Cesar Esmeraldi and Elizabeth Volmy, USF College of Public Health (COPH) health sciences majors in their senior year, were recently elected to lead the USF student government. Esmeraldi is student body president while Volmy serves as student body vice president. The duo, who won in a runoff election last spring, […]
If sports didn’t work out, Kayvon Webster, a former USF cornerback who helped lead the Denver Broncos to a Super Bowl championship in 2015, thought he might make a career in medicine. “I really wanted to be a medical examiner,” said Webster, who also ran track for USF. “But I […]
“You leave us at the most tumultuous time in the past 100 years. Your educational journey was like no other. Almost two years ago we all pivoted almost overnight to fully remote learning. We asked you to help us, and you did. You modeled good behavior, followed all the rules […]
April is STI Awareness Month According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 38 percent of high school students surveyed in 2019 have had sexual intercourse, and half of the 20 million new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) reported each year occur in those age 15-24. Yet, despite the […]
Originally from Orlando, Fla., USF College of Public Health (COPH) alumna Samantha Thacker moved to Tampa, Fla., to pursue her dual undergraduate degrees in public health and health sciences in 2012. “I was interested in public health after I heard how it focuses on health prevention rather than fixing health […]
Eleanor Tung-Hahn, now a USF College of Public Health (COPH) health sciences student, was a volunteer research assistant at Loyola University in Chicago when she was tasked by her mentors in the school’s dermatology department to help find an alternative to porcine (pig) skin for surgical training. “Trainees often complained […]
“This group of students have persevered under unprecedented circumstances. Their worlds were flipped upside down and they have hung in there, learning in new ways since March of 2020. Many of these graduates were working while they attended school and continue to do so on the front lines of the […]
Phi Beta Kappa (PBK), the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honor society for the liberal arts and sciences, recently invited six USF College of Public Health (COPH) students to become members. Only 10 percent of American colleges and universities have a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. The USF chapter—now two years […]