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Molekule raises $58 million to take pollutants out of the air in the age of wildfires and viruses

Molekule uses the company’s patented photoelectrochemical oxidation (PECO) technology, which was developed by Yogi Goswami, a recognized expert in solar technology (VentureBeat).

February 25, 2020Entrepreneurship, Innovation

AAG Announces 2020 AAG Award Recipients

USF School of Geosciences Professor Jennifer Collins has been named the winner of the 2020 American Association of Geographers' Harm de Blij Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (AAG).

February 24, 2020Honors and Awards

New Method Gives Glaucoma Researchers Control Over Eye Pressure

Neuroscientists at the University of South Florida have become the first to definitively prove pressure in the eye is sufficient to cause and explain glaucoma (USF Newsroom).

February 24, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

Variety and Consistency are Essential to Keep the Mind Healthy

A new study from the University of South Florida (USF) finds a key piece to maintaining cognitive function throughout adulthood is to stay active and engaged in diverse activities regularly (USF Newsroom).

February 18, 2020Health, Research

How startups and small businesses can power innovation through research

Conner Prochaska, David Conrad and Svetlana Shtrom discussed how researchers and innovators in private industry and academia can get their ideas to market (Catalyst).

February 17, 2020Innovation, Research

A Message to the USF Faculty: Guidance on Disclosing Foreign Relationships

The University of South Florida values its research community and recognizes the significant public benefit that comes from your scientific advances and discoveries, many of which would not be possible without our international faculty, students and staff and global collaborations. Faculty are asked to review this recent message on disclosing foreign research relationships.

February 14, 2020Global Research

USF Works with Local Community to Uncover the Legacies of Those Forgotten

As forgotten burial grounds continue to be discovered around Tampa Bay, the University of South Florida and Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) are working with local officials and community members to rediscover unmarked graves and identify those forgotten there (USF Newsroom).

February 14, 2020Research

USF Health Research Day

USF Health Research Day will be take place on February 21, 2020 at the Marshall Student Center. The event features original research from the students, faculty, and staff affiliated with USF Health.

February 12, 2020Health, Research

USF Health Faculty Elected as Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors

Two faculty from the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine are among five University of South Florida staff named to the 2020 class of National Academy of Inventors Senior Members (USF Health).

February 12, 2020Health, Innovation

USF president Currall targets entrepreneurs, innovative partners at Synapse Summit

USF President Steven Currall was a keynote speaker at Synapse Summit 2020 on Tuesday at Amalie Arena and talked about the importance of collaborating with government officials and entrepreneurs as a university to advance the ecosystem of innovation (USF Oracle).

February 12, 2020Innovation

USF president, Priceline co-founder kick off Synapse Summit outlining how businesses can foster innovation

University of South Florida President Steven Currall believes innovation means more than venture capital firms funding ideas or startups ramping up their technology. He says innovation serves as a domino effect when it comes to job growth, patent production and ultimately growing the Tampa Bay ecosystem as a whole (Tampa Bay Business Journal).

February 11, 2020Innovation

Student rocketeers at USF compete in college space race for $1 million prize

USF’s Society of Aeronautics and Rocketry (SOAR) is competing against much bigger and better-funded college programs in an epic space race for $1 million (WFTS).

February 10, 2020Innovation, Student Research

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