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<rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>USF News Feed</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/news/</link><description>Recent posts from USF News</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 04:59:43 -04:00</lastBuildDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>OmniUpdate (OU Publish)</generator><item><title>USF receives $5 million gift to name Tyson-Martin Eye Institute, expand ophthalmology care and education</title><link>https://giving.usf.edu/impact/grand-rounds-grand-legacy</link><description>The gift from USF alumni Caroline Sue “Suzi” Martin and her son, Dr. Farrell “Toby” Tyson, will also name future satellite clinics, establish the Tyson-Martin Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology and enhance the Ophthalmology Medicine Fund.</description><author>External Article</author><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:42:54 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2026/grand-rounds-grand-legacy/listing.jpg" type="image/jpg"><media:title>USF receives $5 million gift to name Tyson-Martin Eye Institute, expand ophthalmology care and education</media:title><media:description>The gift from USF alumni Caroline Sue “Suzi” Martin and her son, Dr. Farrell “Toby” Tyson, will also name future satellite clinics, establish the Tyson-Martin Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology and enhance the Ophthalmology Medicine Fund.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2026/grand-rounds-grand-legacy/listing.jpg" /><media:keywords>President Moez Limayem, Suzi Martin and Dr. Toby Tyson</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://giving.usf.edu/impact/grand-rounds-grand-legacy</guid><categories>USF Foundation,USF Health</categories><tags>Morsani College of Medicine</tags></item><item><title>USF receives $1 million gift from Florida Surplus Lines Service Office to advance Risk Management and Insurance Program</title><link>https://giving.usf.edu/impact/florida-surplus-lines-service-office-invests-1-million-advance-usf-risk-management-and-insurance-program</link><description>The endowment will support The Baldwin Group School’s growth by expanding educational and experiential learning opportunities in risk management and insurance, with a particular focus on excess and surplus lines insurance, helping students develop the skills and knowledge needed for various career paths.</description><author>External Article</author><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:19:42 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2026/usf-celebrates-floridas-decade-as-the-nations-no-1-state-for-higher-education/donation.jpg" type="image/jpg"><media:title>USF receives $1 million gift from Florida Surplus Lines Service Office to advance Risk Management and Insurance Program</media:title><media:description>The endowment will support The Baldwin Group School’s growth by expanding educational and experiential learning opportunities in risk management and insurance, with a particular focus on excess and surplus lines insurance, helping students develop the skills and knowledge needed for various career paths.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2026/usf-celebrates-floridas-decade-as-the-nations-no-1-state-for-higher-education/donation.jpg" /><media:keywords>Representatives from the Florida Surplus Lines Service Office</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://giving.usf.edu/impact/florida-surplus-lines-service-office-invests-1-million-advance-usf-risk-management-and-insurance-program</guid><categories>USF Foundation</categories><tags>Muma College of Business,USF Foundation</tags></item><item><title>USF sets new records for donor support</title><link>https://giving.usf.edu/impact/usf-sets-new-records-donor-support</link><description>The University of South Florida set new fundraising records in the fiscal year that ended June 30, receiving more than $172 million in private support. The gifts came from 70,177 donors — an all-time high.</description><author>External Article</author><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:07:18 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2026/usf-sets-new-records-for-donor-support/donor.jpg" type="image/jpg"><media:title>USF sets new records for donor support</media:title><media:description>The University of South Florida set new fundraising records in the fiscal year that ended June 30, receiving more than $172 million in private support. The gifts came from 70,177 donors — an all-time high.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2026/usf-sets-new-records-for-donor-support/donor.jpg" /><media:keywords>University of South Florida signage</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://giving.usf.edu/impact/usf-sets-new-records-donor-support</guid><categories>USF Foundation,University News</categories><tags>MyUSF</tags></item><item><title>USF receives $1.5 million gift from ReliaQuest to advance AI and cybersecurity education</title><link>https://giving.usf.edu/impact/usf-announces-gift-reliaquest-advance-ai-and-cybersecurity-education</link><description>The gift will help establish the Bellini college’s first-ever endowed professorship and create a new study track within the ReliaQuest Labs program focused on artificial intelligence-supported software engineering.</description><author>External Article</author><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:29:34 </pubDate><media:content 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Computing,ReliaQuest</tags></item><item><title>$3M gift from Judy Genshaft and Steve Greenbaum establishes endowed chair in neurosurgery at USF Health</title><link>https://giving.usf.edu/impact/3m-gift-recognizes-neurosurgical-excellence-usf-health?fbclid=IwY2xjawRTI5NleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETJsSlRMTHo2d3BOTEFzMGZLc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHubfTejtVxd89Ec845s7r0b31UALIYN4xcDuiqt0gjf5I7QwYVSh9s5PtsXF_aem_lHrMaBCbj_sQu61VGHU4Rg</link><description>The president emerita and her husband’s gift establishes the Genshaft and Greenbaum Endowed Chair in Neurosurgery – helping keep USF at the forefront of neurosurgical care, discovery and training.</description><author>External Article</author><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:31:21 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2026/3m-gift-recognizes-neurosurgical-excellence-usf-health/gift-neuro-listing.png" type="image/jpg"><media:title>$3M gift from Judy Genshaft and Steve Greenbaum establishes endowed chair in neurosurgery at USF Health</media:title><media:description>The president emerita and her husband’s gift establishes the Genshaft and Greenbaum Endowed Chair in Neurosurgery – helping keep USF at the forefront of neurosurgical care, discovery and training.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2026/3m-gift-recognizes-neurosurgical-excellence-usf-health/gift-neuro-listing.png" /><media:keywords>Judy Genshaft and Steve Greenbaum</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://giving.usf.edu/impact/3m-gift-recognizes-neurosurgical-excellence-usf-health?fbclid=IwY2xjawRTI5NleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETJsSlRMTHo2d3BOTEFzMGZLc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHubfTejtVxd89Ec845s7r0b31UALIYN4xcDuiqt0gjf5I7QwYVSh9s5PtsXF_aem_lHrMaBCbj_sQu61VGHU4Rg</guid><categories>USF Foundation</categories><tags>USF Foundation,USF Health</tags></item><item><title>USF receives $1.75 million gift to support student 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Hafer</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://giving.usf.edu/impact/love-story-legacy</guid><categories>USF Foundation</categories><tags>Muma College of Business,Nault Center for Entrepreneurship,USF Foundation</tags></item><item><title>USF announces $2.3 million in new philanthropic support for the Bellini College of AI, Cybersecurity and Computing</title><link>https://giving.usf.edu/impact/cyberbay-new-philanthropic-support-bellini-college</link><description>The announcements were made at the CyberBay conference, a new initiative to combine technology, academic, government and military sectors in a shared mission to drive Tampa Bay’s evolution as the nation’s leader in the convergence of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and national security.</description><author>External Article</author><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 10:59:14 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2025/cyberbay-new-philanthropic-support-bellini-college/listing-2.jpg" type="image/jpg"><media:title>USF announces $2.3 million in new philanthropic support for the Bellini College of AI, Cybersecurity and Computing</media:title><media:description>The announcements were made at the CyberBay conference, a new initiative to combine technology, academic, government and military sectors in a shared mission to drive Tampa Bay’s evolution as the nation’s leader in the convergence of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and national security.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2025/cyberbay-new-philanthropic-support-bellini-college/listing-2.jpg" /><media:keywords>President Rhea Law speaks at CyberBay</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://giving.usf.edu/impact/cyberbay-new-philanthropic-support-bellini-college</guid><categories>USF Foundation</categories><tags>Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity and Computing,MyUSF,USF Foundation</tags></item><item><title>USF launches 'bold vision' for new Center for Executive and Leadership Education</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/business/news/2025/09-18-executive-education.aspx</link><description>The new center will be based on the USF St. Petersburg campus and will offer national-caliber leadership training to corporate leaders and executives in the Tampa Bay region.</description><author>External Article</author><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 20:25:58 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2025/09-18-executive-education/exec-listing.jpg" type="image/jpg"><media:title>USF launches 'bold vision' for new Center for Executive and Leadership Education</media:title><media:description>The new center will be based on the USF St. Petersburg campus and will offer national-caliber leadership training to corporate leaders and executives in the Tampa Bay region.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2025/09-18-executive-education/exec-listing.jpg" /><media:keywords>President Rhea Law stands in front of sign that reads, "Open, Executive and Leadership Education"</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/business/news/2025/09-18-executive-education.aspx</guid><categories>Community Partnerships,USF Foundation</categories><tags>Muma College of Business,USF St. Petersburg</tags></item><item><title>USF sets new records for philanthropic giving and number of donors in a single year</title><link>https://giving.usf.edu/impact/fourth-consecutive-year-usf-receives-record-breaking-philanthropic-support</link><description>The University of South Florida set new fundraising records for the fourth straight year in the fiscal year, receiving more than $184 million in philanthropic support from more than 59,700 donors – both all-time highs for the university.</description><author>External Article</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 09:11:15 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2025/usf-sets-new-records-for-philanthropic-giving-and-number-of-donors-in-a-single-year/foundation-listing.png" type="image/jpg"><media:title>USF sets new records for philanthropic giving and number of donors in a single year</media:title><media:description>The University of South Florida set new fundraising records for the fourth straight year in the fiscal year, receiving more than $184 million in philanthropic support from more than 59,700 donors – both all-time highs for the university.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2025/usf-sets-new-records-for-philanthropic-giving-and-number-of-donors-in-a-single-year/foundation-listing.png" /><media:keywords>Bull statue outside Marshall Student Center on the USF Tampa campus</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://giving.usf.edu/impact/fourth-consecutive-year-usf-receives-record-breaking-philanthropic-support</guid><categories>USF Foundation</categories><tags>USF Foundation</tags></item><item><title>USF receives $3 million gift from alum to support engineering students</title><link>https://giving.usf.edu/impact/grateful-engineering-grads-generous-payback</link><description>The estate gift, from alum Mike Crew, will support an already-established scholarship along with a new professorship and lecture series.</description><author>External Article</author><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 08:39:14 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2025/grateful-engineering-grads-generous-payback/donation.png" type="image/jpg"><media:title>USF receives $3 million gift from alum to support engineering students</media:title><media:description>The estate gift, from alum Mike Crew, will support an already-established scholarship along with a new professorship and lecture series.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2025/grateful-engineering-grads-generous-payback/donation.png" /><media:keywords>Mike Crew</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://giving.usf.edu/impact/grateful-engineering-grads-generous-payback</guid><categories>USF Foundation</categories><tags>College of Engineering,USF Foundation</tags></item><item><title>Historic $40M gift establishes Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing at USF, solidifying Tampa Bay as “Cyber Bay”</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/news/2025/historic-40-gift-establishes-bellini-college-of-artificial-intelligence-cybersecurity.aspx</link><description>The nation’s first named college dedicated to artificial intelligence and cybersecurity will drive workforce development, national security and economic growth.</description><author></author><pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:31:58 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2025/historic-40-gift-establishes-bellini-college-of-artificial-intelligence-cybersecurity/listing.jpg" type="image/jpg"><media:title>Historic $40M gift establishes Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing at USF, solidifying Tampa Bay as “Cyber Bay”</media:title><media:description>The nation’s first named college dedicated to artificial intelligence and cybersecurity will drive workforce development, national security and economic growth.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2025/historic-40-gift-establishes-bellini-college-of-artificial-intelligence-cybersecurity/listing.jpg" /><media:keywords>Group poses infront of new USF Bellini College backdrop</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/news/2025/historic-40-gift-establishes-bellini-college-of-artificial-intelligence-cybersecurity.aspx</guid><categories>Cyber/AI,Research and Innovation,Student Success,USF Foundation,University News</categories><tags>Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity and Computing,MyUSF,USF Foundation</tags></item><item><title>Brunch on the Bay raises more than $400,000 for USF student scholarships</title><link>https://www.sarasotamanatee.usf.edu/news/2025/usf-sarasota-manatee-brunch-on-the-bay-2025-results.aspx</link><description>The signature philanthropic event at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campus celebrated the deep ties between the campus and the community.</description><author>External Article</author><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 13:52:59 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2025/usf-sarasota-manatee-brunch-on-the-bay-2025-results/brunch.jpg" type="image/jpg"><media:title>Brunch on the Bay raises more than $400,000 for USF student scholarships</media:title><media:description>The signature philanthropic event at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campus celebrated the deep ties between the campus and the community.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2025/usf-sarasota-manatee-brunch-on-the-bay-2025-results/brunch.jpg" /><media:keywords>University of South Florida: A Preeminent Research University</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.sarasotamanatee.usf.edu/news/2025/usf-sarasota-manatee-brunch-on-the-bay-2025-results.aspx</guid><categories>Community Partnerships,USF Foundation</categories><tags>USF Sarasota-Manatee</tags></item></channel></rss>