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Student Speakers Shine at this Year's TEDxUSF Event
The USF Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement hosted six speakers at this year's TEDxUSF event.
April 20, 2018University News
Christian Science Monitor: As Its Beaches Recede, Florida Shores up Private Ownership
Some conservatives say private beaches should be sacrosanct, pitting them against advocates for customary-use access along Florida's coastline.
April 20, 2018USF in the News
Newly Engineered Enzyme Could be the Key to Reducing Petroleum’s Prominence in Creating New Plastics
It started as a study intended to gain a greater understanding of how a newly discovered enzyme evolved from breaking down natural products to man-made materials.
April 18, 2018Research and Innovation
USF Student Earns Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
USF Honors College junior Misha Fini has been named a Goldwater Scholar for 2018, chosen out of nearly 1,300 students nationally who were nominated through a highly selective process.
April 17, 2018Honors and Awards
83 Degrees Media: Publix Under Construction at USF Tampa, Across from The Hub
A Publix Supermarket is rising on Fletcher Avenue at USF Palm Drive on the northern edge of campus.
April 17, 2018USF in the News
Fox 13 News: USF Students Gain Valuable Experience on Floating Lab
It’s been nearly a year since University of South Florida President Judy Genshaft christened the multi-million-dollar research vessel, the WT Hogarth.
April 16, 2018USF in the News
Vegetable compound could have a key role in ‘beeting’ Alzheimer’s disease
A compound in beets that gives the vegetable its distinctive red color could eventually help slow the accumulation of misfolded proteins in the brain, a process that is associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
April 11, 2018Research and Innovation
Washington Post: Daydreaming is the Biggest Cause of Crashes, Insurer Says
Yet one of the best ways to keep the mind on task is to find it something else to do that offers some stimulation — but just not too much, said Paul Atchley, a professor of psychology at USF
April 11, 2018USF in the News
USF Invites the Public to a Lecture from Marine Biologist Ellen Prager
Dr. Ellen Prager, science advisor to Celebrity Xpedition in the Galapagos Islands and former chief scientist for the Aquarius Reef Base, is coming to the David A. Straz Center for Performing Arts on April 18 for an event hosted by the University of South Florida.
April 10, 2018Research and Innovation
New York Times: How Developers Discovered Tampa’s ‘Best-Kept Secret’
Already under construction in the Water Street development is the University of South Florida’s Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute, a 325,000-square-foot facility that is set to open next year.
April 10, 2018USF in the News
New Appointments Announced for USF Consolidation Task Force
The University of South Florida System announced today the appointment of five new members of the USF Consolidation Planning, Study and Implementation Task Forc
April 9, 2018University News
ABC Action News: USF Archaeologists to 3D Map Florida Shipwreck
USF's Dr. Lori Collins and her team have been called in by state archaeologists to 3D scan the wooden schooner that may have sunk in the 1800s.
April 9, 2018USF in the News