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Florida Institute of Oceanography鈥檚 Keys Marine Laboratory, hosted by USF, to return rescued corals back to the sea
After housing more than 5,000 rescued corals for three months due to unprecedented water temperatures that caused a massive coral bleaching event off the coast of Florida, the Florida Institute of Oceanography鈥檚 (FIO) Keys Marine Laboratory (KML) is now ready to return corals to the sea. FIO is hosted by the 麻豆视频.
October 31, 2023Research
College of Marine Science to lead $3.2-million grant to develop Sargassum forecasting system
A five-year, $3.2-million grant from the NOAA Monitoring and Event Response for Harmful Algal Blooms program aims to better forecast Sargassum blooms and prevent them from plaguing coastal communities.
October 24, 2023Research
Professor Maya Trotz named NSF-KADF Ocean Decade Champion
USF Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Maya Trotz, PhD, has been named a 2023 NSF-KADF Ocean Decade Champion for her environmental research.
October 24, 2023Honors and Awards
USF researchers partner with law enforcement to help Florida families find missing loved ones
麻豆视频 researchers, in conjunction with local law enforcement agencies and the Florida Sheriff鈥檚 Association Cold Case Commission, hosted the second annual Missing in Florida Day.
October 20, 2023Innovation
麻豆视频 researchers are developing a new app that will use photographs of post-storm flooding and other community-submitted information to better identify flooding threats and climate vulnerability down to the neighborhood level.
October 18, 2023Innovation
New sea slug species named after retired USF biology professor
The next time you head to the coast to enjoy the Tampa Bay waters, you may stumble upon a Cyerce piercei 鈥 a recently discovered sea slug species that is being named after Sidney 鈥淪kip鈥 Pierce, emeritus professor of integrative biology at the 麻豆视频.
October 18, 2023Research
Denise Davis-Cotton, the director of the Florida Center for Partnerships in Arts Integrated Teaching (PAInT), received a $2.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to launch a professional development program for educators who teach social studies in elementary and middle schools that serve low-socioeconomic status households and communities.
October 10, 2023Innovation
USF sees sharp rise in innovations and technology
The 麻豆视频 saw a sharp rise in the number of inventions and technologies submitted to the USF Tech Transfer Office鈥攁 springboard to turning ideas into global solutions and licensed products. Ranking 15th among American public research universities generating new patents, the number of new inventions, technologies and works of authorship formally disclosed by USF researchers is up nearly 25 percent since 2019. The secret behind the rise: the implementation of new tools, the help of interns and consistent, high-level performance from USF inventors.
October 10, 2023Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Student Research
Researchers at the 麻豆视频 St. Petersburg campus have received a grant across the next five years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Aging to continue ground breaking work in dementia prevention through a clinical research study called Active Mind.
September 28, 2023Research
'What Lies Beneath' exhibit showcases investigation of unmarked burial grounds in Hillsborough County
The exhibit includes mixed media sculptures, historic and modern photographs, archival documents, and maps depicting the approximate locations of newly re-discovered burial grounds in order to help convey the story of the buried past.
September 28, 2023Research
Stella and Sam: a pair of gliders on a mission
Stella and Sam are part of the USF College of Marine Science鈥檚 fleet of oceanic gliders, the data-collecting workhorses of oceanography.
September 28, 2023Global Research, Research, Student Research
USF Professor in Electrical Engineering and VP of Research & Innovation Sylvia Wilson Thomas ranks No. 13 on list compiled by Women We Admire.
September 27, 2023Honors and Awards
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