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USF President Makes Historic Gift, Donating $20 Million to Establish the Judy Genshaft Honors College
The University of South Florida System has flourished under President Judy Genshaft. Now, she continues her transformational leadership – this time through a historic gift. President Genshaft and her husband, Steve Greenbaum, have donated $20 million to the USF Foundation. This marks one of the largest gifts ever made to USF.
May 22, 2019University News
NASA Selects USF Researcher for the First Female-Dominated Crew for Underwater Mission to Simulate Space Exploration
Csilla Ari D’Agostino, PhD, research assistant professor of psychology at the University of South Florida (USF), was selected to join NASA’s next underwater mission to study what happens when one lives underwater for an extended period of time.
May 20, 2019Research and Innovation
USF Sarasota-Manatee Students Help Pasco County Libraries to Choose New Computer System
A group of business students from the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee helped select a computer system for Pasco County’s public libraries.
May 17, 2019University News
KnowBe4 Donates $1.75 Million to Anti-Phishing Research and to Train Students for a Widening Job Market
A prominent cybersecurity training company in Clearwater will donate $1.75 million in cash and software to the USF Foundation to teach and train Muma College of Business students to serve on the front lines in the growing battle with cyber threats.
May 15, 2019University News
Latest Trends in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and the Dark Web Revealed at the Florida Business Analytics Forum
When you are unlucky enough to find out a stranger has already received your tax refund, or that you purchased a new living room suite in California when you’ve never been to California, your first thought is which restaurant server or convenience store clerk had your credit card last night.
May 15, 2019University News
Defending Earth from Asteroids
In the desert of Arizona, robotic telescopes search the sky for asteroids on a collision course for Earth. It’s an effort that could one day avoid a catastrophe on a planetary scale, and a project that a University of South Florida graduate student is helping to strengthen.
May 14, 2019Research and Innovation
Students Work to Reduce Jail Population
Students and faculty from the University of South Florida have had unprecedented access to the Pasco County Detention Facility in order to conduct screenings and interview inmates entering the county jail.
May 13, 2019Research and Innovation
Morsani College of Medicine Welcomes Nation’s Newest Doctors & Bids Farewell to USF President
More than 1,000 friends and family of USF Health senior medical students packed The Mahaffey Theatre to welcome the nation’s newest doctors and bid farewell to University of South Florida System President Judy Genshaft.
May 13, 2019USF Health
USF Sarasota-Manatee Wins CareerSource Suncoast Workforce Innovation Education Partner of the Year Award
The University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee today was named CareerSource Suncoast Education Partner of the Year during the 2019 State of Talent Conference Innovation in Workforce luncheon at Art Ovation Hotel.
May 13, 2019University News
Data From Recent Study Identifies Possible Genetic Modifier Linked to Sickle Cell Trait Athlete Deaths
A recent study published in Southern Medical Journal, led by researchers from the University of South Florida and Arizona State University, identifies a genetic variation known to affect sickle cell disease symptomology.
May 9, 2019Research and Innovation
USF Students Help Launch Grammy Winner’s Latest Studio Album
When Grammy Award winning jazz musician Lannie Battistini releases his fourth studio album this month, students in the University of South Florida Department of English will know they played an integral role in its success.
May 8, 2019University News
USF Brand Announcement
The University of South Florida is revising its academic logo. It will adopt the “Iconic Bull U” used by USF Athletics and return to the traditional green-and-gold color palette.
May 6, 2019University News