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Global classroom collaboration with Moldova wins international partnerships award
A global classroom experience that brought together USF students with peers in Moldova to conduct joint research while an international humanitarian crisis was unfolding nearby received the inaugural International Partnerships Award from two political science associations.
May 11, 2023Global Research, Student Research
USF scientist discovers culprit behind massive sea urchin die-off
University of South Florida professor Mya Breitbart has used her work in microbiology to discover the organism responsible for a significant increase in long-spined sea urchin deaths last year.
May 10, 2023Global Research, Research
The dreams of three mothers live on through USF student research scholarship
Three emeritus professors from the USF College of Behavioral and Community Sciences are carrying on their mothers’ legacies through the creation of The Moms Project, a mentoring and scholarship program for undergraduate students who conduct research in areas that their mothers were passionate about: substance use disorders, nutrition and positive aging.
May 9, 2023Student Research
Southern Ocean Science – a different kind of SOS?
Antarctica might seem like another world away, but what happens on the icy continent has repercussions globally.
May 8, 2023Global Research, Research
CBCS students recognized for outstanding research projects
Multiple students in the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences were honored at the Student Research Awards Luncheon hosted by USF Research and Innovation.
May 8, 2023Honors and Awards, Student Research
Food, fertilizer, fuel? The hunt is on for solutions to the Caribbean’s exploding seaweed problem
The floating brown seaweed known as sargassum has exploded in record-setting mass throughout the region. There is increasing commercial and research interest in developing ways to put it to use.
May 7, 2023Global Research, Research
Associate professor develops motivational chatbot and digital Candyland-like maze to ensure student success
Sanghoon Park will be recognized by the State University System of Florida for his efforts to provide students with an engaging learning environment while teaching them how to develop creative ways to empower and prepare future students in their own digital courses.
May 2, 2023Innovation, Research
U.S. Department of Education awards USF researchers $8 million to enhance school-based mental health programs
Two separate projects led by faculty in the USF College of Education and College of Behavioral and Community Sciences are being funded by a combined $8 million from the U.S. Department of Education to address mental health in Tampa Bay K-12 students.
May 2, 2023Research
Florida Inventors Hall of Fame Announces 2023 Inductees
Florida Inventors Hall of Fame celebrates 10 years and will induct 10 inventors who have shaped our everyday lives.
May 1, 2023Honors and Awards, Innovation
Florida Inventors Hall of Fame announces 2023 inductees
Florida Inventors Hall of Fame celebrates 10 years and will induct 10 inventors who have shaped our everyday lives (EurekAlert! news release).
May 1, 2023Honors and Awards, Innovation
Scientists describe carbon cycle in a subglacial freshwater lake in Antarctica for first time
Surprising results from historic study suggest the shrinking West Antarctic Ice Sheet, a major threat to global sea level rise, was smaller and more dynamic in recent geologic past than previously thought.
May 1, 2023Global Research, Research
Undergraduate students awarded funding for research projects
Nine CBCS students have received Undergraduate Research Scholarship Awards through The Moms Project and Florida High Tech Corridor.
May 1, 2023Student Research
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