College of Arts and Sciences News

Evan enjoys exploring his heritage from Hong Kong and China through his graduate program. The Dean's Scholarship enables him to focus on his teaching assistant position in USF’s Chinese Studies Department and internship with the Asia Society — all while earning his degree.

For Megan Baker ’23, spending a day at Ubisoft and Discord was one of the coolest things she’s done at USF.

Concesse Nyirazikunze ’23, an architecture graduate from Rwanda, explains how she landed three internships during her time at USF — including the one that led to her full-time job.

John Iosefo ’21 has been sworn in as a diplomat in the U.S. Foreign Service — the first from American Samoa.

On Saturday, Sept. 30, students from eight universities converged on campus for a different kind of debate tournament.

As he debuts on Broadway this fall, Moses Villarama ’04 credits the acting classes he took at USF and the mentorship he received as a student for preparing him to perform in a new musical.

The Japanese studies graduate talks about food, music, lyrics, generative AI, and software engineering.

“Do your knees ache when you run? Do your ankles hurt when you jump?”

Gerwyn Hughes wants to know. He’s a professor of kinesiology and he runs the new motion analysis lab in Harney Science Center at USF.

More than 140 students and professors traveled to 11 different USF global immersion programs in more than a dozen countries over the summer, exploring topics like the biology of cancer and learning more about the lives of migrants at the Spain and Morocco border.

Makena Gichuru ’25, an environmental science student, will use the Arthur Furst Research Award to support her schooling at USF — including research on coyotes in San Francisco.