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High schoolers gain cybersecurity skills in virtual USF CyberCamp
Welcoming more than 50 participants this year, the University of South Florida (USF) CyberCamp enables high schoolers to learn about cybersecurity principles and take on cyber challenges while engaging with industry leaders in the Tampa Bay community.
August 5, 2021Community Engagement
USF research team receives NSF grant to study the public’s understanding of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity
A University of South Florida (USF) research team was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the public’s understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and to teach people how to identify deceptive uses of these technologies online.
July 28, 2021Research
USF College of Education receives Best Practice for Innovative Use of Technology Award from AACTE
The University of South Florida’s College of Education was selected as the 2021 recipient of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education’s Best Practice Award for Innovative Use of Technology.
February 25, 2021College of Education News
USF successfully hosts Virtual Elementary CyberCamp for 29 students
USF hosted the first-ever Elementary CyberCamp to introduce elementary students grades 3-5 to cybersecurity. The camp's curriculum was designed as an engaging, educational, and fun virtual experience for the campers.
July 30, 2020Community Engagement
Virtual CyberCamp helps high school students develop cybersecurity skills, explore careers paths
Now in its fifth year, the University of South Florida’s CyberCamp gives high school students of different ability levels and backgrounds hands-on experience in cybersecurity principles while providing them with opportunities to network with industry professionals in the Tampa Bay cybersecurity community.
July 27, 2020Community Engagement
CyberCamp inspires high school students to explore careers in cybersecurity
To encourage more high school students to pursue careers in the rapidly growing cybersecurity industry, the USF College of Education hosted a week-long cybersecurity camp at SecureSet Cybersecurity Academy in Ybor City.
July 17, 2018Centers and Institutes, Community Engagement
Faculty Receive NSF Grant to Detect Cyberbullying
A research team at the University of South Florida received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to explore a different approach to detecting cyberbullying in the digital communications of young adolescents.
October 2, 2017Research
USF Oracle: As Need for Cybersecurity Grows, USF Class Offers Solutions
From international hacking scams to card skimmers at gas stations, the world of developing technology can be alarming. In an attempt to help students understand this, education professors Michael and Ilene Berson will teach the Maymester class “Cybersecurity and the Everyday Citizen.”
April 26, 2017Academics
USF College of Education faculty member among first group of Fulbright Cybersecurity Scholars
University of South Florida assistant professor Dr. Nathan Fisk will be among the first cohort of Fulbright Cybersecurity scholars to study in the U.K. as part of an initiative to increase cybersecurity cooperation between the U.S. and the U.K.
July 25, 2016Faculty and Staff
GenCyber Camp Provides Tampa Bay Area Students a Hands-on Look at the Field of Cybersecurity
Tampa Bay area high school students got a hands-on look at what a career in cybersecurity can provide them as part of GenCyber, a free cybersecurity camp offered in partnership by the University of South Florida (USF) College of Education and the Florida Center for Cybersecurity.
July 22, 2016College of Education News, Community Engagement