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COVID-19 has taught us a lot of things. And one of the more important lessons has been the need for thorough, fast and effective disinfecting measures. A team of researchers from the USF College of Public Health’s Center for Environmental/Occupational Risk Analysis and Management set out to determine how effective commercially available chlorine dioxide gas products were in reducing COVID-19 viral loads on face masks and surfaces.
March 22, 2021Research and Innovation, USF Health
The USF College of Public Health has seen a record increase in student applications for many of its degree programs.
March 22, 2021COVID-19, University News
About 170 senior medical students from the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine were successfully matched and learned where they will spend their residency training after graduation from medical school in May.
March 22, 2021USF Health, University News
USF student’s internship at NASA is a ‘perfect intersection of STEM and equity’
USF senior Lisette Melendez has earned a year-long internship with NASA, assisting in its efforts to increase the diversity of its workforce and foster a more inclusive environment for its employees.
March 22, 2021Research and Innovation, Student Success
New USF Libraries collection focuses on Florida’s African American experience
Drawn from previous collections, the African American Experience in Florida (AAE) is a new, online portal that includes hundreds of artifacts that highlight the injustices that affected Black communities and businesses.
March 15, 2021University News
A textbook affordability initiative launched to reduce the costs of course materials at USF’s St. Petersburg campus has saved the student body more than $1.08 million over the past five years.
March 15, 2021University News
USF to hold in-person commencement ceremonies this spring
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ will host its first in-person commencement ceremonies since December 2019, as COVID-19 forced the ceremonies to be held virtually in spring, summer and fall of 2020. Ceremonies are tentatively scheduled for May 7-9.
March 15, 2021University News
USF community demonstrates critical leadership in year-long response to COVID-19
The leadership demonstrated throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ has become a true testament to the spirit of faculty, staff and students – a spirit of perseverance, collaboration and community partnership, despite the emotional and often taxing circumstances that have become part of many daily lives.
March 12, 2021COVID-19, USF Health, University News
Red Snapper in the Gulf show signs of stress
Nearly all of the Red Snapper sampled in the Gulf of Mexico over a six-year period by Â鶹ÊÓƵ marine scientists showed evidence of liver damage, according to a study reported in Aquatic Toxicology.
March 10, 2021Research and Innovation
USF Professor Toru Shimizu chosen Association for Psychological Science Fellow
USF Professor Toru Shimizu, whose pioneering work in understanding the workings of avian brains and behaviors to better understand human intelligence, has been selected as a new Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.
March 10, 2021Honors and Awards
USF’s commitment to enhancing supplier diversity earns national recognition
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ is being honored on a national level for its commitment to supporting diversity and inclusion. Today the university was selected as a recipient of the Jesse L. Moore Supplier 2021 Diversity Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and only print diversity and inclusion publication in higher education.
March 10, 2021Honors and Awards, University News
Synapse Summit 2021 highlights USF’s boundary-breaking collaboration with Jabil
Synapse Summit, the premier event that unites Florida’s brightest leaders within the innovation economy, is underway and presents some of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s greatest minds and collaborators.
March 9, 2021Research and Innovation, University News