Press Coverage

  • A collection of 80,000 photos documents Tampa history from 1950s-2010s

    July 6, 2023 - Paul Guzzo, Tampa Bay Times

    With more than 65,000 pictures chronicling Tampa’s people, places and events from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s, the Burgert Brothers Photographic Collection has for decades been an invaluable resource for professional and hobby historians. A sequel of sorts is coming via the Skip Gandy Photographic Collection.

  • Wedges and Cubans Because We Can’t Stop Talking About Food

    June 4, 2023 - A Way With Words, NPR

    Following up on our chat about names for a sandwich on a long roll, a listener from southwestern Connecticut says that there, such a sandwich is called a wedge. For a thorough take on the beloved Cuban sandwich of Florida, check out The Cuban Sandwich: A History in Layers (Bookshop|Amazon). This is part of a complete episode. https://www.waywordradio.org/wedges-cuban-sandwiches/

  • USF researchers create 3D models and virtual tours honoring the legacy of President Jimmy Carter

    March 24, 2023 - Meghan Bowman, WUSF Public Media

    USF researchers traveled to Plains, GA, to document the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park. They were tasked with preserving the President’s boyhood farm and other places in his hometown.

  • Top 10 Books: International Women’s Day 2023

    March 8, 2023 - Mariana Vieira, International Affairs

    This year marks the fifth instalment of our International Women’s Day reading list. Books written by women should be celebrated all year-round for their outstanding contributions to the field of International Relations and you can find more excellent work by women authors in our IA Bookshelf series. On this occasion, we highlight books reviewed in International Affairs in the last twelve months, and their respective impressive authors. Look out for these future household names pushing the fields of conflict prevention, Latin American studies, European foreign policy and American military history. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but rather an indicative measure of how promising the future looks!

  • USF's Center for Digital Heritage works to preserve Tampa's architectural history

    March 24, 2022 - ABC Action News - Emily McCain

    The Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information in USF's Libraries is using 3D scanning to preserve Tampa's architectural history.