Maroulis Professor of Byzantine History, Michael Decker, is at the center of a groundbreaking
discovery. An interdisciplinary team from USF and FAU has uncovered the first genomic
proof that Yersinia pestis, the plague bacterium, was present in the Eastern Mediterranean
during the Plague of Justinian (AD 541–750).
History professor David Johnson decided it was time to take the stories in the University
of South Florida's collection and share them with the public.
Thoughtful context from our own Kyle Burke in FOX 13’s piece on political violence.
Burke points out that when Americans start seeing one another as enemies, violent
rhetoric and acts feed a dangerous feedback loop, echoing the 1850s and the 1960s–70s.
A clear reminder to reject violence across the spectrum.
