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USF geoscientists deploy to study evacuation behavior ahead of Hurricane Ian
As the Tampa Bay region prepares for Hurricane Ian, a team of researchers is on the road to collect data on how individuals respond in a natural disaster.
September 26, 2022Research and Innovation
USF Research Park receives international award
The University of South Florida Research Park has been named the 2022 Outstanding Research Park by the Association of University Research Parks. This follows the grand opening of a new state-of-the-art research center that deepens the connection between university innovation and the business community, helping advance the Tampa Bay region’s growing startup ecosystem.
September 23, 2022Research and Innovation, University News
USF partners with MacDill Air Force Base to grow and strengthen educational opportunities
With education at the forefront, the overall goal of the partnership is to encourage and enhance the study of a variety of fields, including science, technology, engineering and math.
September 19, 2022Community Partnerships, Research and Innovation, University News
USF professor: Statin use not justified for healthy people with high cholesterol
The research shows LDL alone has “a very weak association” with heart disease and stroke and that when people with high LDL and optimal triglycerides and HDL were given a statin, there was no benefit.
September 19, 2022Research and Innovation
USF awarded $20 million federal grant to protect coral reef and mangrove ecosystems
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $20 million grant to a USF-lead team of researchers to develop a standardized approach to the protection and replenishment of coral reef and mangrove ecosystems, which serve as a barrier in protecting our coasts.
September 7, 2022Research and Innovation
Faster in the Past: New seafloor images – the highest resolution of any taken off the West Antarctic Ice Sheet – upend understanding of Thwaites Glacier retreat
For the first time, scientists mapped in high-resolution a critical area of the seafloor in front of the glacier that gives them a window into how fast Thwaites retreated and moved in the past.
September 6, 2022Research and Innovation
New methodology predicts coronavirus and other infectious disease threats to wildlife
USF study successfully tests a tool that can be used to predict infection risk and disease transmission from wildlife.
September 1, 2022Research and Innovation
New online portal to streamline process for licensing USF inventions
The new USF Technology Transfer Office portal protects, manages and supports the commercialization of inventions and other intellectual property at USF.
September 1, 2022Research and Innovation
Tampa Electric to invest in visionary partnership with the University of South Florida
The $5 million gift will support the College of Engineering’s Clean Energy Research Center – the largest, single gift ever made to the college.
August 31, 2022Research and Innovation, USF Foundation
Changes to Florida's climate threaten oyster reefs, USF researchers warn
An interdisciplinary team of scientists documented abrupt changes in Tampa Bay’s estuarine ecosystem and forecasts similar landscape-wide changes in northern locations.
August 29, 2022Research and Innovation
Twenty-six USF faculty members recognized with Outstanding Research Achievement Awards
Impressive discoveries and advancements include the development of novel COVID-19 therapeutics, NASA funding to improve human spaceflight conditions and new defenses for wireless network security systems.
August 26, 2022Honors and Awards, Research and Innovation, University News
New medical technique to target cause of age-related hearing loss
A well-known imaging test that radiologists use to monitor blood flow from the heart may soon be deployed to pinpoint what part of the ear is experiencing age-related hearing loss.
August 24, 2022Research and Innovation