<br />
UNIVERSITY OF<br />
(P) Cover_hed<br />
Brain Boggle<br />
(P) Cover_dek<br />
UTampa memory research asks:<br />
What makes new information stick?<br />
WINTER 2026<br />
JOURNAL<br />
PHOTOGRAPH: JULIANA MUSAP ’26<br />
WAVES ON PARADE<br />
International students carried their home<br />
countries’ flags in a parade on campus during<br />
International Education Week in November.<br />
This year, UTampa is the academic home to<br />
nearly 900 international students.<br />
UNIVERSITY OF<br />
utampa.edu/utjournal<br />
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF<br />
Holly Neumann<br />
hneumann@ut.edu<br />
JOURNAL<br />
ART DIRECTOR<br />
DIRECTOR OF BRAND AND CREATIVE SERVICES<br />
Erin Dixon<br />
edixon@ut.edu<br />
GRAPHIC DESIGNER<br />
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER<br />
Sarah Krolik ’20, M.A. ’23<br />
DESIGN CONSULTANT<br />
2COMMUNIQUÉ<br />
contact@2communique.com<br />
ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT OF<br />
VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING AND<br />
COMMUNICAT<a title="S26-UTJ page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=1"> UNIVERSITY OF (P) C</a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=2"> PHOTOGRAPH: JULIANA MUSAP ’26</a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=3"> WAVES ON PARADE International students carried t</a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=4"> PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE The Future of Discovery at</a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=5"> 16 CONTENTS | WINTER 2026 VOL. XLI, NO.2 FEAT</a>
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<a title="S26-UTJ page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=7"> UTampa President Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlbe</a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=8"> NEWS OF NOTE FACULTY FOCUS COLLEGE OF ARTS </a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=9"> SPECIAL TOPICS Students Cash In on ‘Bitcoinom</a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=10"> Teams of Business 101 students represented differ</a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=11"> Carter Shamis ’28 and “finance minister” Adriana </a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=12"> NEWS OF NOTE 5 MINUTES WITH Kevin Fridy Kev</a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=13"> Daniel Huber, on far side of table, led environme</a>
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<a title="S26-UTJ page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=15"> </a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=16"> ATHLETICS HIGHLIGHTS A Sweet New Gig E.J. Brophy,</a>
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<a title="S26-UTJ page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=20"> Festini’s project also includes NSF fund</a>
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<a title="S26-UTJ page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=24"> A s darkness</a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=25"> FROM FLORIDA TO AFRICA AND BACK Pollak, a native </a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=26"> The 10-man group included a range of pa</a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=27"> On Day Four, the group packed up and h</a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=28"> Icing on the The Cake Tyrus O’Neill ’08 is CEO o</a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=29"> W I N T E R 2 0 2 6 | University of Tampa | 27</a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=30"> I t’s game day for the Tampa Bay </a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=31"> electronic signage on the big building downtown, </a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=32"> comes a need for more public- facing branding and</a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=33"> Tampa Bay Lightning fans get to vote for their fa</a>
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<a title="S26-UTJ page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=35"> WHAT'S NEW? GO TO UTAMPA.EDU/ALUMNI TO STAY IN TO</a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=36"> ALUMNI REPORT Samuel “Luke” Peterson ’91 reti</a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=37"> SPARTAN SPOTLIGHT Head of School Learns and Lea</a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 38" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=38"> ALUMNI REPORT adviser in the country for his </a>
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<a title="S26-UTJ page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=40"> ALUMNI WEEKEND 2025 Nothing beats the company and</a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=41"> the airwaves, conflicts and lessons soon follow. </a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=42"> ALUMNI REPORT SPARTAN SPOTLIGHT From Unassuming t</a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=43"> Bradshaw was a combat medic when he first enl</a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=44"> GASPARILLA BRUNCH 2026 Spartan pirates donned the</a>
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<a title="S26-UTJ page 46" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=46"> Kayla Sullivan ’18 and Joe Weber ’19, pictured be</a>
<a title="S26-UTJ page 47" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043a61e7?page=47"> Fabrizio Mejia Lartilleux ’24, pictured below, li</a>
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