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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill that appoints the USF Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Risk to Resilience Research Lab with collecting and analyzing statewide data to better understand the magnitude and trends in human trafficking across the state and over time.
May 17, 2023Research and Innovation
USF鈥檚 Dr. Deep Sea breaks world record for living underwater
Hyperbaric researcher and biomedical engineer Joseph Dituri is teaching his students online while living 22 feet underwater to research how the human body responds to long-term exposure to pressure. He's been living in an underwater habitat since March 1.
May 15, 2023Research and Innovation
For Brooke Hansen, an associate professor of instruction in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management and the university's resident sustainability expert, establishing a sustainable tourism practice means harnessing tourism as a force for good to support 鈥渢he triple bottom line鈥� 鈥� people, planet and prosperity.
May 15, 2023Community Partnerships
The innovative program provides young adults with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to experience higher education and campus life, learning social skills and career training along the way.
May 15, 2023University News
USF unveils historic new Judy Genshaft Honors College building
The five-story, 85,000-square-foot facility will serve USF鈥檚 most accomplished and talented students from every undergraduate college and strengthen the university鈥檚 position to attract the top talent within the state of Florida and beyond.
May 12, 2023USF Foundation, University News
Andrew Devendorf advocates for mental health literacy following personal tragedy
Since an early age, Andrew Devendorf noticed the stigmas and lack of open dialogue about mental health, particularly depression. Now he鈥檚 working to find new ways to normalize conversations about mental health, especially with clinical psychologists, who tend to distance their own mental health from their work.
May 11, 2023Student Success
Doctoral candidate challenges clinical psychologists to improve patient care by recognizing their own mental health
Andrew Devendorf addresses how societal stigmas impact mental health outcomes and he鈥檚 finding new ways to help broaden conversations.
May 11, 2023University News
USF鈥檚 ReliaQuest Labs trains new crop of cybersecurity threat hunters
The lab is part of the cybersecurity firm鈥檚 $1 million dollar partnership with the Muma College of Business. It's an intensive training lab where industry experts from ReliaQuest teach students how to detect and neutralize cyber threats.
May 10, 2023Student Success
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 honoring their mothers by providing students a gift that was unavailable to most women of their mothers鈥� generation 鈥� the gift of education.
May 9, 2023University News
Alumni and diverse business owners star in the construction of the Judy Genshaft Honors College building
Since its groundbreaking in late 2020, nearly 80 businesses have worked on the five story, 85,000-square-foot building 鈥� about half are diverse-owned with an estimated spend on contracts exceeding $11 million.
May 8, 2023University News
Samuel Bell passed away Mar. 14 at the age of 83. The former legislator in the Florida House of Representatives and founder of the USF College of Public Health was posthumously honored for his tireless support of USF and the people of Florida.
May 8, 2023Honors and Awards
State budget includes significant new funding for USF operations and several major projects
The Florida Legislature reached agreement on a state budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year that includes transformational increases in recurring operational funding and new investments in several significant projects for the 麻豆视频. The budget builds on last year鈥檚 record-breaking legislative session for USF.
May 3, 2023University News