Faculty & Student Research
Pursue in-depth research at the highest level. Do real-world work in small classes. Collaborate with faculty in ways not possible at other institutions.
Research with Your Professors
Faculty mentor student research and creative activity across majors.
Students Help Professor Support Maui Residents
Professor Heidi Ho co-founded a non-profit providing legal support to Maui residents impacted by wildfires. USF Law students, Kasey Isobe ‘24 and Alondra Saldivar ‘24, are helping her out.
Undergraduate Researchers Tackle Cancer
At many universities, only graduate students do research. At USF, undergraduate students do research, too. Meet three of them.
Student Launches AI Project that Makes Learning a Language Easier
Mirarchi created Duets.ai for his MBA program’s Innovation class as a way to apply AI to conversations between students and teachers, to help language students achieve speaking proficiency. He hopes to make the language tool available to USF students at no cost while he launches a startup to develop the tool for customers.
Astrophysics Professor and Undergraduates Unlock the Secrets of Outer Space
Xiaosheng Huang and his astrophysics students have a green light from NASA to explore the universe using the newest space telescope in the galaxy.
USF Group Delivers Peace Research
Fourteen students, grads, and faculty members from the School of Education traveled to Trinidad and Tobago to present workshops and papers.
Undergrad Pursues Passion for Research and Community
Viet-Hung Nguyen ’25 is working with his professors to change how psychology research is conducted. His goal: conduct research that listens to and responds to people in their communities, leading to results that are more applicable to real life.
Student Addresses Opioid Use Disorder
Sara Hamilton, a DNP MPH learner, is focusing some of her degree work on addressing opioid use disorder.
USF Becomes Home to Cutting Edge Blockchain Law Center
Professor Michele Neitz is the only law professor in San Francisco teaching blockchain law. Her next steps? The creation of an interdisciplinary learning lab focusing on the intersection of law and blockchain technology to tackle social impact issues.
Fulbright Scholar Pursues Clean Energy in Pakistan
Naveed Ahmed Unar MS ’23 addresses power crises in Pakistan. His dream? To provide renewable energy to less advantaged communities in the developing world.
Grad Student Helps Ensure the Future of Fishing
Alex Min MSEI ’22 used what he learned from Johnathan Cromwell in Creativity, Innovation, and Applied Design class to use technology that can help ensure a future for fish and for fisheries.
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Share Your Work
Collaborate with faculty mentors on tackling disease, mental health, climate change, and more. Showcase your research in the College of Arts & Sciences annual Creative Activity & Research Day.
