University of South Florida News
EPA administrator announces launch of USF-led project to address local revitalization efforts through workforce development
The USF Center for Brownfields Research & Redevelopment is launching a program designed to clean up contaminated neighborhoods while creating jobs for residents.
October 22, 2020Research and Innovation
USF expands program to enhance access for high school students from lower-income backgrounds
The University of South Florida has nearly doubled the size of a program that guarantees admission to any of its three campuses for students who attend local high schools serving historically underrepresented communities.
October 28, 2020University News
USF and NOAA to launch world-class cooperative ocean mapping center
The University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science has been awarded a five-year, $9 million cooperative agreement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Coast Survey to launch the Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovative Technologies.
October 16, 2020Research and Innovation
USF researchers release social media findings from statewide 2020 presidential election survey
Researchers with the University of South Florida have released the results from a statewide survey that measures Floridians’ use of Facebook to engage with the presidential election, as well as their attitudes regarding the political information they encounter online.
October 27, 2020Research and Innovation
High-profile homicide trial to showcase evidence recreated at USF
The digital reconstructions of three human skulls created at the University of South Florida are being used as evidence in a high-profile murder trial in California.
October 26, 2020Research and Innovation
USF In The News
Tampa Bay Business Journal: USF expands program that guarantees lower income students a spot in its next class
October 29, 2020
Washington Post: How much bias is too much to become a police officer? Experts fear new law might backfire.
October 28, 2020
Fox News: Concerns rise as coronavirus, flu season overlap
October 24, 2020
Tampa Bay Times: New center at USF College of Marine Science will help explore ocean floors
October 22, 2020
USF Magazine
USF faculty and staff are deeply engaged in important work regarding diversity and inclusivity, including efforts to enhance supplier diversity, improve health outcomes in communities of color, create greater opportunities for underrepresented students to earn doctoral degrees in STEM fields, and improve police-community relations.