Florida State and South Florida made news recently, and it has nothing to do with basketball.
“Moonlight,” the Oscar winner for best picture, was made by a group of FSU film school graduates, most notably Barry Jenkins, the movie’s director. It’s a reminder that, yes, there’s life after STEM curricula, and that the FSU College of Motion Picture Arts is, indeed, a big-time player in the arts world.
As for USF, a dozen faculty members have been named as Fullbright Scholars in the 2016-17 academic year. USF actually led the nation in producing winners of the prestigious awards.