University Beat: Unstoppable / Grave Mapping (November 9, 2009)

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Unstoppable

The University of South Florida is in the middle of its “Unstoppable” fund-raising campaign, with a goal of bringing in 600 million dollars. This week’s University Beat on WUSF-TV brings you highlights from the recent formal launch of the public phase of the campaign.

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Displaced gravestone at the cemetery near 22nd & Hillsborough in Tampa.

Grave Mapping

Science and altruism meet when a group of USF researchers and their students use the latest technology to map out a pauper’s cemetery. This week’s University Beat shows you how this ‘archaeology without digging’ not only advances knowledge, but also restores the dignity of people long since forgotten.

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Program Schedule

Radio - During "Morning Edition" on WUSF 89.7 Tuesday after the 6:30 AM and 8:30 AM newscasts | During "All Things Considered" on WUSF 89.7 Tuesday at 5:44 PM | After "Florida Matters" on WSMR 89.1 Friday at 7:30 PM
Television - Tuesdays at 11:55 AM and 8:55 PM, and various times throughout the rest of the week

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Joel Momberg, CEO of the USF Foundation, talks about the ‘attitude’ of USF and who should contribute to the “Unstoppable” campaign.

In response to some criticism of the campaign’s targets, USF President Dr. Judy Genshaft says “Unstoppable” is also about matching donor’s concerns with what the University needs.

USF Mass Communications Senior Candace Braun talks about her own “Unstoppable” moment: she’s ‘paying it forward’ by making sure her mother gets a college education as well.

GRAVE MAPPING: A video look at the grave mapping done by USF researchers & their students at the pauper’s cemetery near 22nd St. & Hillsborough Ave. in Tampa.

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Lori Collins, Ph.D., Research Coordinator for USF’s Alliance for Integrated Spatial Technologies, talks about how the cemetery is a good ‘local’ classroom.

Lori Collins says the ‘cross-over’ nature of the work is beneficial to everyone involved.

Associate Professor of geology Sarah Kruse and geophysics grad student Brad Gooch talk about some of the devices they use: ground-penetrating radar and magnetometers.

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Pictures from the team's mapping session.

USF’s Alliance for Integrated Spatial Technologies

List of about 800 people buried in the cemetery on N 22nd Street (click on "Hillsborough County Indigent Burials"

For more information

UNSTOPPABLE
USF Foundation
813-974-2651 unstoppable@admin.usf.edu

GRAVE MAPPING
Lori Collins, Ph.D., Research Coordinator, USF’s Alliance for Integrated Spatial Technologies
813-974-0783 lcollins@cas.usf.edu

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