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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, 14 Mar 2026 18:32:44 -04:00</lastBuildDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>OmniUpdate (OU Publish)</generator><item><title>USF researchers partner with law enforcement to help Florida families find missing loved ones</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/news/2023/usf-researchers-partner-with-law-enforcement-to-help-florida-families-find-missing-loved-ones.aspx</link><description>University of South Florida researchers, in conjunction with local law enforcement agencies and the Florida Sheriff’s Association Cold Case Commission hosted the second annual Missing in Florida Day. 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Bull</author><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2020 00:00:00 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2020/forensic-anthropologist-renewed-efforts/1forensic-anthropologist-renewed-efforts-490x327.jpg" type="image/jpg"><media:title>USF forensic anthropologist leads renewed effort to help solve Hillsborough County cold case homicides</media:title><media:description>Erin Kimmerle, associate professor of forensic anthropology and executive director of the Florida Institute for Forensic Anthropology and Applied Science at USF, is collaborating with the Hillsborough County Sheriff and Medical Examiner’s offices to help solve several cold case homicides.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2020/forensic-anthropologist-renewed-efforts/1forensic-anthropologist-renewed-efforts-490x327.jpg" /><media:keywords>Erin Kimmerle, associate professor of forensic anthropology, assists a body exhumation at the Rest Haven Cemetery in Tampa.</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/news/2020/forensic-anthropologist-renewed-efforts.aspx</guid><categories>University News</categories><tags>College of Arts and Sciences,Department of Anthropology,Forensic Anthropology</tags></item><item><title>Discovery of Unmarked Graves Earns 2020 AAAS Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/news/2020/discovery-of-unmarked-graves-earns-2020-aaas-scientific-freedom-and-responsibility-award.aspx</link><description>Erin Kimmerle, a forensic anthropologist who worked to account for dozens of children buried at a notorious Florida reform school, will receive the 2020 Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.</description><author>Rocky D. 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