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USF provides presidential search updates

USF Board of Trustees Chair Will Weatherford announced that Mike Griffin, Board of Trustees vice chair and USF alum, has agreed to serve as chair of the 14-member Presidential Search Committee. To assist the committee, USF has retained a highly regarded firm that worked with the university in its last presidential search.

February 20, 2025University News

Rocky crosses the finish line

Thousands expected as USF’s on-campus interactive festival welcomes Tampa Bay families

The University of South Florida will welcome thousands of Tampa Bay community members to Bulls Family Fest on March 1, a free, interactive event that gets children of all ages interested in higher education and engaged with USF early in their lives.

February 25, 2025Campus Life, Community Partnerships

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USF to assist Florida law enforcement, organizations with new tool to combat human trafficking and support victims

TIPSTR is a new data repository that illustrates the magnitude, trends and geographic scope of human trafficking across the state.

February 27, 2025Community Partnerships, Research and Innovation

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USF Magazine

USF breaks ground on the on-campus stadium, researchers work to unravel the mysteries of Alzheimer's Disease and a look inside the first residence hall on the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus.

Fall 2024 Issue 

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