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![A stock image of the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus](/images/news/2021/usf-receives-1-4-million-gift-to-support-student-access-to-higher-education/helios-stock-490-327.jpg)
USF receives $1.4 million gift to support student access to higher education
The University of South Florida today announced a $1.4 million gift from Helios Education Foundation to benefit the Florida College Access Network, a statewide organization hosted at USF with a mission that supports student success.
March 24, 2021University News
![Skyline of St. Petersburg, Florida](/images/news/2021/city-of-st-petersburg-selects-usf-researchers-to-identify-make-recommendations-to-address-systemic-racism/st.pete-listing.jpg)
City of St. Petersburg selects USF researchers to identify, make recommendations to address systemic racism
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of South Florida will assist the city of St. Petersburg in identifying structural racism and make recommendations on how to address the multi-faceted issue.
March 23, 2021University News
![A photograph of Marine Science Dean Tom Frazer](/images/news/2021/florida-governor-appoints-dean-frazer-to-environmental-regulation-commission/frazer-490-327.jpg)
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
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Pandemic spreads surge of interest in public health programs
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
![A Morsani College of Medicine student receiving their Match Day residency information](/images/news/2021/usf-health-senior-medical-students-match-to-residencies/match-day-490-327.jpg)
USF Health senior medical students match to residencies
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, 2021USF Health, University News
![Photo scan of three African Americans from Armwood Family Papers, USF Tampa Campus Library Special Collections](/images/news/2021/new-libraries-collection-focuses-on-floridas-african-american-experience/aae-main-pic-490x327.jpg)
New USF Libraries collection focuses on Florida’s African American experience
Drawn from previous collections, the African American Experience in Florida (AAE) is a new, online portal that includes hundreds of artifacts that highlight the injustices that affected Black communities and businesses.
March 15, 2021University News
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Textbook affordability initiative saves student body more than $1 million
A textbook affordability initiative launched to reduce the costs of course materials at USF’s St. Petersburg campus has saved the student body more than $1.08 million over the past five years.
March 15, 2021University News
![University of South Florida: A Preeminent Research University](/images/news/2021/usf-to-hold-in-person-commencement-ceremonies-this-spring/usf-to-hold-in-person-commencement-ceremonies-this-spring.jpg)
USF to hold in-person commencement ceremonies this spring
The University of South Florida 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
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USF community demonstrates critical leadership in year-long response to COVID-19
The leadership demonstrated throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by the University of South Florida 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, 2021COVID-19, USF Health, University News
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USF’s commitment to enhancing supplier diversity earns national recognition
The University of South Florida is being honored on a national level for its commitment to supporting diversity and inclusion. Today the university was selected as a recipient of the Jesse L. Moore Supplier 2021 Diversity Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and only print diversity and inclusion publication in higher education.
March 10, 2021Honors and Awards, University News
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Synapse Summit 2021 highlights USF’s boundary-breaking collaboration with Jabil
Synapse Summit, the premier event that unites Florida’s brightest leaders within the innovation economy, is underway and presents some of the University of South Florida’s greatest minds and collaborators.
March 9, 2021Research and Innovation, University News
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USF Engineering Expo celebrates 49th year with virtual events
Since 1973, the College of Engineering has hosted an elaborate science fair for K-12 students. Amid an unprecedented pandemic, the longtime tradition continued in a virtual format, helping inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers and mathematicians.
March 1, 2021University News