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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, 17 Aug 2026 03:32:00 -04:00</lastBuildDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>OmniUpdate (OU Publish)</generator><item><title>Demand for biomedical engineers drives USF to expand department</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/news/2025/demand-for-biomedical-engineers-drives-usf-to-expand-department.aspx</link><description>Renovations are underway to expand USF’s medical engineering lab space with advanced technology to support a growing number of students and prestigious faculty.</description><author></author><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 09:34:37 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2025/demand-for-biomedical-engineers-drives-usf-to-expand-department/listing-image.jpg" type="image/jpg"><media:title>Demand for biomedical engineers drives USF to expand department</media:title><media:description>Renovations are underway to expand USF’s medical engineering lab space with advanced technology to support a growing number of students and prestigious faculty.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/news/images/2025/demand-for-biomedical-engineers-drives-usf-to-expand-department/listing-image.jpg" /><media:keywords>Student running experiments in lab to test dental implant's strength</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/news/2025/demand-for-biomedical-engineers-drives-usf-to-expand-department.aspx</guid><categories>Research and Innovation</categories><tags>Cassidy Delamarter,Medical Engineering</tags></item><item><title>USF researcher unlocking mysteries of brain development with advanced imaging and virtual 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treatments.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2024/usf-researcher-unlocking-mysteries-of-brain-development-with-advanced-imaging-and-virtual-reality/listing-image.jpg" /><media:keywords>USF researcher unlocking mysteries of brain development with advanced imaging and virtual reality</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/news/2024/usf-researcher-unlocking-mysteries-of-brain-development-with-advanced-imaging-and-virtual-reality.aspx</guid><categories>Cyber/AI,Research and Innovation</categories><tags>Cassidy Delamarter,Medical Engineering,MyUSF,Research and Innovation</tags></item><item><title>New medical technique to target cause of age-related hearing loss</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/news/2022/new-medical-technique-to-target-cause-of-age-related-hearing-loss.aspx</link><description>A well-known imaging test that radiologists use to monitor blood flow from the heart may soon be deployed to pinpoint what part of the ear is experiencing age-related hearing loss.</description><author></author><pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2022 00:00:00 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2022/new-medical-technique-to-target-cause-of-age-related-hearing-loss/hearing-listing.png" type="image/jpg"><media:title>New medical technique to target cause of age-related hearing loss</media:title><media:description>A well-known imaging test that radiologists use to monitor blood flow from the heart may soon be deployed to pinpoint what part of the ear is experiencing age-related hearing loss.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2022/new-medical-technique-to-target-cause-of-age-related-hearing-loss/hearing-listing.png" /><media:keywords>Graphic of the ear</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/news/2022/new-medical-technique-to-target-cause-of-age-related-hearing-loss.aspx</guid><categories>Research and Innovation</categories><tags>Board of Governors,College of Engineering,Medical Engineering,Moffitt Cancer Center,MyUSF</tags></item><item><title>New Method Gives Glaucoma Researchers Control Over Eye Pressure</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/news/2020/new-method-gives-glaucoma-researchers-control-over-eye-pressure.aspx</link><description>Neuroscientists at the University of South Florida have become the first to definitively prove pressure in the eye is sufficient to cause and explain glaucoma. They come to this conclusion following the development of a method that permits continuous regulation of pressure without damaging the eye.</description><author>Rocky D. Bull</author><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 00:00:00 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2020/new-method-gives-glaucoma-researchers-control-over-eye-pressure/eye-study-490-328.jpg" type="image/jpg"><media:title>New Method Gives Glaucoma Researchers Control Over Eye Pressure</media:title><media:description>Neuroscientists at the University of South Florida have become the first to definitively prove pressure in the eye is sufficient to cause and explain glaucoma. They come to this conclusion following the development of a method that permits continuous regulation of pressure without damaging the eye.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2020/new-method-gives-glaucoma-researchers-control-over-eye-pressure/eye-study-490-328.jpg" /><media:keywords>An image of an eye exam taking place</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/news/2020/new-method-gives-glaucoma-researchers-control-over-eye-pressure.aspx</guid><categories>Research and Innovation</categories><tags>Medical Engineering</tags></item><item><title>Hearing Loss May Be Preventable with Development of New Drug</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/news/2019/hearing-loss-may-be-preventable-with-development-new-drug.aspx</link><description>The first ever medication to treat age-related hearing loss could potentially receive FDA approval through a comprehensive study being conducted at the University of South Florida.</description><author>Rocky D. Bull</author><pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2019 00:00:00 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2019/hearing-loss-may-be-preventable-with-development-new-drug/hearing-loss-490-327.jpg" type="image/jpg"><media:title>Hearing Loss May Be Preventable with Development of New Drug</media:title><media:description>The first ever medication to treat age-related hearing loss could potentially receive FDA approval through a comprehensive study being conducted at the University of South Florida.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2019/hearing-loss-may-be-preventable-with-development-new-drug/hearing-loss-490-327.jpg" /><media:keywords>Robert Frisina, PhD, chair of the USF Medical Engineering Department and director of the USF Global Center for Hearing and Speech Research</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/news/2019/hearing-loss-may-be-preventable-with-development-new-drug.aspx</guid><categories>Research and Innovation</categories><tags>Global Center for Hearing and Speech Research,Medical Engineering</tags></item><item><title>Preeminence Dollars Helping Boost Job Prospects with New Medical Engineering Program</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/news/2019/preeminence-dollrs-help-boost-medical-engineering-program.aspx</link><description>A rare joint program between the USF College of Engineering and USF Health Morsani College of Medicine is celebrating its success, made possible by funding from the State of Florida’s preeminence program.</description><author>Rocky D. 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