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![USF using AI to help combat malaria in Africa](/news/images/2024/usf-using-ai-to-help-combat-malaria-in-africa/listing-image.jpg)
USF using AI to help combat malaria in Africa
Funded by the NIH, the project is an international effort that will establish a new research center in Africa to advance malaria research and deploy advanced smart traps for real-time identification of mosquitoes carrying the malaria parasite.
June 6, 2024Research and Innovation
![Two students walk underneath a walkway that says, Florida Inventors Hall of Fame.](/images/news/2024/two-usf-faculty-innovators-selected-for-the-florida-inventors-hall-of-fame/fl-inventors-listing.jpg)
Two USF faculty innovators selected for the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
The Class of 2024 represents the best of innovation in Florida, and their achievements underscore the critical role that innovation plays in driving progress and improving the quality of life for people in our state, our nation and around the world.
May 30, 2024Honors and Awards, Research and Innovation
![Waseem Albaba](/images/news/2024/usf-computer-science-engineering-department-defense-cybersecurity-win-waseem-albaba/cyberherd.png)
USF engineering student takes top prize in Department of Defense national cyber competition
The U.S. Department of Defense challenged the country’s top cybersecurity minds in a skills competition. CyberHerd team captain and computer science and engineering student Waseem Albaba came out on top, defeating 3,000 competitors.
May 20, 2024Student Success
![President Rhea Law and TECO CEO Archie Collins](/images/news/2024/usf-and-teco-celebrate-decades-of-collaboration-and-innovation/teco-listing.png)
USF and TECO celebrate decades of collaboration and innovation
USF’s ongoing efforts to develop clean-energy solutions and strengthen the environmental engineering workforce are helping build upon the university’s longstanding partnership with Tampa Electric by announcing the Clean Energy Research Center will be named for TECO.
April 30, 2024Community Partnerships
![Maj. Kevin Tromly](/images/news/2024/brain-injuries-in-us-special-operations-forces-arent-easy-to-detect-usf-helping-develop-a-solution/reblast-listing.png)
Brain injuries in U.S. Special Operations Forces aren’t easy to detect, USF helping develop a solution
Through its partnership with U.S. Special Operations Command, the USF Institute of Applied Engineering has co-led an illuminating study that found repeated exposure to low-level blasts is associated with signs of brain injury in Special Operations Forces. Such exposure is common throughout many military careers, including in training and operational environments.
April 22, 2024Research and Innovation
![Jing Wang, professor of electrical engineering, and Ugur Guneroglu, graduate student, working on micromachined on-chip microwave acoustic resonators and filters for integrated RF and microwave front end systems.](/images/news/2024/usf-to-advance-us-army-innovation-bolster-talent-pipeline/listing.png)
New partnership will allow USF to advance U.S. Army innovation, bolster talent pipeline
The University of South Florida is broadening its collaboration with the U.S. Department of Defense through a formalized agreement with the U.S. Army. The five-year educational partnership agreement coalesces faculty from throughout the university to conduct critical defense research and provides student internships – helping broaden the talent pipeline for future military needs.
April 2, 2024Community Partnerships, Research and Innovation
![Group walks through Institute of Applied Engineering lab](/images/news/2024/usf-opens-cutting-edge-lab-aimed-at-rapidly-providing-military-solutions/listing.png)
USF opens cutting-edge lab aimed at rapidly providing military solutions
Managed by USF’s Institute of Applied Engineering, the new Rapid Experimentation Lab provides a unique, collaborative space to rapidly test concepts for the U.S. Department of Defense.
March 22, 2024Research and Innovation
![Three women stand around model of human body](/images/news/2024/man-few-words-speaks-volumes-gift-usf/donor-listing.png)
USF receives $2.7 million gift to support student scholarships
The gift from late Palm Harbor resident and former NASA engineer Tom Tiedemann will support students in the College of Engineering, the College of Nursing and the School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences, which is housed in the Morsani College of Medicine.
March 19, 2024USF Foundation
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USF research funding reaches record high of $692 million
Research funding awarded to USF reached an all-time high of $692 million in fiscal year 2023, representing an increase of nearly 27% from the previous year and elevating USF’s stature as one of the nation’s most research-intensive universities.
March 18, 2024Research and Innovation
![Six students sit around a table with laptops, holding up 'go bulls' hand gesture and smiling at the camera.](/images/news/2024/cyberherd-wins-ncae-cyber-games-se-regionals/cyberherd-ncae-regionals-2024-main-room-listing.jpg)
CyberHerd wins NCAE Cyber Games South East Regionals while maintaining grueling practice schedule
USF College of Engineering's cyber competition team has transformed from a casual student organization to a reckoning force in the world of collegiate cyber defense competition.
March 11, 2024Student Success
![Bulls Racing members work on car](/images/news/2024/bulls-racing-ignites-passion-for-cars/bulls-listing.png)
Ahead of Grand Prix, Bulls Racing ignites passion for cars
Every year, members of the Bulls Racing team design and manufacture a race car from scratch for a competition. With the approach of the St. Petersburg Grand Prix next door to the USF St. Petersburg campus, learn more about the tight-knit organization and the students who have a passion for cars.
March 6, 2024Student Success
![Synapse showcases USF’s leadership in the tech industry](/images/news/2024/synapse-showcases-usfs-leadership-in-the-tech-industry/listing-image-law.jpg)
Synapse showcases USF’s leadership in the tech industry
With USF’s largest presence yet, the conference highlighted the university’s endeavors and collaborative initiatives that are shaping the future of technology in Tampa Bay.
February 28, 2024Research and Innovation