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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>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:33:07 -04:00</lastBuildDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>OmniUpdate (OU Publish)</generator><item><title>Despite rainy start, vibrance returns to USF's residence halls</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/news/2024/more-students-than-ever-will-live-on-usf-campuses-this-fall.aspx</link><description>Residence halls at the University of South Florida will hit record capacity numbers this fall, as thousands of students and their families move onto the university’s three campuses this week.</description><author></author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 09:57:13 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2024/more-students-than-ever-will-live-on-usf-campuses-this-fall/movein-listing.png" type="image/jpg"><media:title>Despite rainy start, vibrance returns to USF's residence halls</media:title><media:description>Residence halls at the University of South Florida will hit record capacity numbers this fall, as thousands of students and their families move onto the university’s three campuses this week.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2024/more-students-than-ever-will-live-on-usf-campuses-this-fall/movein-listing.png" /><media:keywords>More students than ever will live on USF campuses this fall.</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/news/2024/more-students-than-ever-will-live-on-usf-campuses-this-fall.aspx</guid><categories>Campus Life,University News</categories><tags>Housing and Residential Education,MyUSF</tags></item><item><title>USF Sarasota-Manatee celebrates progress on new student center and residence hall with scholarship, naming announcements</title><link>https://www.sarasotamanatee.usf.edu/news/2024/usf-sarasota-manatee-housing-celebration.aspx</link><description>USF students who live in the new residence halls set to open this fall on the Sarasota-Manatee campus are eligible for up to $4,000 in scholarships to help shape the campus’s first residential community.</description><author>External Article</author><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:00:00 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2024/usf-sarasota-manatee-housing-celebration/newbuilding.png" type="image/jpg"><media:title>USF Sarasota-Manatee celebrates progress on new student center and residence hall with scholarship, naming announcements</media:title><media:description>USF students who live in the new residence halls set to open this fall on the Sarasota-Manatee campus are eligible for up to $4,000 in scholarships to help shape the campus’s first residential community.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2024/usf-sarasota-manatee-housing-celebration/newbuilding.png" /><media:keywords>Students give go bulls sign</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.sarasotamanatee.usf.edu/news/2024/usf-sarasota-manatee-housing-celebration.aspx</guid><categories>Campus Life,USF Foundation</categories><tags>Housing and Residential Education,MyUSF,USF Sarasota-Manatee</tags></item><item><title>USF Housing accepting applications for new residence hall at Sarasota-Manatee campus</title><link>https://www.sarasotamanatee.usf.edu/news/2023/usf-sarasota-manatee-housing-applications.aspx</link><description>The six-story building is the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus's first residence hall and can house 200 students. It's scheduled to open for the fall 2024 semester.</description><author>External Article</author><pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2023 09:00:00 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2023/usf-sarasota-manatee-housing-applications/housing.jpg" type="image/jpg"><media:title>USF Housing accepting applications for new residence hall at Sarasota-Manatee campus</media:title><media:description>The six-story building is the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus's first residence hall and can house 200 students. It's scheduled to open for the fall 2024 semester.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2023/usf-sarasota-manatee-housing-applications/housing.jpg" /><media:keywords>Sarasota-Manatee residence hall under construction</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.sarasotamanatee.usf.edu/news/2023/usf-sarasota-manatee-housing-applications.aspx</guid><categories>Campus Life</categories><tags>Housing and Residential Education,USF Sarasota-Manatee</tags></item><item><title>Thousands of USF students move on campus as residence halls fill to capacity</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/news/2023/thousands-of-usf-students-move-on-campus-on-aug-17-in-advance-of-the-fall-semester.aspx</link><description>Residence halls at the University of South Florida are expected to be at full capacity for the fall semester. Approximately 7,400 students are expected to live on campus - nearly 6,500 in Tampa and more than 900 in St. Petersburg.</description><author></author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2023 08:00:00 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2023/thousands-of-usf-students-move-on-campus-on-aug-17-in-advance-of-the-fall-semester/move-in-listing.jpg" type="image/jpg"><media:title>Thousands of USF students move on campus as residence halls fill to capacity</media:title><media:description>Residence halls at the University of South Florida are expected to be at full capacity for the fall semester. Approximately 7,400 students are expected to live on campus - nearly 6,500 in Tampa and more than 900 in St. Petersburg.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2023/thousands-of-usf-students-move-on-campus-on-aug-17-in-advance-of-the-fall-semester/move-in-listing.jpg" /><media:keywords>Family moves into residence halls</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/news/2023/thousands-of-usf-students-move-on-campus-on-aug-17-in-advance-of-the-fall-semester.aspx</guid><categories>University News</categories><tags>Althea Johnson,Housing and Residential Education,Student Life</tags></item><item><title>College of Public Health gets its own Living Learning Community</title><link>https://hscweb3.hsc.usf.edu/health/publichealth/news/coph-gets-its-own-living-learning-community/</link><description>Previously, public health/health sciences majors shared an Living Learning Community (LLC) with nursing students. But with interest in public health at an all-time high (thanks, at least in part, to the COVID-19 pandemic) it became clear that College of Public Health students could sustain their own " Bulls in Health" LLC.</description><author>External Article</author><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2021 10:00:00 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2021/coph-ll/coph-llc-490x327.jpg" type="image/jpg"><media:title>College of Public Health gets its own Living Learning Community</media:title><media:description>Previously, public health/health sciences majors shared an Living Learning Community (LLC) with nursing students. But with interest in public health at an all-time high (thanks, at least in part, to the COVID-19 pandemic) it became clear that College of Public Health students could sustain their own " Bulls in Health" LLC.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2021/coph-ll/coph-llc-490x327.jpg" /><media:keywords>A look inside a Bulls in Health LLC room</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://hscweb3.hsc.usf.edu/health/publichealth/news/coph-gets-its-own-living-learning-community/</guid><categories>Campus Life</categories><tags>College of Public Health,Housing and Residential Education</tags></item><item><title>Environmental testing in residence halls a key element of USF’s COVID-19 mitigation efforts</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/news/2020/environmental-testing-in-residence-halls-key-element-usf-covid19-mitigation-efforts.aspx</link><description>Every week, University of South Florida Housing &amp; Residential Education (HRE) staff swab hundreds of high-touch areas across the university’s housing facilities. The effort is part of USF’s multi-faceted approach to monitoring and mitigating the spread of COVID-19.</description><author>Rocky D. Bull</author><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2020 00:00:00 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2020/environmental-testing-in-residence-halls-key-element-usf-covid19-mitigation-efforts/hre-testing-490-327.jpg" type="image/jpg"><media:title>Environmental testing in residence halls a key element of USF’s COVID-19 mitigation efforts</media:title><media:description>Every week, University of South Florida Housing &amp; Residential Education (HRE) staff swab hundreds of high-touch areas across the university’s housing facilities. The effort is part of USF’s multi-faceted approach to monitoring and mitigating the spread of COVID-19.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2020/environmental-testing-in-residence-halls-key-element-usf-covid19-mitigation-efforts/hre-testing-490-327.jpg" /><media:keywords>Ana Hernandez taking environmental samples in a USF residence hall</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/news/2020/environmental-testing-in-residence-halls-key-element-usf-covid19-mitigation-efforts.aspx</guid><categories>University News</categories><tags>COVID-19,Coronavirus,Housing and Residential Education</tags></item><item><title>USF Housing &amp; Residential Education Receives Public-Private Partnership Gold Award</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/news/2018/usf-housing-residential-ed-receives-public-private-partnership-gold-award.aspx</link><description>The University of South Florida Village received the “Best Education Project - Gold” award at the annual P3 Awards, hosted by P3 Bulletin, one of the largest organizations recognizing impactful public-private partnerships across the Americas.</description><author>Rocky D. Bull</author><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 00:00:00 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2018/usf-housing-residential-ed-receives-award/usf-housing-residential-ed-award-490-327.jpg" type="image/jpg"><media:title>USF Housing &amp; Residential Education Receives Public-Private Partnership Gold Award</media:title><media:description>The University of South Florida Village received the “Best Education Project - Gold” award at the annual P3 Awards, hosted by P3 Bulletin, one of the largest organizations recognizing impactful public-private partnerships across the Americas.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2018/usf-housing-residential-ed-receives-award/usf-housing-residential-ed-award-490-327.jpg" /><media:keywords>Housing &amp; Residential Education Assistant Vice President Ana Hernandez posing with award in front of bull statue.</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/news/2018/usf-housing-residential-ed-receives-public-private-partnership-gold-award.aspx</guid><categories>Campus Life,Honors and Awards</categories><tags>Housing and Residential Education,Student Success</tags></item></channel></rss>