College of Arts and Sciences News

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.

When the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raid a community of undocumented immigrants, Edwin Carmona-Cruz knows what to do.

After earning an undergraduate degree in engineering from Georgia Tech, Danae Robinson had a thought: “If I had to wake up and do this every day, is it something that I really want to do?” she says.