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Topic: Youth
Sports
July 21 - July 27, 2002
In 1968, the National Youth Sports Program started
at Ohio State University and the University of Southern California.
A year later, it came to the University of South Florida. Director
Hildreth Fleming says, during the five-week, Federally funded program,
about 425 low-income teenagers from around the bay area get free
instruction in at least two sports...emphasis on the word "instruction!"
Listen
Now!
If you would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Michelle Burlingame, Business Manager
(email: mburling@admin.usf.edu)
Intercollegiate Athletics, PED 214
University of South Florida
813-974-4039
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Topic: Antarctica
July 14 - July 20, 2002
USF marine scientists are studying the Antarctic
krill. The research melds physical oceanography and biological oceanography
so that scientists can better understand the influence of ocean
circulation on marine life. Listen
Now!
If you would like more information on this
subject, please contact (after October 1, 2002):
Jose Torres, Professor
(email: jtorres@marine.usf.edu)
School of Marine Science
University of South Florida
727-553-1169
Website
mentioned in feature: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/sealab/antarctica/index.html
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Topic: Trade
Corridors
July 7 - July 13, 2002
Experts recently gathered in Tampa for a USF co-sponsored
conference, "Vulnerability Reduction in Trade Corridor Development."
Listen
Now!
If you would like more
information on this subject, please contact:
Center for Disaster Management and
Humanitarian Assistance (CDMHA)
(email: cdmha@hsc.usf.edu)
University of South Florida
813-974-2908
or
Thomas Mason
(email: tmason@com1.med.usf.edu)
Department of Epidemiology/Director-CDMHA
University of South Florida
813-974-6675
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Topic: Anthrax
Testing
June 30 - July 6, 2002
Researchers at USF's Center for Biological Defense
have come up with a three-step process that kills possibly dangerous
anthrax spores while still leaving the bacteria alive. This creates
a safer work environment for the testing of samples. It also lets
testers work faster. Listen
Now!
If you would like
more information on this subject, please contact:
Andrew Cannons
(email: acannons@bt.usf.edu)
Scientific Director USF Center for Biological Defense
University of South Florida
813 974-1478
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Topic: Alzheimer's
Scans
23 - June 29, 2002
USF researchers are now talking about the possibility
that certain tests may detect the Alzheimer's disease decades before
it strikes. Listen
Now!
If you would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Dr. James Mortimer
Director USF Institute on Aging
University of South Florida
(813) 974-9808
website: www.hsc.usf.edu/ioa/
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Topic: September
11th Photos
June 16 - June 22, 2002
There are millions of stories from people who
were in New York City on September 11th, 2001. Recently, the USF
School of Mass communication and the Society of Professional Journalists'
Mid-Florida Chapter invited Pulitzer Prize nominated photographer
David Handschuh to help people understand what the media faced that
fateful day. Handschuh witnessed the events of the day through a
camera lens. Listen
Now!
If you would like more
information on this subject, please contact:
School of Mass Communication (email: mcom@chuma.cas.usf.edu)
Assistant Director
University of South Florida
813-974-2591 or 974-9348
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Topic: School
Computers
June 9 - June 15, 2002
The second and fourth grade classes at Clearview
Avenue Elementary School in Saint Petersburg are working everyday
with some of the latest computer technology, thanks to University
of South Florida and the research-based project "No Strings
Attached." Listen
Now!
If you would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Kate Kemker (email:
katek@tempest.coedu.usf.edu)
Assistant Director
Florida Center for Instructional Technology
University of South Florida
813-974-1640
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Topic: College
Drinking
June 2 - June 8, 2002
A task force co-chaired by Mark Goldman,
a distinguished research professor in the Psychology Department
at the University of South Florida, and University of Notre Dame
President Father Edward Malloy, shows that college drinking and
its consequences are much more serious than many have thought. Listen
Now!
If you would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Mark Goldman (email:
goldman@chuma1.cas.usf.edu)
Professor, Psychology Department
University of South Florida
(813) 974-2492
Website Cited: www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov
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Topic: Campus
Archaeology
May 26 - June 1, 2002
Students in USF'S School of Archaeology
recently participated in a dig on the north side of the Tampa campus.
According to Professor Nancy White, they are doing research into
the prehistoric past of Florida's original people. Listen
Now!
If you would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Nancy White (email:
nwhite@chuma1.cas.usf.edu)
Professor, Department of Anthropology
University of South Florida
(813) 974-0815
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Topic:
Tampa Architecture
May 19 - May 25, 2002
"What's wrong with downtown Tampa?"
It's a question many residents have asked, and it's one that 11
graduate students at USF's School of Architecture and Community
Design recently tried to answer. Listen
Now!
If you would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Trent Green (email:
green@arch.usf.edu)
Associate Professor
School of Architecture and Community Design
University of South Florida
(813) 974-6020
OR
Michelle Carlyon (email:
mcarlyon@admin.usf.edu)
Media Coordinator
(813) 974-9082
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Topic:
Saint Pete Movie
May 12 - May 18, 2002
The University of South Florida is taking
people back in time, to Saint Petersburg. Jim Schnur from the Special
Collections section of the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library on the
Saint Pete campus, says a film found by Phyllis Jordan, and was
shot in Saint Petersburg around 1929. Listen
Now!
If you would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Jim Schnur (email:
schnur@nelson.usf.edu)
Librarian Special Collections
Nelson Poynter Memorial Library
(727) 553-1094
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Topic:
Scholarship in Action
May 5 - May 11, 2002
Some USF officials are calling "The Center
for Scholarship in Action" one of the most ambitious efforts ever
by the school to put research and teaching into service. Carol Mackinnin-Lewis,
the center's Director and a Professor in the Department of Children
and Family Studies, says the major difficulty that people and organizations
outside the school face is figuring out how to access the different
resources at such a large university.
Listen now.
If you would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Carol MacKinnon-Lewis
(email: cmackin@ucsa.usf.edu)
Director USF Center for Scholarship in Action
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
(813) 974-9195
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Topic:
Uplift Program
April 28- May 4, 2002
Depression, relationships, and health are three
issues that "The Uplift Program" hopes to address. The program
was recently brought to the University of South Florida by the University's
Center for Positive Health and the College of Public Health's Continuing
Education Department. "The Uplift Program" was created by
the husband and wife team psychotherapists Alicia Fortenberry and
Psychologist Bob Murray. Listen
now.
If you would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Alicia Fortinberry (email:
alicia@upliftprogram.com)
(813) 974-3300
OR
Bobbi Rose
(email: brose@hsc.usf.edu)
USF College of Public Health Continuing Education
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
(813) 974-7542
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Topic:
Parkinson's
April 21- April 27, 2002
Over a million Americans have Parkinson's
Disease, a progressive neurological disorder. Doctor Robert Hauser,
the Director of USF's Movement Disorder Center, says current medications
that treat Parkinson's work well for about five to seven years before
many people develop resistance to the drugs. Listen
now.
If you would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Holly Kickliter (email:
hkicklit@hsc.usf.edu)
USF Health Sciences Center
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
(813) 974-3300
OR
Melanie Athey (email:
athey1@iol14.com)
Florida Coalition to Cure Parkinson's Disease
(813) 361-6745
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Topic:
The Genocide Factor
April 14 - April 20, 2002
The documentary "The Genocide Factor,"
provides a glimpse into some of the greatest examples of man's inhumanity
to man. This four-hour program was written by Dr. Manoug Manougian,
a USF Math Professor and Dr. Jack Sandler, Professor Emeritus in
USF'S Psychology Department. Listen
now.
If you would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Dr. Manoug Manougian
(email: manoug@tarski.math.usf.edu)
USF Department of Mathematics
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
813-974-2349
website:
www.genocidefactor.com
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Topic:
Obesity Conference
April 7 - April 13, 2002
Obesity-its called a Silent Epidemic.
Doctor Michael Murr, an Assistant Professor in USFs Department
of Surgery, says its a problem that continues to grow. So
the University of South Florida is sponsoring the "Third Annual
Conference on Obesity" on April 13th and 14th at the Sheraton
Sand Key Resort on Clearwater Beach. Listen
now.
If you would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Susan Zucker (email:
Szucker@admin.usf.edu)
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
813-974-2593
OR
Office of Continuing Professional Education
813-974-4296
website: www.cme.hsc.usf.edu
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Topic:
Geriatric Medicine
March 31 - April 6, 2002
Second year students in USF's College
of Medicine are taking an entire week to focus solely on Geriatric
Medicine. Doctor Schonwetter and Doctor Lori Roscoe created the
new, mandatory program on Geriatrics. Listen
now.
If you would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Dr. Ronald Schonwetter (email:
rschonwe@hsc.usf.edu)
USF Department of Internal Medicine
813-974-2460
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Topic:
Trail of The Lost Tribes
March 24 - March 30, 2002
A group called "The Trail of
the Lost Tribes" is taking people back in time to see what
life was like in Florida over 12-thousand years ago. Doctor Brent
Weisman, a USF Associate Professor of Archaeology, is one of the
experts who shared his knowledge with the group. Listen
now.
If you would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Martha "Marty" Ardren, (email:
naturegal@comcast.net)
Co-Director
Trail of the Lost Tribes Project
1815 Palma Sola Blvd.
Bradenton, FL 34209
931-953-3108
OR
Brent Weisman,
(email: bweisman@chuma1.cas.usf.edu)
Associate Professor of Archaeology
University of South Florida
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Topic:
Mini-Med School
March 17 - March 23, 2002
Once again, the University of South
Florida has graduated a class of medical school students. But this
class is 400 regular people who passed this year's "Mini-Med
School." Radiology Department Professor Doctor Martin Silbiger
helped kick off the two-night event six years ago while he was the
Dean of USF's Medical School. He says the purpose is to bring the
public information about the latest advances in medicine.
Listen
now.
If you would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Anne DeLotto Baier
USF Health Sciences Public Affairs
931-974-3300
website: www.hsc.usf.edu
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Topic:
MEMS
March 10 - March 16, 2002
They're making big advances in small
technologies on USF's Saint Petersburg Campus. For the past five
years, the Center for Ocean Technology at the College of Marine
Science has been working with thumbnail or smaller-sized components
called "Microelectromechanical Systems" or "MEMs."
Kurt Petersen, the President and C-E-O of California hi-tech business
"Cepheid," is recognized as the father of MEMs, and recently
spoke at the annual Business Technology Conference held at USF.
He had high praise for the work being done at the Center for Ocean
Technology. Listen
now.
If you would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Dr. Carol Steele
(email:
csteele@marine.usf.edu)
Administrative Manager
Center for Ocean Technology
727-553-3975
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Topic:
College Bound Success Program/SAT Preparation
March 3 - March 9, 2002
In its nearly three year history, USF's "Promoting
College Bound Success Program" has helped close to 300 minority
high school students from all over Pinellas County get ready for
the SAT and ACT exams. Doctor Alexis Zubrod, the program's acting
coordinator say the pupils learn a lot during an intensive nine-week
session. Listen Now
If
you would like more information on this subject, please contact:
Alexis Zubrod
(email: AZubrod@stpt.usf.edu)
Acting Coordinator
Promoting College Bound Success Program
USF's Saint Petersburg Campus
727-553-1162
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Topic:
Alzheimer's-Adapt
February 24 - March 2, 2002
The latest study at USF's Roskamp Institute is
called "ADAPT," but it's not
about helping people adjust to one of our most dreaded diseases...
it's about
stopping it before it can strike. Listen
Now
If
you would like more information on this subject, please contact:
Dr. Michael Mullan,
Director
USF Roskamp Institute for Alzheimer's Research
3515 East Fletcher Avenue
Tampa, FL 33613
Phone: 813-974-3100
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Topic:
Suncoast Writers Conference
February 17 - February 23, 2002
Over 400 presenters and participants recently
gathered on USF's Saint
Petersburg campus for "The 30th Annual Florida Suncoast Writer's
Conference,"
which "Writer's Digest" calls one of the top 10 conferences
in the U.S. Listen Now
If
you would like more information on this subject, please contact:
Betty Moss
(email: bmoss@chuma1.cas.usf.edu)
Co-director- FSWC
Professor- English Dept.
University of South Florida
813-974-8211
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Topic:
Philosophy
February 10 – February 16, 2002
A new class has made its debut at the University
of South Florida this semester, and it brings together concepts
from literature and movies from around the world. But now, "Philosophy
in Literature and Film" takes place in a world changed by the events
of September 11th, 2001. Charles Guignon, a philosophy professor
who just came from the University of Vermont last September, says
while events of that month aren’t specifically part of his syllabus,
they just naturally intrude upon the subject matter. Listen
Now
If
you would like more information on this subject, please contact:
Charles Guignon
(email: guignon@chuma1.cas.usf.edu)
Professor
Philosophy Department
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Phone: 813-974-9839
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Topic:
Digital Divide
February 3 – February 9, 2002
The “digital divide”...it’s a phrase that unfortunately
is becoming as common as "www-dot" or "the information superhighway,"
and it’s something a pair of USF researchers are looking into. Listen
Now
If
you would like more information on this subject, please contact:
Elizabeth Bird
(email: ebird@acad.usf.edu)
Professor, Anthropology Department
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Phone: 813-974-0802
OR
Jane Jorgenson
(email: jjorgens@chuma.cas.usf.edu)
Assistant Professor
Communications Department
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Phone: 813-974-7282
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Topic:
JJ On The Bay
January 27 - February 2, 2002
The life and works of one of the greatest writers
of the 20th century will be celebrated February 1st and 2nd at USF's
Sarasota-Manatee campus. "
JJ On the Bay," a commemoration of the 120th birthday of James
Joyce, is taking place at USF after 15 years at the University of
Miami. Conference Coordinator Joan Saunders says her previous work
on Bloom's Day, which commemorates the odyssey Leopold Bloom undertook
in Joyce's classic, "Ulysses," helped convince Joycians the Sarasota-Manatee
area was a good choice. Listen
Now!
If
you would like more information on this subject, please contact:
Dr. Peter French
(email: french@sar.usf.edu)
Associate Dean
USF Sarasota-Manatee Campus
Phone: 941-359-4504
OR
Joan Saunders,
(email: saunders@virtu.sar.usf.edu)
Conference Coordinator
Phone: 941-925-0453
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Topic:
Neighborhood News Bureau
January 20 - January 26, 2002
Stop the presses! They've opened the doors on
the "Neighborhood News Bureau" on USF's Saint Petersburg Campus.
Professor Mike Killenberg, the Director of the Journalism Studies
Program, says it began as a class discussion four years ago. Listen
Now
If
you would like more information on this subject, please contact:
Mike Killenberg
(email: killenbe@stpt.usf.edu)
Director Journalism Studies
USF - St. Petersburg Campus, FCT 235
Saint Petersburg, FL
Phone: 727-553-1174
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Topic:
Thermoelectrics
January 13 - January 19, 2002
From the scientist "Yofay" in Saint Petersburg, Russia in
the 1950s to researcher Julian Goldsmith in the early 1970s, the field
of thermoelectrics has seen many advances. Now, an Assistant Professor
in USF's Department of Physics who co-wrote a book with Goldsmith,
hopes to make his own contribution. First, however, Doctor George
Nolas needs to define "thermoelectrics." Listen
Now
If
you would like more information on this subject, please contact:
Dr. George Nolas
(email: gnolas@chuma1.cas.usf.edu)
Department of Physics
University if South Florida
Tampa, FL 33620
Phone: 813-974-2233
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Topic:
Spinach-Age
January 6 - January 12, 2002
And the "finish" for Popeye probably
came with his memory and mental skills at or near their peak...at
least that's the theory a professor in USF's Department of Neurosurgery
is working on. Doctor Paula Bickford, a career scientist at the
V.A. Medical Center, says as people age, oxidative stress and the
buildup of "free radicals" cause damage to the brain,
leading to age-related mental deterioration, and quite possibly,
Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. The answer may be found in
antioxidants. Listen Now
If
you would like more information on this subject, please contact:
Dr. Paula Bickford
(email: pbickfor@hsc.usf.edu)
Department of Neurology
12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC 78
Tampa, FL 33612
Phone: 813-974-3238
OR
Marissa Emerson,
Health Sciences Center Office of Public
Affairs
12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC 47
Tampa, FL 33612-4799
Phone: 813-974-3300
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