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UT’s Turf Bats a Tousand
New Technology Building
is a Gorgeous Workhorse
Style Icon, Design Diva:
Meet Tracy Turco BFA ’89
JOURNAL FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA SPRING 2023
Goal!
Spartans
Score Big
with Tech
Partnership between
teams and science
gives UT an edge
CREATIVITY CATALYST
Te Susan and John Sykes Ars Sonora has
become a site of innovation and imagination,
like this event in December that explored
space-time travel. Students from the
Department of Art and Design and the
Department of Music collaborated with
visiting artist Gabe Michael Kenney for a
performative soun
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CREATIVITY CATALYST Te Susan and John Sykes Ars
UT ut.edu/utjournal EDITOR Holly Neumann hneum
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Technology for a Better U
16 CONTENTS | SPRING 2023 VOL. XXXVIII, NO.3
NEWS OF NOTE HAPPENINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY NE
Spartan Studies, a New General Education Program,
NEWS OF NOTE Tis
‘TREMENDOUS HONOR’ President Joe Biden spoke Feb.
NEWS OF NOTE Tech Faculty to Host Cybersecu
BY THE NUMBERS Chew on This Be it breakfast, lu
NEWS OF NOTE 5 MINUTES WITH Ruby Xitlali Le
Business Faculty Contributes to Gender Diversity
NEWS OF NOTE UT MARINE BIOLOGIST RECEIVES GR
SPRING BREAK TRIP A CULTURAL OUTING Over spring b
NEWS OF NOTE ATHLETIC
for six academic years. Counting her accelerated
Close collaboration between TECH
ARTIST CREDIT(S)
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from the high cardiovascular output at the height
BRETT GRELLE, M.S. ’19, CSCS, was a football play
better-informed decisions about which player to r
WHERE BRAINS A living wall calms and invigor
AND BEAUTY MEET Innovation shines in UT’s newes
Ethical hacking is a key learning strategy for U
Spaces encourage contemplation and collaboration.
The Technology building is home to 165 faculty a
Howard and Patricia Jenkins are longtime donors a
PHOTOGRAPH BY NATHAN COX 28 | UT | S P R I
Va-Va- Vintage Inspired by the glam and groovy, T
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Turco's Cheetah Hotel in Palm Springs, CA, is a 1
ALUMNI REPORT
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ALUMNI REPORT also known as The Box. The New Y
SPARTAN SPOTLIGHT The Savvy Solutionist Sally S
ALUMNI REPORT Drake Arnold ’09 is
FL, last August and Septem- ber.The movie, set fo
Cameron Stewart ’14 is a Realtor with The Residen
OUTFIT THE FAM No need to wait for a holiday
ALUMNI REPORT SPARTAN SPOTLIGHT Right Place
a wristband, sticky tag or reusable card which ca
ALUMNI REPORT development tour of the Ladies P
Monica
GASPARILLA BRUNCH PHOTOGRAPHY BY JESSICA LEIGH
UT alumni partied pirate-style at the Gasparilla
SPARTAN READY PHILANTHROPY A Spartan Field
B efore the pande
PEOPLE. OPPORTUNITY. IMPACT.
Stewards of Education UT and The Saunders Foundat
PEOPLE. OPPORTUNITY. IMPACT. William and Ruby
Your Gif Makes a DIFFERENCE! Thank you for suppor
MINARET MOMENT Te Power to Be Your Best
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