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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>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:14:55 -04:00</lastBuildDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>OmniUpdate (OU Publish)</generator><item><title>Corporate-sponsored capstone projects bring industry experience to USF biomedical engineering seniors</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/news/2026/corporate-sponsored-usf-biomedical-engineering-capstone-projects.aspx</link><description>Students in USF's biomedical engineering program are bringing ideas to life through hands on, industry sponsored design projects. For seniors in the program, this rewarding experience culminated in their capstone presentation. 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He's been living in an underwater habitat since March 1.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2023/usf-dr-deep-sea-breaks-world-record-for-living-underwater/listing-image.jpg" /><media:keywords>Dituri exploring the ocean throughout his underwater mission</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/news/2023/usf-dr-deep-sea-breaks-world-record-for-living-underwater.aspx</guid><categories>Research and Innovation</categories><tags>Biomedical Engineering,Cassidy Delamarter,College of Engineering,Morsani College of Medicine</tags></item><item><title>USF researcher attempts to set world record by living underwater for 100 days – hopes to emerge ‘super-human’</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/news/2023/usf-researcher-attempts-to-set-world-record-by-living-underwater-for-100-days-hopes-to-emerge-super-human.aspx</link><description>Following his military career as a diving saturation officer, Joseph Dituri will examine how exposure to increased pressure will impact the human body and break the world record for days spent in an underwater habitat.</description><author></author><pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2023 08:30:00 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2023/usf-researcher-attempts-to-set-world-record-by-living-underwater-for-100-days-hopes-to-emerge-super-human/listing-image-joseph.jpg" type="image/jpg"><media:title>USF researcher attempts to set world record by living underwater for 100 days – hopes to emerge ‘super-human’</media:title><media:description>Following his military career as a diving saturation officer, Joseph Dituri will examine how exposure to increased pressure will impact the human body and break the world record for days spent in an underwater habitat.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2023/usf-researcher-attempts-to-set-world-record-by-living-underwater-for-100-days-hopes-to-emerge-super-human/listing-image-joseph.jpg" /><media:keywords>Joseph Dituri underwater</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/news/2023/usf-researcher-attempts-to-set-world-record-by-living-underwater-for-100-days-hopes-to-emerge-super-human.aspx</guid><categories>Research and Innovation</categories><tags>Biomedical Engineering,Cassidy Delamarter,MyUSF</tags></item><item><title>USF students create lifesaving medical innovation to help end worldwide ventilator shortage</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/news/2021/students-create-lifesaving-medical-innovation-help-end-worldwide-ventilator-shortage.aspx</link><description>Biomedical engineering graduates from the University of South Florida are receiving national accolades for a prototype device that may help solve the critical shortage of lifesaving ventilators seen around the world throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.</description><author>Rocky D. 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