.
Wollenberg will read from his book Medieval Imagery in Today’s Politics, which examines the political uses of the Middle Ages and questions why it continues to play such a prominent role in politics and history today.
Posted October 22, 2018 in News
On Tuesday, Oct. 30, The University of Tampa will host a reading by Alissa Nutting, assistant professor of English at Grinnell College, as part of the Writers at the University series. The event begins at 7 p.m. in the Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, and is free and open to the public.
Nutting will read from her short story collection Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls, which was selected as the winner of the 6th Starcherone Prize for Innovative Fiction and a was ForeWord Book of the Year finalist.
Posted October 19, 2018 in News
On Saturday, Oct. 27, The University of Tampa will welcome pianist Jóse López for a concert in the Sykes Chapel and Center for Faith and Values. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
The program includes works by Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt and operatic transcriptions and works by Nicolás Ruíz Espadero.López has performed throughout the United States, Italy, and Central and South America as a recitalist and chamber musician. A founding member of the Deering Estate Chamber Ensemble, he co-founded the Deering Estate’s Chamber Concert Series, now in its 12th year.
Posted October 19, 2018 in UT Life
Taylor Collignon ’21 wants to start changing the way nutrition and medicine are viewed in treatment plans for patients, giving just as much weight to nutrition as a way to heal and prevent disease.
As a pre-medicine student studying biochemistry, her plan is to start with her peers — and with those currently in medical school — leading by example and through education. Her article, “A New Approach to Medicine: Prevention with Nutrition,” was recently published on in-Training, an online peer-reviewed publication for medical students.