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ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏconferred more than 2,700 degrees during summer commencement ceremonies
Graduates included a 75-year-old civil rights activist earning a degree more than 55 years after starting at USF, a 23-year-old earning a doctorate in engineering and a veteran who overcame PTSD and a traumatic brain injury.
August 6, 2022Student Success, University News

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏstudent invents lumber alternative using recycled plastic
The material will be used as a replacement for wood to create fence posts that can last 30 to 50 years, about three times longer than a traditional wood fence.
August 4, 2022Research and Innovation

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏresearchers launch global dashboard to track invasive mosquitoes carrying deadly diseases
The dashboard is the result of an NSF-funded global research project that started in 2020.
August 2, 2022Cyber/AI, Research and Innovation

Forbes ranks the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ as one of America’s Best Employers for Women
ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏranks No. 22 on the Forbes list, which includes employers across a wide range of industries. Women currently account for 57% of all ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏemployees, 64% of administration employees and 51% of executive/senior leadership.
July 27, 2022University News
Kristina Keogh has been named the new dean of the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library at the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏSt. Petersburg campus. Keogh comes to ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏafter being the director of library services for the past six years at the Alfred R. Goldstein Library at Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, FL.
July 26, 2022University News

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏresearchers celebrate successes of new Caribbean research center
An interdisciplinary research center is now up and running in Barbados thanks to a $3.6 million grant provided by USAID to support education policy development and timely decision-making on issues impacting schools in the sub-region.
July 26, 2022Research and Innovation

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ breaks fundraising record with over $151 million in gifts
Philanthropic gifts from the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ community exceeded $151 million in fiscal year 2021-22, the most generous level of support in the institution’s nearly 70-year history.
July 26, 2022ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏFoundation, University News
The College of Public Health will partner with the CDC over the next five years to develop a multi-modal approach to deliver infection prevention and control education to emergency responders. The center will serve as a hub for recruitment, dissemination, referral and subject matter consultation.
July 25, 2022Research and Innovation

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏengineers secure federal funding to advance wearable electronic technology
Electrical engineering professors are advancing wearable electronics with clothing wired to connect to a range of devices, such as headphones nestled inside a hat.
July 22, 2022Research and Innovation
Heather Judkins, associate professor of integrative biology on the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏSt. Petersburg campus, will continue her studies of cephalopods, such as octopus and squid, as part of a team of scientists aboard the R/V Point Sur for a 12-day research cruise around the Gulf of Mexico.
July 21, 2022Research and Innovation
A $75,000 grant from Duke Energy will allow the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏSt. Petersburg campus to establish programming that helps initiate partnerships with schools, developing curriculum, establishing STEM-focused clubs and recruiting female and minority students in Pinellas County.
July 21, 2022University News

Innovative cybersecurity programs poised for major expansion
Boosted by millions of dollars in new state funding, ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏcybersecurity programs are preparing graduates for high-paying jobs in a field with soaring demand.
July 21, 2022Cyber/AI, Research and Innovation