College of Arts and Sciences News

In her career, Vanessa Barba has advocated for domestic workers, restaurant workers, and garment workers. “But I always find myself going back to domestic workers because they need help the most,” she says.

What do you do when you’re 19 and in jail on a felony conviction? Antonio Reza resolved to go to college — and then law school.

When Alyssa Nakken became the first woman to work as a full-time coach in Major League Baseball, the league directed its 30 teams to create locker-room space for women.

Aptitude and ambition have placed Brenna Malloy in the director’s chair. But she’d be the first to tell you that aptitude and ambition are not enough.

A NASA weather scientist needs help predicting superstorms? Brad Kenstler can help with that. A football coach wants to know the probability of this wide receiver making that catch? Kenstler can do that, too.

Ebraheem Alghafees entered USF thinking he’d major in physics and engineering and pursue a career as an engineer. But after learning he had stage two Hodgkin’s lymphoma the summer after his first year, he decided life was too short for a path he felt pressured into by his parents.

Next time you enjoy a slice of salmon, thank Paul Cook.

Before the world had ever heard of COVID-19, Sarah Ives was working to fight it.

While earning a master’s degree in computer science at USF, Tian Rong Liew had an idea to build a network for coders — software engineers, data scientists, developers, data analysts — to connect, share their knowledge, and find jobs.

Diana Guardado makes magic for a living. A production coordinator at Pixar, she’s worked on films including Coco, Incredibles 2, and Soul. And now, in a side project, she’s co-producing a short animated film called Washed.