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USF’s Center for Marketing and Sales Innovation holds collegiate sales competition and research conference
In February the USF Center for Marketing and Sales Innovation hosted a major collegiate sales competition and a biometrics research conference that together drew hundreds of participants from across the country.
March 14, 2023Research
Evaluation of DNA metabarcoding for identifying fish eggs: a case study on the West Florida Shelf
Professor Mya Breitbart from the University of South Florida talks about her latest research article “Evaluation of DNA metabarcoding for identifying fish eggs: a case study on the West Florida Shelf“, published in PeerJ Life & Environment as part of the IABO Hub.
March 13, 2023Research
Black widows battle their even deadlier cousins in a brutal spider war
New study shows brown widow spiders actively seek and kill nearby black widows. The findings of the study, conducted by researchers at the University of South Florida are reported in an article to be published March 13 in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America.
March 13, 2023Research, Student Research
Who’s hunting the black widow spider? Their brown widow relatives, research shows
Researchers at the University of South Florida’s St. Petersburg campus found that in a container habitat, brown widows were 6.6 times more likely to attack black widows than other related species. The behavior is likely a driver of the black widow spider’s population decline.
March 13, 2023Research, Student Research
USF CMS joins NOAA’s Caribbean Climate Adaptation Network
The USF College of Marine Science is one of nine institutions in a five-year NOAA-funded program that will work directly with communities in the Caribbean region to work on how best to prepare for and “adapt” to higher risks of disasters that come with a changing climate. CMS Professor Frank Muller-Karger leads the USF CMS effort as a co-principal investigator on the team, called the Caribbean Climate Adaptation Network (CCAN).
March 13, 2023Global Research, Research
Dr. Karen Liller named AAHB Fellow
Dr. Karen Liller, a Distinguished University Health Professor in the USF College of Public Health, was recently named a fellow of the American Academy of Health Behavior (AAHB).
Dr. Sarath Witanachchi elected Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors
Dr. Sarath Witanachchi, USF College of Arts and Sciences Department of Physics chair and professor, is one of five USF faculty members who have been named by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) to its new class of 2023 Senior Members.
March 10, 2023Honors and Awards, Innovation
USF researchers focus on the ‘Achilles heel’ of drug-resistant bacteria: Cell division
The World Health Organization (WHO) labels antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections as one of the biggest threats to human health in the world today.
USF researchers asked to evaluate a new police program
The University of South Florida’s Center for Justice Research and Policy (CJRP) has been funded to evaluate a new community police program in St. Petersburg, Fla. where case workers are sent to respond to emergency, non-crime 911 calls instead of law enforcement.
March 10, 2023Research
Tempestt Neal of Computer Science Receives NSF CAREER Award
Tempestt Neal, assistant computer science and engineering professor, received a prestigious CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. The CAREER program is an initiative from the National Science Foundation to support early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education.
March 9, 2023Honors and Awards, Research
U.S. Air Force selects USF physicist to identify new methods to improve efficiency and eco-friendliness of computers
With funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research’s Young Investigator Program, Assistant Professor Jacob Gayles aims to improve technology efficiency by using materials that reduce cost and waste.
March 8, 2023Research
A USF researcher attempts to break a world record by living underwater for 100 days
A researcher from the University of South Florida is searching for ways to revive marine environments and test medical technology that could prevent a myriad of diseases in people. But there’s one catch: he’s doing it all 30 feet underwater — and he's trying to do it for 100 days.
March 2, 2023Research
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