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USF receives $17M federal grant to help boost railroad workforce

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ has been awarded a $17 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement program.

September 27, 2023Research

USF researchers secure $1.5 million federal grant to improve water quality and reduce runoff into Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ is working to protect the environment by preventing pollution from seeping into a local stormwater pond that flows into Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.

September 21, 2023Innovation

Education and research combined for students aboard a five-day cruise on the Florida Institute of Oceanography’s R/V Weatherbird II.

September 21, 2023Student Research

USF’s success securing defense contracts prompts new partnership to broaden nation’s research expertise

USF has become the first university in Florida and one of just a handful of universities in the nation to join a new network that connects research institutions with historically black colleges or universities (HBCUs).

September 21, 2023Research

The Rapid Experimentation Lab will help build prototypes faster to address national and global security.

September 21, 2023Innovation

Researchers with the Â鶹ÊÓƵ aimed to assess the outcomes of musculoskeletal radiographs ordered during both in-person and televisit primary care appointments.

September 19, 2023Health, Research

USF researchers are studying the impact of Hurricane Idalia on local beaches.

September 14, 2023Research

USF and FAU researchers release statewide public opinion survey results on key health policy issues

Researchers at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, in collaboration with Florida Atlantic University, have released findings from a statewide survey that measures attitudes related to key health policy issues.

September 8, 2023Research

USF leads consortium effort to designate Tampa Bay a national tech hub in cybersecurity

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ is leading an expansive effort to help Tampa Bay secure the federal designation of Cybersecurity and Technology Innovation Hub — a prolific indicator of the region’s potential for rapid technology-led economic growth.

August 28, 2023Innovation

Gilded mysteries unveiled: Ancient art meets nanotechnology in nanoscale goldbeating

Bridging the gap between ancient arts and modern technology, researchers from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, Clemson University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have discovered that nanoscopic gold ingots can be compressed into 2D leaf forms, replicating the ancient process of goldbeating, but at the nanoscale.

August 25, 2023Research, Student Research

Twenty-two USF faculty members recognized with Outstanding Research Achievement Awards

From improving water quality to advancing mental health care, to pursuing new treatments for Alzheimer’s and cardiovascular disease, 22 USF faculty members are being recognized next month with Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Awards.

August 14, 2023Honors and Awards, Research

Hurricane hunting to beach erosion: USF prepares next generation for weather-related expertise

Students from across the state and nation are heading into the height of hurricane season more knowledgeable about the weather and climate. It comes from spending their summer at USF learning through a unique lens that only the Tampa Bay region could provide: hurricane hunters and beach ecosystems.

August 3, 2023Research, Student Research