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Graduation Ceremony, Class of 2019

Personalized Approach Helps Students Cross the Finish Line

Graduation ceremonies not only mark the successful completion of what is sometimes very intense and challenging journeys, but they also stand as a point of pride for the university who employs many strategies to ensure that students have what they need to succeed.

December 16, 2019University News

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Amazon Alexa Transit Skill Upgraded by ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏEngineer

An engineer with the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏCenter for Urban Transportation Research is working with Amazon to upgrade its voice personalization feature for public transit.

December 11, 2019Research and Innovation

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏVice President of Athletics Michael Kelly announced his selection of Jeff Scott to lead ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏfootball as the fifth head coach in program history.

December 9, 2019ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏAthletics

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ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏto Confer More Than 5,000 Degrees in Fall Commencement

The ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ System will confer approximately 5,000 degrees during its 119th commencement convocation.

December 9, 2019University News

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Two ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏFaculty Members Named New National Academy of Inventors Fellows

The National Academy of Inventors announced Tuesday that ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ faculty members Dr. Samuel Wickline, a pioneer in nanotechnology targeting heart disease and other disorders, and Dr. Fred Leonberger, whose discoveries in fiber optics drove the development of the modern communications industry, are new 2019 Fellows.

December 5, 2019Honors and Awards

New results from The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study show an association between prolonged enterovirus infection and the development of autoimmunity to the insulin-producing pancreatic beta-cells that precedes type 1 diabetes.

December 2, 2019Research and Innovation, ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏHealth

Chris Scott and Bruce Van Fleet, Owners of the Belleiar Market

Support ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏAlumni this Small Business Saturday

The Belleair Market is just one of many local businesses owned by ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏalumni that you can support this Small Business Saturday and throughout the year.

November 27, 2019University News

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Nine ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏFaculty Members Earn Prestigious National Scientific Honor

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏleads the state of Florida with the most researchers selected in this year’s class of American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows.

November 26, 2019Honors and Awards

A number of groups and initiatives at the university are devoted to improving lives and the environment through food. From donating to those in need to growing sustainably, reducing waste to helping the hungry, ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏSt. Petersburg and its student body is using food – something we all have in common – to enrich our community.

November 26, 2019University News

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏPresident Steve Currall

Exclusive organization invites ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏPresident Steve Currall to join commission tasked with strengthening national innovation

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏPresident Steve Currall to join exclusive U.S. Council on Competitiveness

November 25, 2019University News

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏPresident Steve Currall speaks at the topping off ceremony at ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏSt. Petersburg

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏSt. Petersburg Celebrates Major Construction Milestone

Exterior construction has been completed on a new residence hall at ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏSt. Petersburg. A Topping Off Ceremony took place outside the six-story building located on the northwestern corner of campus.

November 22, 2019Campus Life

The patent-pending seafloor geodesy system is an anchored spar buoy topped by high precision Global Positioning System (GPS).

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏGeoscientists Develop Technology to Improve Forecasting of Earthquakes, Tsunamis

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ geoscientists have successfully developed and tested a new high-tech shallow water buoy that can detect the small movements and changes in the Earth’s seafloor that are often a precursor to deadly natural hazards, like earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis.

November 21, 2019Research and Innovation

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