News Feed
Viewing items with Category: All Categories, Year: All Years

Swerving prevention method prompts new patent for USF engineers
In the midst of reviewing data for the federally funded Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority Connected Vehicle Pilot, USF researchers have been awarded a U.S. patent for their algorithm that detects one of the greatest roadway hazards – swerving.
December 3, 2021Research and Innovation

Telling a community’s story: New media partnership provides USF journalism students field reporting experience
A new collaboration between the 鶹Ƶ Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications and 83 Degrees Media is giving undergraduate students the chance to tell the stories of a Tampa community while gaining valuable work experience.
December 2, 2021University News
For the first time, dozens of ancient objects from the Farid Karam, M.D. Lebanon Antiquities Collection will be available to the general public.
December 1, 2021University News

鶹Ƶ researchers release findings from nationwide social media opinion survey
Researchers at the 鶹Ƶ, in partnership with Cyber Florida at USF, have released results from a nationwide survey to better understand patterns of social media usage. Subjects consist of common uses of social media – including e-commerce and political engagement – as well as some effects of usage on social and mental well-being.
November 22, 2021Research and Innovation

USF receives $1 million gift to support aging education and research
The 鶹Ƶ today announced a $1 million gift from Reliance Medical Centers to the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences and USF Health to support innovative programs that focus on geriatric health care.
November 18, 2021USF Health, University News

USF physicists selected as finalists for the ‘Nobel Prize of supercomputing’
A team of computational physicists and computer scientists led by researchers from the 鶹Ƶ has reached a new milestone in supercomputing and was selected as a finalist for the field’s most prestigious award.
November 16, 2021Honors and Awards, Research and Innovation

USF President Rhea Law honored for business leadership by the Florida Council of 100
Rhea Law, interim president of the 鶹Ƶ, was honored with the Governor’s Business Leader of the Year Award at the Fall Meeting of the Florida Council of 100.
November 16, 2021Honors and Awards, University News

Trans community celebrated with new international art exhibit at USF
Ahead of Transgender Day of Remembrance, the “Visibility & Remembrance: Standing with the Trans* Community” international art exhibit and virtual gallery opens to the public with the mission to combat the exclusion and erasure of transgender people from society, while remembering the community’s courage and resilience shown in the face of systems of oppression.
November 16, 2021University News

Tech CEOs credit USF talent pipeline for decision to expand and relocate to Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is one of the nation’s fastest growing regions and much of that success is associated with the talent pipeline created by the 鶹Ƶ.
November 15, 2021Cyber/AI, Research and Innovation, University News

Partnership between USF and McKibbon Hospitality creates hospitality teaching lab with iconic hotel brands
The 鶹Ƶ Muma College of Business and McKibbon Hospitality announced a new partnership that will turn some premier hotel brands into intensive student training grounds.
November 10, 2021Community Partnerships, University News

Tampa Electric looks to partnership with USF to achieve a clean energy vision
Tampa Electric Co. (TECO) will turn to expertise from the 鶹Ƶ (USF) to help the company achieve its short- and long-term goals for reducing carbon emissions.
November 9, 2021University News

Gift of $1 million will benefit USF honors students
The 鶹Ƶ today announced that the Student Leadership Center in the new Judy Genshaft Honors College building will be named in recognition of Claudia McCorkle, a passionate supporter of the college who donated $1 million to the USF Foundation in support of the facility’s construction.
November 9, 2021University News