USF in the NewsJune 27, 2008

An executive summary of top news coverage of the University of South Florida

Story of the Week

State of Admissions

President Judy Genshaft and Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions Rick Bollinger were interviewed for the half hour radio show “Tampa Bay Tomorrow.” They dis- cussed USF successes and the challenging state of undergrad- uate admissions which will air on Sunday, June 29 on all eight Clear Channel radio stations including 970 WFLA, 98 ROCK, 620 WDAE/SPORTS ANIMAL, MIX 100.7, the BEAT/WBTP, 93.3 WFLZ, 1250 WHNZ and 103.5 WFUS. They will also be posting a podcast on the Clear Channel Web site. President Judy Genshaft

Top Stories

Transportation: Our nationally recognized Center for Urban Transportation Research/CUTR continues to receive publicity for their unique expertise. Director Phil Winters was interviewed on June 23 for MSNBC. Winters has also been interviewed this week for the Tampa Tribune and the Herald Tribune. Newslinks: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25325133/ http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jun/20/bz-businesses-offer-employees-incentives-to- conser/

USF Students Give Back: A group of USF students will travel to Tanzania to help USF pre-med students Amir Boules schools and orphanages—the story was written up in the Tampa Tribune and is continuing and Konstance Kosimos will volun- to generate interest. teer at schools and orphanages in Newslink: http://northeast2.tbo.com/content/2008/jun/13/usf-students-help-schools- Tanzania this summer. orphanages-tanzania/

Research Park Success: A spin off company from the USF Research Park has made it big by raising more than $25 million for cancer drug development. The Business Journal cov- ered the story and other media outlets are working on stories as well. Newslink: http://tampabay.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2008/06/23/daily13.html?jst=cn_cn_lk

Engineering Advances: Stephen Sundarrao, assistant professor in the College of Engineering, wrote a commentary on his students and their amazing inventions which ran USF Professor Dawood Sultan, left, in Tanzania. on the front page of Sunday’s “Commentary” section in the Tampa Tribune on June 22. Newslink: http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jun/22/bz-american-ingenuity-alive-and-well/ Images from TBO online photo gallery. Archeology: On Friday, June 27, USF participated in the preservation of an ancient Indian burial mound. The St. Petersburg Times carried the story as well as various TV stations. Newslink: http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/article641944.ece

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