Press Coverage

  • A Digital Archaeologist Helps Inaccessible Collections to Be Seen

    September 19, 2019 - The Conversation

    Davide Tanasi is a digital archaeologist at the University of South Florida. He creates highly detailed 3D scans of archeological artifacts that can be viewed online or used to create 3D printed replicas.

  • BestFit: HS Students in Tampa Team Up To Help Others Get Dressed for Success

    August 26, 2019 - ABC Action News

    Local high school students are on a mission to help underprivileged students find clothing needed to succeed. The BestFit Foundation helps low-income students by providing them formal clothing needed to succeed. They were stationed just outside the USF Tampa Library.

  • If You Can Help It, Skip E-Textbooks This Semester

    August 25, 2019 - The Oracle

     In the meantime, professors have a range of alternatives to for-profit publications and course materials. Per USF’s Textbook Affordability Project (TAP), these include open-access textbooks, online course reserves, and a wide variety of resources available through the USF Library.

  • The Weight of a Blackened Face

    August 21, 2019 - The Sandbox News

    Mr. Rice, according to the University of South Florida Library (USF), donning tattered clothing and a burnt-cork blackface mask, entertained countless patrons with song, and what he claimed to be authentic African American slave dance, under the name “Jim Crow.”

  • USF Crew to Map & Model Hudson Neighborhood to Find Out Why 20 Depressions Formed

    August 21, 2019 - WFLA News

    Dr. Collins and her team used a drone and other equipment to map the area. They explained how they'll make 2D and 3D models of the neighborhood in the coming weeks to determine the extend of the holes and how they opened up.