The Association of Public Land Grant Universities (APLU) has elected USF Vice President for Research & Innovation Sylvia Wilson Thomas, PhD, to the executive committee of its Council on Research. She was announced at the November 2024 APLU Annual Meeting in Orlando.
Thomas joins a distinguished cohort of senior research officers (SROs) from Alabama A&M University, Colorado State University, Oklahoma State University, Stony Brook University, UC-Berkeley, University of Idaho and University of Wisconsin, who will serve on the class of 2027 APLU COR executive committee.
The APLU Council on Research (COR) provides research leaders at member campuses with a forum to share information and advice on common issues and university practices and develop understanding and strategy in response to government policies and regulations affecting research and innovation.
COR working groups have focused on topics including safe and transformative research cultures, university and industry collaboration, the future of the research system, research security, and improving the culture of safety in campus laboratories and workspaces.