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Study finds Rwandan genocide chemically modified the DNA of victims and victims’ offspring

Scientists with the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏGenomics program and the Center for Global Health and Infectious Disease Research have taken a significant step in providing the people of Rwanda the scientific tools they need to help address mental health issues that stemmed from the 1994 genocide of the Tutsi ethnic group.

January 10, 2022Global Research

The new research may help identify measures to prevent or delay mild cognitive impairment and dementia (ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏHealth).

January 7, 2022Health

Delve into the newest issue of Innovations Magazine, spotlighting the student successes, vital research and groundbreaking community initiatives on USF's St. Petersburg campus during 2021.

January 6, 2022Innovation

Researchers say spending more on efforts to contain invasive species and prevent their spread once they arrive, could help reduce expensive damages (WUSF).

January 4, 2022Research

Dr. Thomas Unnasch, an infectious disease expert at the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ, predicts cases will continue to climb over the next one to two weeks before quickly dropping (WFLA).

January 3, 2022Health, Research

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏHealth researchers forged ahead with new discoveries and innovations over the last year. Check out our countdown to the Top 10 Most Read Health Research Stories of 2021.

December 17, 2021Health

The ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏResearch Park Expansion is a mix of office space and labs featuring a 120,000-square-foot, three-story building with a fourth-floor open-air terrace and dining options on the ground floor. Construction is on schedule to be completed in December with a grand opening in early 2022 (Tampa Bay Business Journal / paywall).

December 17, 2021Research

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏwins prestigious award for innovative excellence in response to COVID-19

Throughout the pandemic, ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏInformation Technology rapidly deployed new solutions that aided in efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and created applications within weeks that provided financial, academic and emotional support to students. It was a tremendous lift that kept students on track in their studies—all made possible by IT’s pre-COVID technical strategy (ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏNewsroom).

December 17, 2021Honors and Awards, Innovation

Detectives in Central Florida are teaming up with a forensic anthropologist from the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ to try and solve cold cases that go back decades (WUSF).

December 16, 2021Research

Study of Antarctic ice’s deep past shows it could be more vulnerable to warming

In a study published in Nature, an international team of scientists, including ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏCollege of Marine Science Associate Professor Amelia Shevenell and graduate student Imogen Browne, documented the evolution of Antarctica’s ice sheets about 20 million years ago.

December 15, 2021Global Research, Research

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏteam creates home health monitoring device to boost independence

Over the course of 15 weeks, ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏresearchers developed a wireless sensor system which continuously and passively monitors presence and weight of a person in bed, on a couch, chair or similar furniture that could have great potential impact on users’ quality of life comparable to current sensor systems on the market.

December 15, 2021Innovation, Student Research

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ researchers release nationwide opinion survey results on social media moderation and regulation

Researchers at the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ, in partnership with Cyber Florida at USF, have released findings from a nationwide survey to better understand attitudes toward moderation on and regulation of digital platforms. Subjects consist of the regulation of misinformation and offensive content, including among elected officials, as well as perceptions of deplatforming.

December 14, 2021Research