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U.S. Department of Education leader commends USF’s use of federal funds allocated for COVID-19 response
Aaliyah Samuel, deputy assistant secretary for Local, State and National Engagement, visited the Tampa campus to learn first-hand about USF’s initiatives to help close the achievement gap and ensure timely graduation, and its emphasis on attracting transfer students as well as professionals who want to continue their education mid-career.
November 4, 2021University News
Small and diverse business owners prepped to bolster profits with conclusion of new USF-Skanska mentor-protégé program
The inaugural cohort of the Construction Management Building Blocks mentor-protégé program has graduated after completing eight weeks of training with industry professionals from the University of South Florida and Skanska, a multinational construction and development company.
November 1, 2021University News
USF engineers invent ultra-fast manufacturing technology
A team of engineers at the University of South Florida has invented new technology that could forever change the manufacturing of wearable, electronic sensors.
November 1, 2021Research and Innovation
Efforts under way to assist the critical local nursing shortage through USF Health College of Nursing and Sarasota Memorial Hospital collaboration
The USF Health College of Nursing, in collaboration with Sarasota Memorial Hospital, will soon launch a program to address the critical workforce shortage due to nurses leaving the profession in record numbers.
October 27, 2021COVID-19, USF Health, University News
USF center director lands historic $8.5 million arts learning grant
Denise Davis-Cotton, director of the University of South Florida’s Center for Partnerships in Arts Integrated Teaching, has been named principal investigator of an $8.5 million grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Education to strengthen arts educational programming in the nation’s educational system.
October 18, 2021University News
USF launches initiative to enhance Latino student success, impact in the Hispanic community
The University of South Florida today announced the creation of a task force to build on the university’s commitment to Latino student access and success.
October 14, 2021University News
Muma College of Business, TGH partner on innovative new people development institute
USF’s Muma College of Business and Tampa General Hospital today announced the launch of a groundbreaking initiative to provide critical people skills to hospital staff ranging from top-shelf surgeons to valets.
October 13, 2021University News
Smithsonian curates history of hip-hop and rap with help from USF communications expert
Aisha Durham, associate professor of communications at the University of South Florida, was part of a group of advisers chosen by the Smithsonian Institution to curate its first multimedia hip-hop collection. The recently released Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap chronicles 40 years of hip-hop and rap music and the development of the localized culture as it emerged out of the Bronx into a global sensation.
October 7, 2021University News
USF invention addresses worldwide mask shortage and pollution concerns
Technology created at USF could be the key to safely reusing disposable face masks. Researchers have figured out a way to rapidly disinfect and electrostatically recharge N95 respirators, recovering their original filtration efficiency and protection capability against COVID-19 and other airborne diseases.
October 6, 2021Research and Innovation
Museum exhibit to feature cold case homicide victims and the USF forensic anthropologists working to identify them
A team of scientists from the University of South Florida is looking to the public for help identifying and solving the homicides of 20 individuals. The cold cases will be featured in “The Art of Forensics” exhibit at the Sulphur Springs Museum and Heritage Center in Tampa throughout October.
October 1, 2021Research and Innovation
USF students create lifesaving medical innovation to help end worldwide ventilator shortage
Biomedical engineering graduates from the University of South Florida are receiving national accolades for a prototype device that may help solve the critical shortage of lifesaving ventilators seen around the world throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
September 27, 2021Research and Innovation
Meet USF’s Cade Prize Candidate: Startup SPKL unites old friends in a quest to develop new medical technology
A friendship formed in middle school a half a world away is the foundation for a new USF startup working to bring better blood flow measurement technology to market.
September 22, 2021Research and Innovation