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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.
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
USF professor patent could help slow Coronavirus spread in China
A professor at the University of South Florida may hold the key to helping slow the spread of Coronavirus. Dr. Yogi Goswami is an inventor and distinguished professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at USF. He created a unique technology that doesn’t just filter air, it actually kills viruses and other pathogens in the air too small for filtration (WFLA).
February 10, 2020Global Research, Health, Innovation
Synapse Summit revamps ice level to showcase innovation from top Tampa Bay companies
Synapse Summit expects to bring 6,000 people together under one roof February 11-12. Faculty, students and staff from the University of South Florida will rotate to showcase their technologies used to help the region, whether that is preserving history, helping heart patients better manage their health, or use virtual or augmented reality (Tampa Bay Business Journal).
February 7, 2020Innovation
Colossal Oysters Have Disappeared from Florida’s Most ‘Pristine’ Coastlines
Hundreds of years ago, colossal oysters were commonplace across much of Florida’s northern Gulf Coast. Today, those oysters have disappeared, leaving behind a new generation roughly a third smaller – a massive decline that continues to have both economic and environmental impacts on a region considered by many to be the last remaining unspoiled coastlines in the Gulf. The loss of these colossal oysters is at the center of new research from an interdisciplinary team of scientists at the University of South Florida (USF Newsroom).
February 5, 2020Research
USF at Synapse: A Guide to the People and Presentations at Tampa's Biggest Innovation Celebration
Synapse Summit brings together the best thinkers, ideas, and technologies for two days of learning, exploring, and celebrating the possibilities of technology and innovation. USF President Steven Currall will be the keynote speaker at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Come to the event and meet USF faculty, students and staff whose innovative projects harness the latest technologies to impact learning, culture and health care across the Tampa Bay Region. (USF Research & Innovation).
February 5, 2020Innovation
USF & C-IMAGE Consortium Reveal Significant Takeaways from Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Research
After nearly ten years of research, hundreds of international scientists are revealing their findings on the effects of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill. They’re attending the final Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem (GoMOSES) conference hosted by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI), an independent research program established following the BP oil spill. (USF Newsroom).
February 4, 2020Research
USF professor creates self-driving vehicle
A University of South Florida professor is rethinking conventional transportation methods. His solution? Self-driving cars. Assistant Professor Shaw Li with the university’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is also head of the Connected and Autonomous Transportation Systems Lab. He has built two autonomous vehicles – a 2016 and 2017 Lincoln MKZ (WFLA).
February 4, 2020Innovation
Discovery of Unmarked Graves Earns 2020 AAAS Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award
Erin Kimmerle, a forensic anthropologist who worked to account for dozens of children buried at a notorious Florida reform school, will receive the 2020 Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (USF Newsroom).
February 3, 2020Honors and Awards
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