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WTSP-TV: Making History: USF Elects First Black Female Student Body President
For the first time in the 63-year history of the University of South Florida, students have elected a black woman to lead the student body.
March 6, 2019USF in the News
Why the Human Brain Allows Loving Caretakers to Leave a Child to Die in a Hot Car
More than 50 children died in hot cars in 2018, making it the deadliest year on record. Many of the cases involve parents who unknowingly left a child behind, often for an entire day. USF Psychology Professor David Diamond has studied this phenomenon for over a decade and has served as an expert witness on many high-profile cases.
March 5, 2019Research and Innovation
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Foundation Matches $15,000 Gift for the USF Black Leadership Network
Jerry Bell, former tight end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and his wife, Ruth, a USF alumna, were among the founding members of the Black Leadership Network at USF. The Bells contributed $15,000 earlier this month to grow the BLN Bell Family scholarship.
March 4, 2019University News
USF Foundation CEO Joel Momberg Announces Retirement
Senior Vice President and CEO of the University of South Florida Foundation Joel Momberg has announced he’ll be retiring this fall.
March 4, 2019University News
Becoming a Model for Student Success
For nearly a decade, the University of South Florida has been on a purposeful path to better help its students succeed. This transformative effort resonates through every office, classroom and building on campus, resulting in record-breaking improvements to student success.
February 28, 2019University News
Famed Author Judy Blume Contributes to USF Creative Writing Publication
A short passage from acclaimed author Judy Blume is in the 2019 issue of Saw Palm, a USF student-run literary and art journal. The submission was prompted by a postcard sent from USF library’s digital postcard collection, which featured a waterside scene of young women fishing.
February 25, 2019University News
The Conversation: The Soaring Cost of US Child Care
The cost of having children in the U.S. has climbed exponentially since the 1960s.
February 22, 2019USF in the News
Netflix Cofounder Marc Randolph Offers Up a Primer to Entrepreneurs at the Muma College of Business Thought Leader Series
You don’t have to be especially gifted to come up with the next big idea. You don’t have to have an MBA, or live in Silicon Valley; you don’t have to be a world traveler or have an engineering degree. You don’t even have to be particularly smart, Mark Randolph told a large crowd at the second USF Muma College of Business Thought Leader Series on Thursday afternoon.
February 21, 2019Campus Life
New York Times: As Students Struggle with Stress and Depression, Colleges Act as Counselors
The University of South Florida has gathered data on the students who seek mental health counseling at its main campus, in Tampa. It has found that about a quarter of them don’t need a therapist.
February 21, 2019USF in the News
Los Angeles Times: As Age-Obsessed Billionaires Turn to ‘Vampire’ Therapies, the FDA Takes a Stand
The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning about older people injecting themselves with the blood plasma of young donors.
February 20, 2019USF in the News
Historians Turn to Social Media to Identify Artifact Potentially Used in Organized Crime
Advanced technologies used to study human history may not be enough to solve the mystery behind an early 20th century roulette wheel. That’s why researchers at the University of South Florida’s Institute for Digital Exploration in Tampa are turning to crowd curation to help identify the peculiar artifact.
February 18, 2019Research and Innovation
Turning a Lottery Windfall into Opportunities for Others
A University of South Florida alumnus is sharing his multi-million-dollar lottery winnings with the College of Engineering to help financially support students there.
February 18, 2019University News