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<rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>News Stories Feed</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/news/</link><description>Recent posts from News Stories</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 23:10:04 -04:00</lastBuildDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>OmniUpdate (OU Publish)</generator><item><title>Student projects take center stage at summer research symposium; alumna’s gift creates endowment for undergraduate research</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/news/2026/student-projects-take-center-stage-at-summer-research-symposium-alumna-gift-creates-endowment-for-undergraduate-research.aspx</link><description>The two-day research symposium on USF’s Tampa and St. Petersburg campuses featured 151 scholars presenting 128 research projects. The presenters included USF undergraduates, recent USF graduates and students from 22 colleges and universities participating in USF-sponsored research programs.</description><author></author><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:02:19 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/images/news/2026/summer-research-symposium-490.jpg" type="image/jpg"><media:title>Student projects take center stage at summer research symposium; alumna’s gift creates endowment for undergraduate research</media:title><media:description>The two-day research symposium on USF’s Tampa and St. Petersburg campuses featured 151 scholars presenting 128 research projects. The presenters included USF undergraduates, recent USF graduates and students from 22 colleges and universities participating in USF-sponsored research programs.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/images/news/2026/summer-research-symposium-490.jpg" /><media:keywords>Student presenting poster at Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/news/2026/student-projects-take-center-stage-at-summer-research-symposium-alumna-gift-creates-endowment-for-undergraduate-research.aspx</guid><categories>Student Research</categories><tags></tags></item><item><title>How USF College of Education undergraduates are researching solutions to real-world challenges</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/education/news/2026/how-usf-college-of-education-undergraduates-are-researching-solutions-to-real-world-challenges.aspx</link><description>The Undergraduate Summer Research Academy provided an opportunity to students to transform personal experiences and professional interests into research focused on improving lives and communities.</description><author>External Article</author><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:12:26 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/images/news/2026/college-of-ed-student.png" type="image/jpg"><media:title>How USF College of Education undergraduates are researching solutions to real-world challenges</media:title><media:description>The Undergraduate Summer Research Academy provided an opportunity to students to transform personal experiences and professional interests into research focused on improving lives and communities.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/images/news/2026/college-of-ed-student.png" /><media:keywords>College of Education student</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/education/news/2026/how-usf-college-of-education-undergraduates-are-researching-solutions-to-real-world-challenges.aspx</guid><categories>Student Research</categories><tags></tags></item><item><title>Five USF Students Selected for National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/ons/news/2026/five-usf-students-selected-nsf-grfp.aspx</link><description>Two graduating seniors and three current graduate students from USF have been selected by the National Science Foundation to receive funding support for their graduate degrees. From engineering solutions to sustainability challenges to investigating occupational health, this year’s recipients are positioned to be leaders in their fields.</description><author>External Article</author><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 11:46:39 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/images/news/2026/nsf-hero.jpg" type="image/jpg"><media:title>Five USF Students Selected for National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program</media:title><media:description>Two graduating seniors and three current graduate students from USF have been selected by the National Science Foundation to receive funding support for their graduate degrees. From engineering solutions to sustainability challenges to investigating occupational health, this year’s recipients are positioned to be leaders in their fields.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/images/news/2026/nsf-hero.jpg" /><media:keywords>NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/ons/news/2026/five-usf-students-selected-nsf-grfp.aspx</guid><categories>Student Research</categories><tags></tags></item><item><title>Students showcase discovery and innovation at 2026 OneUSF Undergraduate Research Conference</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/news/2026/students-showcase-discovery-and-innovation-at-2026-oneusf-undergraduate-research-conference.aspx</link><description>The conference transformed USF into a hub of undergraduate discovery, featuring more than 500 student research projects across USF’s three campuses.</description><author></author><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 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millipedes unexpectedly reproduce during graduate student’s conservation research</media:title><media:description>How a kiddie pool and native plants from the Lake Wales Ridge helped baby millipedes hatch in captivity.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/images/news/2026/milipede-listing.jpg" /><media:keywords>grad student holding millipede</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.stpetersburg.usf.edu/news/2026/rare-giant-millipedes-unearthed-in-graduate-students-conservation-research.aspx</guid><categories>Student Research</categories><tags></tags></item><item><title>USF students compete to launch experiments aboard the International Space Station</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/chronicles/2025/usf-students-compete-to-launch-experiments-aboard-the-international-space-station.aspx</link><description>More than 3,700 students across North America competed to design experiments bound for the International Space Station through the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP). 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This year, USF students joined the competition for the first time, rising to the challenge and uniting to bring their innovation into orbit.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/images/news/2025/listing-ssep-490x328.jpg" /><media:keywords>students preparing experiment for space</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/chronicles/2025/usf-students-compete-to-launch-experiments-aboard-the-international-space-station.aspx</guid><categories>Student Research</categories><tags></tags></item><item><title>USF doctoral student is creating an AI tool to turn complex cancer reports into clarity</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/ai-cybersecurity-computing/news/2025/rushitha.aspx</link><description>Inspired by a guest speaker’s message about creating impact through research, Rushitha Mamidala is developing an AI tool that helps patients and doctors by making cancer diagnoses more accurate and easier to understand.</description><author>External Article</author><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:30:00 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/images/news/2025/doctoral-student.jpg" type="image/jpg"><media:title>USF doctoral student is creating an AI tool to turn complex cancer reports into clarity</media:title><media:description>Inspired by a guest speaker’s message about creating impact through research, Rushitha Mamidala is developing an AI tool that helps patients and doctors by making cancer diagnoses more accurate and easier to understand.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/images/news/2025/doctoral-student.jpg" /><media:keywords>doctoral student</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/ai-cybersecurity-computing/news/2025/rushitha.aspx</guid><categories>Student Research</categories><tags></tags></item><item><title>Corridor partnership expands undergraduate research and advances experiential learning at USF</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/news/2025/corridor-partnership-expands-undergraduate-research-and-advances-experiential-learning-at-usf.aspx</link><description>Through the continued Corridor Undergraduate Research Initiative, more than 200 students will gain hands-on, faculty-mentored research experience in disciplines ranging from engineering and artificial intelligence to public health, education, sustainability, and the arts.</description><author></author><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:05:23 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/images/news/2025/sohl-with-student-faculty-490.jpg" type="image/jpg"><media:title>Corridor partnership expands undergraduate research and advances experiential learning at USF</media:title><media:description>Through the continued Corridor Undergraduate Research Initiative, more than 200 students will gain hands-on, faculty-mentored research experience in disciplines ranging from engineering and artificial intelligence to public health, education, sustainability, and the arts.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/images/news/2025/sohl-with-student-faculty-490.jpg" /><media:keywords>Paul Sohl with undergraduate researcher and faculty member</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/news/2025/corridor-partnership-expands-undergraduate-research-and-advances-experiential-learning-at-usf.aspx</guid><categories>Student Research</categories><tags></tags></item><item><title>Turning ideas into algorithms</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/ai-cybersecurity-computing/news/2025/charlie_martino.aspx</link><description>As one of USF’s first master’s students studying AI, Charitie Martino wants to fuse computer modeling with how the mind works. 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She wants to take those hard-to-pin-down concepts in psychology – things like memory, attention, and learning – throw them into models that AI computers can test, and measure to see what happens.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/images/news/2025/charitie-supporting-image-490x327px-2.jpg" /><media:keywords>Charitie Martino</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/ai-cybersecurity-computing/news/2025/charlie_martino.aspx</guid><categories>Student Research</categories><tags></tags></item><item><title>USF launches aerospace engineering major to meet soaring demand in aviation industry</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/engineering/news/2025/2025-aerospace-engineering-major-launches.aspx</link><description>The University of South Florida kicked off the fall semester by welcoming the first class of students into its new aerospace engineering major, one of only three undergraduate programs of its kind at a Florida university.</description><author>External Article</author><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 09:24:32 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/images/news/2025/engineering-students.jpg" type="image/jpg"><media:title>USF launches aerospace engineering major to meet soaring demand in aviation industry</media:title><media:description>The University of South Florida kicked off the fall semester by welcoming the first class of students into its new aerospace engineering major, one of only three undergraduate programs of its kind at a Florida university.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/images/news/2025/engineering-students.jpg" /><media:keywords>engineering students in lab</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/engineering/news/2025/2025-aerospace-engineering-major-launches.aspx</guid><categories>Student Research</categories><tags></tags></item><item><title>USF students shine in conference aimed at improving health care</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/health/public-health/news/2025/fpha-aug.aspx</link><description>Three students in USF’s College of Public Health just presented a strong case for making the world a bit healthier.</description><author>External Article</author><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 15:19:43 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/images/news/2025/fpha-listing-aug.png" type="image/jpg"><media:title>USF students shine in conference aimed at improving health care</media:title><media:description>Three students in USF’s College of Public Health just presented a strong case for making the world a bit healthier.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/images/news/2025/fpha-listing-aug.png" /><media:keywords>Students at conference</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/health/public-health/news/2025/fpha-aug.aspx</guid><categories>Student Research</categories><tags></tags></item></channel></rss>