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Kerry Sheridan

Tampa

Reporter and Host at WUSF-FM (Tampa, FL)

Reporter/host @WUSF. Bylines @NPR @AFP @washingtonpost @NatGeo. Author of Bagpipe Brothers. '02 grad @columbiajourn email: [email protected]

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  • 1 week ago | wusf.org | Kerry Sheridan

    Dr. Anthony Fauci, the longtime head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, spoke in Sarasota on Monday about the dangers of slashing budgets in the nation's health agencies and urged young people interested in public health to pursue their dreams. Uniformed police lined the bayfront and dozens of Sarasota police cars, a mobile unit and an ambulance parked outside the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, where Fauci spoke at 10:30 a.m. and again at 7:30 p.m. to packed houses.

  • 1 week ago | health.wusf.usf.edu | Kerry Sheridan

    Dr. Anthony Fauci, the longtime head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, spoke in Sarasota on Monday about the dangers of slashing budgets in the nation's health agencies and urged young people interested in public health to pursue their dreams.

  • 3 weeks ago | wusf.org | Kerry Sheridan

    Florida lawmakers are talking about big changes to higher education in Sarasota. Among them is the idea that the University of South Florida's Sarasota Manatee campus could be vacated, and givento neighboring New College of Florida, which was taken over by allies of Governor Ron DeSantis in 2023 and seeks to become a bastion of conservative teaching in the south, modeled after the private Hillsdale College in Michigan.

  • 4 weeks ago | wusf.org | Kerry Sheridan

    Professors at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campus said they are worried about their future after recently released documents by New College of Florida shed light on the smaller, liberal arts school’s plans to take over USF’s nearby land, dorms and building facilities.

  • 1 month ago | wusf.org | Kerry Sheridan

    A public records request obtained by WUSF has shed new light on plans to transfer the University of South Florida’s Sarasota-Manatee campus to neighboring New College of Florida. The deal includes New College taking “full stewardship of the 32-acre campus next door” at USF Sarasota-Manatee, said a press release that has not yet been released to the public but was cc’ed to New College President Richard Corcoran by his communications team in January.

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Kerry Sheridan
Kerry Sheridan @kerrsheridan
25 Mar 25

What would a @NewCollegeofFL takeover of @USFSM look like? A public records request shows New College has already drafted the press release, talking points and Q&A. Supporters of USF say not so fast. Full story @wusf https://t.co/VPESctaJ28

Kerry Sheridan
Kerry Sheridan @kerrsheridan
24 Mar 25

An American surgeon's story about treating patients in Gaza, lack of critical supplies like anesthetic, and one young girl he was able to help @wusf https://t.co/4BsURDGooe

Kerry Sheridan
Kerry Sheridan @kerrsheridan
13 Mar 25

Yoga with elephants? Well, near them. In Florida, some military veterans say it's part of a larger process that helps them heal from post-traumatic stress @wusf https://t.co/q0XI62xgJg