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91³Ô¹ÏÍø receives $1.4 million gift to support student access to higher education
The 91³Ô¹ÏÍø today announced a $1.4 million gift from Helios Education Foundation to benefit the Florida College Access Network, a statewide organization hosted 91³Ô¹ÏÍø with a mission that supports student success.
March 24, 2021University News
Florida governor appoints Dean Frazer to Environmental Regulation Commission
Governor Ron DeSantis announced this month that Tom Frazer, PhD, dean of the USF College of Marine Science, is one of four new appointees to the Florida Environmental Regulation Commission.
March 23, 2021University News
COVID-19 has taught us a lot of things. And one of the more important lessons has been the need for thorough, fast and effective disinfecting measures. A team of researchers from the USF College of Public Health’s Center for Environmental/Occupational Risk Analysis and Management set out to determine how effective commercially available chlorine dioxide gas products were in reducing COVID-19 viral loads on face masks and surfaces.
March 22, 2021Research and Innovation, 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Health
The USF College of Public Health has seen a record increase in student applications for many of its degree programs.
March 22, 2021COVID-19, University News
About 170 senior medical students from the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine were successfully matched and learned where they will spend their residency training after graduation from medical school in May.
March 22, 202191³Ô¹ÏÍø Health, University News
A textbook affordability initiative launched to reduce the costs of course materials 91³Ô¹ÏÍø’s St. Petersburg campus has saved the student body more than $1.08 million over the past five years.
March 15, 2021University News
91³Ô¹ÏÍø to hold in-person commencement ceremonies this spring
The 91³Ô¹ÏÍø will host its first in-person commencement ceremonies since December 2019, as COVID-19 forced the ceremonies to be held virtually in spring, summer and fall of 2020. Ceremonies are tentatively scheduled for May 7-9.
March 15, 2021University News
91³Ô¹ÏÍø community demonstrates critical leadership in year-long response to COVID-19
The leadership demonstrated throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by the 91³Ô¹ÏÍø has become a true testament to the spirit of faculty, staff and students – a spirit of perseverance, collaboration and community partnership, despite the emotional and often taxing circumstances that have become part of many daily lives.
March 12, 202191³Ô¹ÏÍø Health, University News
Red Snapper in the Gulf show signs of stress
Nearly all of the Red Snapper sampled in the Gulf of Mexico over a six-year period by 91³Ô¹ÏÍø marine scientists showed evidence of liver damage, according to a study reported in Aquatic Toxicology.
March 10, 2021Research and Innovation
91³Ô¹ÏÍø Professor Toru Shimizu chosen Association for Psychological Science Fellow
91³Ô¹ÏÍø Professor Toru Shimizu, whose pioneering work in understanding the workings of avian brains and behaviors to better understand human intelligence, has been selected as a new Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.
March 10, 2021Honors and Awards
The 91³Ô¹ÏÍø (USF) Tampa campus has been recognized as a Silver-Level Bicycle Friendly University with an award from the League of American Bicyclists, the premier grassroots advocacy organization encouraging better bicycling and protecting the right of people who bike.
March 9, 2021Campus Life
91³Ô¹ÏÍøers use neuromarketing tools to assist Baycare Health System, national public health agencies to assess the impact of COVID-19 messaging
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the 91³Ô¹ÏÍø has pooled its expertise and resources in order to help influence the effectiveness of public health messaging related to COVID-19.
March 2, 2021Research and Innovation