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Dr. Ramesh Ayyala To Receive American Glaucoma Society’s Humanitarian Award
Internationally known glaucoma surgeon and researcher Ramesh Ayyala, MD, professor and chair of the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology, has been selected to receive the American Glaucoma Society’s 2019 Humanitarian Award.
July 26, 2018USF Health
Kicking Off an Innovative Admissions Program, the First Bulls to Business Students Arrive
Dancing, party tunes, snacks and balloons. The sounds of squeaky moving cart wheels, dinging elevators and new students timidly introducing themselves one-by-one echoed in the halls, as proud parents blamed teary goodbyes on some sweat in their eyes.
July 25, 2018University News
USF to host U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Annual National Summer Teacher Institute
More than 50 K-12 educators from across the country, including 10 from school districts around Tampa Bay, are coming to the University of South Florida to receive free training and resources from national experts designed to inspire their students to become the next generation of inventors and problem solvers.
July 25, 2018University News
USF Staff Senate’s 22nd Annual Quiet Quality Awards Ceremony
USF Staff Senate’s 22nd Annual Quiet Quality Awards Ceremony took place at the Marshall Student Center on Friday, June 29th.
July 16, 2018University News
Dr. Krischer Among Latest MCOM Scholars Inducted Into Robert A. Good Honor Society
University Distinguished Professor Jeffrey Krischer, PhD, one of the world’s top National Institutes of Health researchers, was among the 31 USF Health Morsani College of Medicine scholars inducted into the Robert A. Good Honor Society (RGHS) Class of 2018 this spring.
July 13, 2018USF Health
USF Public Health Professor Tapped To Head Sierra Leone EPA
Foday Moriba Jaward, PhD, an associate professor of environmental and occupational health at the USF College of Public Health, was recently appointed by the president of his native country, Sierra Leone, to lead that nation’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
July 11, 2018USF Health
USF Camp Aims to Inspire High School Students to Pursue Careers in Cybersecurity
They are the future generation of cybersecurity experts, responsible for stopping the next major hack or building the infrastructure network to withstand an attempted breach.
July 6, 2018University News
USF Officially Designated as “Preeminent” by the Florida Board of Governors
Historic achievement places USF in the top category of Florida’s universities and comes with millions of dollars in new funding that will benefit the Tampa Bay region’s future
June 28, 2018University News
New Results of Deepwater Horizon Research to Protect Marine Life Against Future Oil Spills
USF researchers complete comprehensive study, creating a baseline for the Gulf of Mexico's marine ecosystem.
June 27, 2018Research and Innovation
University of South Florida Names Michael Kelly New Vice President of Athletics
University of South Florida System President Judy Genshaft today announced the appointment of Michael Kelly as USF’s new vice president of athletics.
June 26, 2018USF Athletics
USF’s Rightpath Research & Innovation Center Receives $1.3 million Grant
Trina D. Spencer, PhD, of the Rightpath Research & Innovation Center at USF has been awarded a 4 year $1,323,166 research grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to build a large database of academic language of K-3 students. The overarching aim of this work is to help reduce the language-based achievement gap in primary grades.
June 20, 2018Research and Innovation
USF Board of Trustees Re-elects Brian Lamb as Chair
Brian Lamb will continue to serve as chair of the University of South Florida Board of Trustees (BOT), after board members voted unanimously to keep him in that role during a meeting this week.
June 14, 2018University News