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Five USF Faculty Elected Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named five USF faculty members who have distinguished themselves in the fields of health and energy innovation to the February 2020 class of NAI Senior Members.
February 11, 2020Honors and Awards
U.S. State Department Names USF a Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars
The University of South Florida is one of the top producers of Fulbright scholars in the United States for 2019-20, according to a new list released today by the U.S. Department of State and first published by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
February 10, 2020Honors and Awards
Top 10: University of South Florida & C-IMAGE Consortium Reveal Significant Takeaways from Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Research During International Conference
After nearly ten years of research, thousands of international scientists are revealing their findings on the effects of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill.
February 5, 2020Research and Innovation
Colossal Oysters Have Disappeared from Florida’s Most ‘Pristine’ Coastlines
Hundreds of years ago, colossal oysters were commonplace across much of Florida’s northern Gulf Coast. Today, those oysters have disappeared, leaving behind a new generation roughly a third smaller – a massive decline that continues to have both economic and environmental impacts on a region considered by many to be the last remaining unspoiled coastlines in the Gulf.
February 5, 2020Research and Innovation
From Oprah to Opera: The Journey of Historian Raymond Arsenault’s Book “Freedom Riders”
The acclaimed book “Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice” by USF St. Petersburg historian Raymond Arsenault, which was the basis for a PBS documentary that won three Emmy Awards, has now played a part in an opera.
February 5, 2020University News
USF Ranked One of the Best Value Colleges in the Country
The University of South Florida is one of the nation’s top universities for providing students with high-quality education and career readiness at an affordable cost, according to The Princeton Review’s list of Best Value Colleges for 2020.
February 5, 2020Honors and Awards, University News
Discovery of Unmarked Graves Earns 2020 AAAS Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award
Erin Kimmerle, a forensic anthropologist who worked to account for dozens of children buried at a notorious Florida reform school, will receive the 2020 Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
February 3, 2020Honors and Awards
Former USF Standouts Have Earned 'Awesome' Super Bowl Experience
Persistence has paid off for two former USF standouts who are getting ready to experience the grandest game on the gridiron.
January 31, 2020USF Athletics
Important Update About Coronavirus for the USF Community
Our University of South Florida leadership team is closely monitoring the latest information related to a novel coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China, but has now spread to other parts of the world, including portions of the United States.
January 31, 2020COVID-19, University News
ACA Enrollment Goes Up in Florida Despite Funding Being Down
The numbers are in and 1.9 million Floridians selected or were re-enrolled in health care plans in 2020 during the Affordable Care Act’s open enrollment period held from Nov. 1 to Dec. 21.
January 30, 2020Research and Innovation
Doing Research in the Harshest Place on Earth - Antarctica
When it comes to learning how tiny sea creatures move through water, there is no place on Earth that David Murphy won’t travel to. That sense of purpose led the mechanical engineering assistant professor to the National Science Foundation’s Palmer Station on Antarctica’s Anvers Island for a week at the end of 2019, where he and other researchers studied the mobility and distribution of krill, small shrimp-like crustaceans that are plentiful in the Southern Ocean’s frigid waters.
January 29, 2020Research and Innovation
USF Students and Faculty Head to Iowa to Study 2020 Caucuses
Five University of South Florida students from communication, mass communication and political science disciplines will travel to Iowa next week to participate in a unique field research experience ahead of the Feb. 3 Iowa caucuses.
January 23, 2020Research and Innovation