Recent University Beat episodes
Stronger Than I Knew / China Architecture (April 3, 2012)
Summing up the greatest struggle of your life and how you overcame it may not be the usual subject matter for a five minute YouTube video, but USF students are doing just that—all with the hope of helping out classmates who might be facing a...
Architecture students from USF and a university in China are bonding--over building! You'll meet some of the students on this week's University Beat on WUSF 89.7 FM, where they'll talk about what they're learning about sustainable building in...
Stronger Than I Knew (March 26, 2012)
Summing up the greatest struggle of your life and how you overcame it may not be the usual subject matter for a five minute YouTube video, but USF students are doing just that—all with the hope of helping out classmates who might be facing a...
They talk about learning English, surviving sexual assault, and coping with the death of both parents. USF students are sharing their personal stories on YouTube with the goal of inspiring classmates and giving them hope. It's a USF-created...
Kony 2012 (March 20, 2012)
University Beat on WUSF TV looks at a story of tragedy and recovery, as we meet a USF Sarasota-Manatee Associate Professor of Education who has worked closely with African refugee children--children who have lived through things no young person...
An internet documentary about Ugandan guerilla leader Joseph Kony has become one of the most viewed web videos ever, while raising worldwide controversy at the same time. USF Sarasota-Manatee Assoc. Professor Lynn McBrien has traveled to Africa...
USF Health CAMLS / USF Band-London (March 13, 2012)
USF Health is preparing for the formal opening of its new “Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation” (CAMLS), a high-tech facility where medical professionals from around the world are expected to come for training and education on the...
USF’s marching band is preparing for what could be its biggest performance ever, as the "Herd of Thunder" has been invited to play the 2013 New Year’s Day Parade in London, England. We’ll hear from band members and parade officials on this week’s...
USF Health CAMLS (March 5, 2012)
USF Health is preparing for the formal opening of its new “Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation” (CAMLS), a high-tech facility where medical professionals from around the world are expected to come for training and education on the...
USF is known as the "home of the Bulls"—but now it can also be called the "home of camels." That’s “CAMLS” as in "Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation.” USF Health is preparing for the formal opening of the new high-tech, downtown...
Not In Our Town (February 27, 2012)
In 2008, an Ecuadorian immigrant was killed in a hate crime in Patchogue, New York, but instead of destroying the community, it actually brought people together. In that spirit, WUSF and Community Tampa Bay brought a documentary on the story to...
It took the brutal murder of a Hispanic immigrant for one Long Island community to say “not in our town.” Now USF, WUSF and “Community Tampa Bay” are teaming up to share a message of inclusion for the Bay area, directed particularly at immigrants...
