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91³Ô¹ÏÍø breaks ground on innovative Judy Genshaft Honors College
The 91³Ô¹ÏÍø broke ground today on the new home of the Judy Genshaft Honors College, a five-story, 85,000-square-foot facility that will strengthen USF’s position to attract the best students in Florida, nationally and internationally.
December 1, 2020University News
New study explores why rural counties have higher infant mortality rates than more urban areas.
December 1, 2020Research and Innovation
Eight USF faculty members named new AAAS Fellows
Eight USF faculty members who have led their disciplines in research, innovation and scholarship have been named new Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of higher education’s highest honors bestowed by peers.
November 24, 2020Honors and Awards, Research and Innovation, University News
Dr. Menon brings a wealth of nursing leadership experience and academic achievement to her new role.
November 24, 202091³Ô¹ÏÍø Health
91³Ô¹ÏÍø Computer Science and Engineering receives grant to attract and retain more women computer scientists
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering received a three-year, $579,737 grant from the Center for Inclusive Computing at Northeastern University for funding evidence-based approaches to attract and retain more women computer science, information technology, and cybersecurity students.
November 23, 2020Research and Innovation, University News
91³Ô¹ÏÍø-led geosciences team discovers Ancestral Puebloans survived from ice melt in New Mexico lava tubes
A lava tube in the El Malpais National Monument yields centuries-old insights of survival in the face of harsh climate change.
November 18, 2020Research and Innovation
91³Ô¹ÏÍø forensic anthropologist leads renewed effort to help solve Hillsborough County cold case homicides
Erin Kimmerle, associate professor of forensic anthropology and executive director of the Florida Institute for Forensic Anthropology and Applied Science 91³Ô¹ÏÍø, is collaborating with the Hillsborough County Sheriff and Medical Examiner’s offices to help solve several cold case homicides.
November 17, 2020University News
Eta Updates
91³Ô¹ÏÍø is closely monitoring Tropical Storm Eta and the impacts to our region. At this time, there are no changes to class schedules. Information about changes to normal business operations is available here.
November 11, 2020University News
Florida Blue supports USF epidemiologist’s innovative efforts to track COVID-19
91³Ô¹ÏÍø College of Public Health Professor Edwin Michael’s arrival on campus coincided with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, giving an innovative system he’d built to track and predict disease outbreaks its debut amid a global crisis with severe statewide implications.
November 9, 2020COVID-19, Research and Innovation
Preschool for Creative Learning receives $1.3 million grant to support USF student parents
The 91³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Preschool for Creative Learning received a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to provide financial assistance and other resources to USF students who are parents of preschool-aged children.
November 9, 2020University News
Virtual characters created 91³Ô¹ÏÍø to teach emergent bilingual students English
A new research-based app developed 91³Ô¹ÏÍø will soon be accessible to K-12 students and teachers in an effort to bolster a more multilingual society.
November 9, 2020Research and Innovation
91³Ô¹ÏÍø students adapt to produce television news broadcasts from home
91³Ô¹ÏÍø students enrolled in the Florida Focus broadcast news class hoped to spend this fall producing daily news segments in the university’s on-campus studio, but COVID-19 changed those plans. Instead, they’ve been reporting from makeshift mini studios in their homes as they prepare to enter the workforce.
November 6, 2020COVID-19, Research and Innovation