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Researchers at the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ are working to identify the physiological response to COVID-19, in hopes of developing an early warning system for patients who may be at risk for severe illness (WFTS).

June 24, 2020Health, Innovation

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏDistinguished Health Professor Shyam Mohapatra awarded Florida Academy of Science 2020 medal

Award recognizes pioneering career achievements in nanotechnology, drug development and personalized medicine (ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏNewsroom).

June 22, 2020Health, Honors and Awards, Innovation

In the oldest fellowship of its kind, these students shine as future leaders in research, innovation and teaching (USFRI Newsroom).

June 19, 2020Honors and Awards, Research, Student Research

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏaudiologists address COVID-19 challenges for the hearing impaired with new face masks

Face masks have dramatically changed the way many of us communicate in public. The CDC recommends we wear them to prevent against the spread of COVID-19. That extra layer of protection does have a few side effects, especially for the hearing impaired. Face masks can reduce sound by as much as 12 decibels and block one’s facial expressions from being seen (ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏNewsroom).

June 18, 2020Health, Innovation

A team of Tampa-based ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ researchers is using wearable technology to study the human body's physiological response to COVID-19 and develop a system to identify patients at risk of severe infection (Becker's Healthcare).

June 17, 2020Innovation

COVID-19 adds urgency to ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏresearchers’ high-tech solution to nursing home care crisis

Nursing home staffing is a perennial issue, even absent disasters such as hurricanes and pandemics that strike the most vulnerable residents and health care workers with particular ferocity (ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏNewsroom).

June 16, 2020Health, Innovation

A new study from researchers at the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ is shedding light on the human body’s physiological response to COVID-19, insight scientists say could help them develop an early warning system for those most at risk of severe infection. (Irish Tech News).

June 15, 2020Health, Innovation

A recently published nationwide study by two ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ professors indicates that blacks are five times more likely and Latinos four times more likely to fear police brutality than whites (ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏSarasota-Manatee).

June 15, 2020Research

Squalls out on the Gulf Stream

The ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏCollege of Marine Science lies in a uniquely fantastic and dangerous position. With a beautiful waterfront campus, marine scientists have to go no further than the seawall to collect data.

June 9, 2020Research

Nationwide protests highlight significance of continued research and education to prevent racism

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏresearchers have spent decades studying the many facets of civil unrest. They’ve educated tens of thousands of students on significant moments of history and how such history tends to repeat itself. It’s a lesson playing out nationally in response to the death of George Floyd with protests erupting thousands of miles away from where he died in Minneapolis police custody (ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏNewsroom).

June 3, 2020Research

Timothy H. Dixon, author of Curbing Catastrophe, is a Professor of Geology and Geophysics at the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ, Tampa, and a former commercial pilot (Cambridge University Blog).

June 2, 2020Global Research, Health

For eighth consecutive year, ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏis in the Top 20 of innovative global universities; Top 10 of U.S. public university patent producers (USFRI Newsroom).

June 2, 2020Honors and Awards, Innovation