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| November 19, 2007 "Charit-A-Bull" |
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While the USF Bulls' football team may have lost the homecoming football game, some USF students—and more importantly, the clients of Metropolitan Ministries—were the big winners in the sixth annual "Charit-A-Bull." University Beat paid a visit to the opening event of "SuperBull Eleven" Homecoming week, where student groups collected canned goods, built sculptures out of them, and then donated the food to the Bay area hungry and homeless.
 
For more information:
Amy Simon, Center for Civic Engagement and Volunteerism
E-mail: Asimon@admin.usf.edu
or 813-974-5317 |
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| November 12, 2007 : Binge Drinking |
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Studies show that as many as half of US college students engage in "binge drinking," where they consume at least four alcoholic drinks in a short time. University Beat visited a recent symposium on USF's campus where educators worked with officials from local law enforcement and health agencies to let students know about the dangers of such behavior.
For more information:
Ms. Carla Cobb, Coordinator, USF's Institute on Black Life
E-mail: ccobb@ibl.usf.edu
or 813-974-4727 |
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| November 5, 2007 : Water Crisis |
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USF's Patel Center for Global Solutions recently welcomed Robert Adamski, special advisor to the United Nations for the non-profit group "Water for People," for a presentation on an issue that affects billions of people worldwide—the lack of safe drinking water.
For more information:
USF Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions
E-mail: GlobalResearch@cas.usf.edu
or 813-874-2954
Website: www.patelcenter.usf.edu
Water for People
303-734-3490
Website: www.waterforpeople.org
Upcoming Patel Center Presentation: Free Trade versus Fair Trade: Where Economics Gets It Right...and Wrong
Dr. George F. DeMartino, University of Denver
Thursday, November 8, 2007 6:30 PM Cooper Hall 115 (USF Tampa Campus)
Website: www.patelcenter.usf.edu/assets/pdf/DeMartino.pdf |
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| October 29, 2007 : XRKade Interactive Fitness Lab (rebroadcast) |
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USF's School of Physical Education is now the home of the XRKade Research Lab, where researchers will look at interactive video games like "Dance Dance Revolution" and similar technology-based interactive activities to see what kind of effects they have on children's physical fitness.
For more information:
Professor Steve Sanders, Director, USF School of Physical Education, Wellness & Sports Studies
E-mail: sanders@coedu.usf.edu
or 813-974-4871 |
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| October 22, 2007 : FACTors Breast Cancer Conference |
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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center on USF's Tampa campus reaches out to breast cancer patients and their families year-round through its FACTors Program. FACTors, which stands for "Fighting Against Cancer Together," recently held its 20th annual conference, where over 500 people gathered for a day of education, information and inspiration.
For more information:
FACTors (Fighting Against Cancer Together)
E-mail: FACTors@moffitt.org
or 813-745-4613 or 1-800-456-3434
Visit the Website for FACTors
Dr. Wendy Harpham's website: http://www.wendyharpham.com/
Geralyn Lucas' website: http://www.whyiworelipstick.com/ |
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| October 15, 2007 : Jazz Masterworks Series |
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USF's Jazz Masterworks Series is once again bringing the music of such artists as Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Michael Brecker and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra to jazz lovers around the Tampa Bay area. University Beat takes you to one of this year's performances, which featured NEA Jazz Master Frank Foster and Loren Schoenberg.
For more information:
Center for Jazz Composition
813-974-4285
Website for Jazz Masterworks Series: http://centerforjazzcomp.arts.usf.edu/ |
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| October 8, 2007 : Alzheimer's Institute Opening |
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The doors of the Johnnie Byrd Alzheimer's Center & Research Institute's new facility on USF's Tampa campus are now open, but it already faces possible major cuts to its state funding. University Beat talks to Institute officials about the opening and what they think about the slashing of their budget.
For more information:
Johnnie B. Byrd, Sr. Alzheimer's Center & Research Institute, 4001 E. Fletcher Ave. Tampa, FL 33613
E-mail: info@byrdinstitute.org
or call 813-866-1600 or 866-700-7773
Website for Byrd Alzheimer's Center & Research Institute: www.byrdinstitute.org |
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| October 1, 2007 : Rescue Robots |
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USF Professor Robin Murphy, the director of the Center for Robot Assisted Search & Rescue, recently returned from Utah, where she had the sad mission of assisting in the search for six miners trapped in the Crandall Canyon mine. Dr. Murphy spoke to University Beat about the search, as well as about what she learned from her experience.
Here's a video of one of the robots in the mine.
For more information:
Dr. Robin Murphy, Professor, USF Department of Computer Science and Engineering/Director, Center for Robot Assisted Search & Rescue
E-mail: Murphy@cse.usf.edu
or call 813-974-3652
Website for USF's Center for Robot Assisted Search & Rescue: http://crasar.csee.usf.edu/ |
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University Beat Contacts
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Diane Egner
Content Director
(813) 905-6903
degner@wusf.org |
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Mark Schreiner
Producer/Host
(813) 974-8693
mschreiner@wusf.org |
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