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From ballet to brain injury advocacy: Meet USF student and Miss Tampa Alexandra de Roos
After a concussion ended her dream of professional ballet, Alexandra de Roos enrolled at USF as a double major in biomedical sciences and psychology with the goal of becoming a neuropsychiatrist. She was also recently crowned Miss Tampa and plans to use her pulpit to promote brain trauma awareness.
February 6, 2025University News
Early-Stage Innovation Fund awards advance technologies in healthcare, environmental sustainability and disaster preparedness
This initiative supports pioneering research projects with significant commercial potential, providing each selected faculty-led team with seed funding to advance their innovations toward market readiness.
February 6, 2025Research and Innovation
USF Academic Success Center expansion boosts student achievement
A record number of students are benefiting from the USF Academic Success Center. Much of that can be attributed to a new care management model that provides tailored support for not only academic mentoring and tutoring, but also non-academic issues students may face, especially those experiencing on-campus learning for the first time.
February 5, 2025Student Success
USF Future of Education Think Tank aims to ‘shift the paradigm'
The think tank is part of an organic, faculty-driven effort to bring together dynamic, interdisciplinary teams to address key areas of emphasis.
February 5, 2025Research and Innovation
Does the Super Bowl increase human trafficking in host city?
USF criminology researchers say the widely held perception that one of the biggest sporting events in the world is a magnet for trafficking is largely unfounded.
February 4, 2025Research and Innovation
USF historians bring Tampa’s lunch counter sit-ins to the stage
USF has played to have a central role in ensuring future generations know that civil rights story of the sit-ins that desegregated Tampa lunch counters in the 1960s, doing so through a historic marker, books and now a play and documentary.
February 3, 2025Community Partnerships, University News
National Gallery of Art acquires limited edition prints from USF’s Graphicstudio
The National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. has announced it will archive 16 prints published recently by the USF Institute for Research in Art’s Graphicstudio. This marks another chapter in a decades-long relationship between the two institutions, celebrating Graphicstudio’s pioneering role in the intersection of art and education.
January 31, 2025University News
USF's underwater robotics workshop empowers Florida educators to inspire future innovators
Middle and high school STEM teachers from across the state of Florida came to USF to build and test remotely operated vehicles and learn more about the world of underwater robotics and engineering.
January 29, 2025Community Partnerships
Speaker of the UK House of Commons Meets with USF Honors College Students for Q&A
The Right Honorable Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the UK House of Commons, recently joined USF Judy Genshaft Honors College students remotely from the Palace of Westminster. During the spirited Q&A, students engaged with the global leader on pressing issues facing democracies today.
January 29, 2025University News
USF’s commitment to community drives new partnerships and innovation
From improving area neighborhoods, to advancing innovation and strengthening ties with government agencies, USF is proving what’s possible when people of different disciplines unite. Learn more about what’s been accomplished since the formation of the Office of University Community Partnerships.
January 29, 2025Community Partnerships, Cyber/AI, Research and Innovation, USF Health, University News
How USF architecture students and urban designers support Tampa Bay's growth
USF grads are at the forefront of some of the region’s largest projects, including airports, city centers and schools. Learn how USF’s architecture program is helping ensure there will be enough talent to keep up with Tampa Bay’s growth.
January 29, 2025Community Partnerships, Student Success
USF receives gift of more than $2 million to support on-campus stadium and brewing arts program
The donation comes from Joey Redner, the founder of Cigar City Brewing in Tampa, and his wife, Jennifer. Through their gift, the Redners will be supporting USF students hoping to learn the ropes of the growing brewing arts business and for their love of Bulls football, having followed the team since it was founded in 1997.
January 28, 2025USF Foundation