Pioneers Across Disciplines
Which physicist and chemist won two Nobel Prizes in different scientific fields?
Marie Curie
This rom-com came out in 2018 and follows a high schooler named Simon. The book that the novel is based on is written by a former psychologist, who wanted to create a feel-good story for the LGBT+ community, based on her experiences working with patients.
Love, Simon
This term refers to the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age that shape health outcomes.
Social Determinants of Health
First trademarked in 1974, who is USF’s mascot?
Rocky the Bull
Who wrote the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God?
Zora Neale Hurston
These two transgender sisters made their 1996 directorial debut with the lesbian erotic thriller Bound. They also directed The Matrix. Who are they?
The Wachowski Sisters (or) Lana and Lilly Wachowski
This principle emphasizes that health outcomes should not depend on social position, race, gender, or economic status.
Health Equity
In fewer than 100 years, the University of South Florida has become a top Florida university and a world-renowned research institution. What year was it founded?
1956
Which African American woman was a pioneer in space science and worked at NASA, featured in Hidden Figures?
Katherine Johnson
This actor played the role of Frank-n-Furter in the iconic film, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”
Tim Curry
This theoretical framework critiques how systems of power, such as patriarchy, racism, capitalism, and the intersect to produce health inequities.
Intersectionality
Ernest Boger, the first Black man to graduate from USF (in 1965), majored in which social science?
Psychology
What anthropologist is known for her pioneering studies on primates in Tanzania?
Jane Goodall
Non-binary actor Jack Haven was one of the two leads in the 2024 horror film I Saw the TV Glow. What character did they play?
Maddy
Public health approaches that shift from individual behavior change to addressing structural barriers like housing, wages, and discrimination are rooted in this justice-based perspective.
Structural or systemic justice in public health
What was the name of the student newspaper, first published in 1966?
"The Oracle"
Who is known as the first computer programmer?
Ada Lovelace
Moonlight is a 2016 coming-of-age drama that follows the main character as he contends with his identity as a black gay man. The film was directed by Barry Jenkins and was based on a semi-autobiographical, unpublished play by Tarell Alvin McCraney. The name of this play is also an iconic line from the film. What is the name of the play?
In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue
This global framework integrates human rights with public health, arguing that access to healthcare, education, and safe living conditions are fundamental entitlements rather than privileges.
The right to health
Betty Castor became USF’s fifth president and first female president in what year (within 2 years)?
1994