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 02, 2015 in News
On Wednesday, Oct. 7, The University of Tampa will welcome The Amicitia Duo, comprised of clarinetists and longtime friends Diane Barger and Denise Gainey. The concert, which is free and open to the public, begins at 4 p.m. in Plant Hall’s Fletcher Lounge, 401 W. Kennedy Blvd.Formed out of a friendship that spans more than 30 years, the Amicitia Duo brings music for clarinet to a wide variety of audiences. Amicitia, pronounced “ah-mee-KEE-tee-ah,” is the Latin word for friendship. Both university professors — Barger is the Hixson-Lied professor of clarinet at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Gainey is a professor of clarinet at the University of Alabama at Birmingham — the duo combine their love of music and teaching to delight audiences around the world.
Posted October 02, 2015 in News
Richard Gonzmart, president and co-owner of the Columbia Restaurant, will receive the Tampa Bay Ethics Award from The University of Tampa Center for Ethics at a breakfast and ceremony on Friday, Oct. 16. The event begins at 7:30 a.m. in the Vaughn Center Crescent Club on the UT campus, 401 W. Kennedy Blvd.
Posted October 02, 2015 in UT Life
Associate Professor Bradford Blackburn spent the earlier part of this year in Taiwan, studying how to play the guqin with guqin master Shiou-Shiang Su (蘇秀香), in the hopes of building an electroacoustic one back in Tampa.Pronounced "goo cheen," the ancient traditional Chinese instrument is quiet and delicate, an instrument of the scholars, with a meditative sound. This makes it hard to perform in front of large audiences. So it was ironic that he was taking his lessons from a master whose studio windows were always open to the cacophonous, concrete jungle of Taiwanese street noise below.
Posted October 01, 2015 in News
For the 19th consecutive year, The University of Tampa has set another enrollment record. This year’s total — including graduates and undergraduates — is 8,037 — up 4 percent from last year’s total of 7,752. This year’s total enrollment is more than triple the University’s enrollment of two decades ago.
Posted October 01, 2015 in News
Alumni from throughout the U.S. will show their expertise as professional artists during The University of Tampa Alumni Exhibition at the Scarfone/Hartley Gallery on campus. The show will run Oct. 2–30, and will kick off with an opening reception at the gallery on Friday, Oct. 2, from 7–9 p.m.More than 50 works in a variety of media will be on view, including painting, sculpture, clay, mixed media, digital images, drawings, installations and photography.