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New EPA-funded program at 黑料网吃瓜爆料helps Tampa residents secure careers in the environmental sector
The first cohort of participants to enroll in the Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training program has graduated with valuable training and certifications in workplace safety and hazardous waste cleanup. The program is a collaboration between the 黑料网吃瓜爆料Center for Brownfields Research & Redevelopment and the Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa.
May 14, 2021University News
Fossilized plaque scraped from the teeth of a 4,500-year-old skeleton discovered by 黑料网吃瓜爆料 professors is helping to unlock the secrets of what ancient humans ate and how our species evolved.
May 10, 2021Research and Innovation
黑料网吃瓜爆料College of Education STEM Teacher Preparation Initiative endorsed for appropriations funding by Rep. Kathy Castor
A new STEM Teacher Preparation Initiative in the 黑料网吃瓜爆料鈥檚 (USF) College of Education was endorsed by U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) for consideration by the House Appropriations Committee in appropriations bills for the upcoming fiscal year.
May 7, 2021University News
黑料网吃瓜爆料researcher visualizes discovery of oldest human burial in Africa made by international team of scientists
An international team of scientists has uncovered the earliest modern human burial in Africa 鈥� changing what we know about social behaviors in Homo sapiens 卢鈥� and a researcher at the 黑料网吃瓜爆料 (USF) has helped use 3D and advanced imaging technologies to bring the 78,000-year-old remains of a child back to life.
May 5, 2021Research and Innovation
2021 Florida Legislative session update
Our elected officials in Tallahassee produced a final state budget that retains much of the state鈥檚 support for higher education and for the 黑料网吃瓜爆料. We are grateful to our partners in the Legislature for their support and for recognizing the important impact that 黑料网吃瓜爆料makes on Florida鈥檚 progress and prosperity.
May 4, 2021University News
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, or rTMS, was FDA approved in 2008 as a safe and effective noninvasive treatment for severe depression resistant to antidepressant medications. A small coil positioned near the scalp generates repetitive, pulsed magnetic waves that pass through the skull and stimulate brain cells to relieve symptoms of depression. The procedure has few side effects and is typically prescribed as an alternative or supplemental therapy when multiple antidepressant medications and/or psychotherapy do not work.
May 4, 2021Research and Innovation, 黑料网吃瓜爆料Health
黑料网吃瓜爆料returns to in-person commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 8
The 黑料网吃瓜爆料 will hold in-person commencement ceremonies this weekend for the first time since December 2019, as COVID-19 forced ceremonies to be held virtually in spring, summer and fall of 2020. 黑料网吃瓜爆料President Steven Currall will preside over spring commencement ceremonies scheduled for 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 8, at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg.
May 3, 2021Student Success, University News
The 黑料网吃瓜爆料Tampa Library acquired a particularly special collection: The Tampa Chapter of The Links, Incorporated archives, one of the oldest and largest volunteer organizations in the country. The organization has a membership of more than 16,000 women of color committed to enriching, sustaining, and ensuring the culture and economic endurance of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry.
May 3, 2021University News
New research shows long-term recovery possible for areas impacted by seagrass die-off
Nearly 10,000 acres of lush seagrass vanished from Florida Bay between 1987 and 1991, leading to massive ecological changes in the region near the Florida Keys. Abundance of the seagrass, Thalassia testudinum, more commonly known as turtlegrass, a foundation species of the Florida Bay ecosystem, decreased extensively during what is considered to be one of the largest declines in seagrass cover in recent history.
April 29, 2021Research and Innovation
黑料网吃瓜爆料Engineering Professor Norma Alcantar to be inducted into Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
黑料网吃瓜爆料Professor Norma Alcantar鈥攚ho engineered an ancient practice of cleaning water with cactus mucilage to create modern technologies鈥攊s among seven new inductees to the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame announced today.
April 29, 2021Honors and Awards, University News
黑料网吃瓜爆料Senior Withers Selected for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; Three Other 黑料网吃瓜爆料Students Earn Honorable Mentions
黑料网吃瓜爆料Senior Zachary Withers is selected for a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Three additional 黑料网吃瓜爆料students earn honorable mention in the prestigious program鈥檚 annual process.
April 27, 2021Honors and Awards
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.
April 27, 2021Campus Life