Press Coverage

  • USF researcher explains process -- and meaning -- of finding 78,000-year-old burial site

    May 15, 2021 - Fox 13 News - Briona Arradondo

    A University of South Florida engineer made international headlines this month for his part in a 78,000-year-old discovery in Kenya that uncovered the oldest evidence of a grave in Africa.

  • What’s next for Tampa’s historic buildings?

    May 11, 2021 - 83 Degrees Media - Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez

    Historic buildings in the Tampa Bay Area are experiencing a renaissance as new investors dive into the process of restoration and renovation that promises a whole new purpose. Several projects in the Tampa area are seeing old, long-vacant properties being reimagined as new beacons of residential, commercial, and educational opportunity.

  • ACRL Member of the Week: Kaya van Beynen

    May 10, 2021 - ACRL - Gena Parsons-Diamond

    ACRL Member of the week, Kaya van Beynen is the Associate Dean of the USF Libraries Research & Instruction and for the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library at University of South Florida Saint Petersburg campus answers questions on their leadership style and current initiatives. Kaya has been a member of ACRL for 18 years and is your ACRL Member of the Week for May 10, 2021.

  • USF researcher visualizes discovery of oldest human burial in Africa made by international team of scientists

    May 5, 2021 - USF News

    An international team of scientists has uncovered the earliest modern human burial in Africa – changing what we know about social behaviors in Homo sapiens ­- and researcher Jorge González García at the University of South Florida Libraries' Digital Heritage and Humanities Collections has helped use 3D and advanced imaging technologies to bring the 78,000-year-old remains of a child back to life.

  • USF researcher visualizes discovery of oldest human burial in Africa made by international team of scientists

    May 5, 2021 - Mirage News

    An international team of scientists has uncovered the earliest modern human burial in Africa – changing what we know about social behaviors in Homo sapiens ­- and researcher Jorge González García at the University of South Florida Libraries' Digital Heritage and Humanities Collections has helped use 3D and advanced imaging technologies to bring the 78,000-year-old remains of a child back to life.