As a Director of Strategic Science Communications, Kristen Kusek is responsible for establishing and guiding the strategy for, and execution of, all communications-related functions of the USF College of Marine Science.
She recently shared her personal story in an article titled “I’m a science storyteller. Before COVID misinformation, I used to know why.” Find out why she feels we need something to slap us out of this fog of navel-gazing and back into action fueled by shared understanding.
To read Kristen's guest column in the Tampa Bay Times: click here.
The graduation of the CodeBoxx AI Literacy and Applications Bootcamp was held on Saturday, August 9th at the ARK Innovation Center. The celebration included a tour of the ARK building, a sneak peek at the Vu Studio, and a hackathon. This bootcamp is designed to give participants a competitive edge in the job market by teaching practical ways to use AI. AI literacy and tech communication are more important than ever, and we're incredibly proud of this graduating class for taking that step forward.
The Tampa Bay Estuary Program works to build public and private partnerships to restore and protect Tampa Bay. Critical to this effort is the use of environmental indicators to describe status and trends of bay health. Dr. Marcus Beck will describe his work synthesizing multiple data streams with reproducible workflows to develop and report on bay health indicators.
Our summer youth tours are in full swing, and the learning hasn’t stopped. So far, we’ve hosted students ranging from elementary school to college age, with over 60 individuals touring the Innovation District. They’ve explored the world of phytoplankton with scientists from FWC and learned the basics of flight from the team at St. Pete Air.