On September 19, 2025, the University of Tampa hosted Georgetown professor Nathan K. Hensley as part of its Utampa Honors Symposium. Hensley’s lecture, “Thought and Art in a Burning World: So What?”, drew upon his freshly published book, Action Without Hope: Victorian Literature after Climate Collapse, to consider what Victorian literature has to teach usContinue reading “Symposium: Thought and Art in a Burning World: So What?”
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Seaweed: a new tool in the cancer-fighting toolbox?
When you hear the words ‘brown seaweed’, you may have an image of a slimy and not particularly attractive plant in your mind. Perhaps you’ve heard of the usefulness of this marine plant as a dietary supplement. For University of Tampa organic chemist Dr. Richard Squitieri, padina gymnospora, found right here in Tampa Bay, mayContinue reading “Seaweed: a new tool in the cancer-fighting toolbox?”
Symposium: Krishna’s Mahabharatas
On Friday, Dr. Sohini S. Pillai presented her work on different version of the Mahabharata, an ancient Indian epic. Dr. Pillai is an Assistant Professor of Religion and Director of Film and Media Studies at Kalamazoo College, where she teaches courses on religious traditions in South Asia, religion in cinema, and epic literature. She isContinue reading “Symposium: Krishna’s Mahabharatas”