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$4.8M Mellon Foundation grant opens internship opportunities for ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏhumanities students

For the first time, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation — the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities — invited the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ to submit a proposal last spring for one of its humanities internship grants. The foundation awarded the college a five-year, $4.8 million grant that will support up to 900 students each year in otherwise unpaid internships. The beneficiaries will be undergraduate students majoring in humanities.

Olivia Cosentino

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Chasing better sleep

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People whose jobs are highly sedentary – an estimated 80% of the modern workforce – experience a much higher risk of insomnia symptoms.

Critical coastal waters

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Coastline habitats provide ecological and socioeconomic benefits, but face increasing threats that may put fish populations and fisheries at risk.

New study will track young people through 2050 to learn about longterm impacts of smartphones, social media and digital media on individual wellbeing.

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Critics fall in love with romance novels penned by ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏalumna

Alicia Thompson, full-time writer and bestselling author, studied her craft in USF’s College of Arts and Sciences.

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