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USF researchers say the widely held perception that the Super Bowl is a magnet for sex trafficking is largely unfounded (USF Newsroom).

February 1, 2021Research

$3 million has been gifted to the USF Foundation to benefit students in the College of Marine Science.

January 31, 2021Research

Satellites engineered by USF students and faculty launch during world record mission

Three of the 143 satellites aboard spaceflight company SpaceX’s first dedicated rideshare mission were engineered by students and faculty at the USF Institute of Applied Engineering (College of Engineering).

January 29, 2021Innovation, Student Research

A new USF study finds individual female sea turtles lay numerous clutches of eggs in locations miles apart from each other to increase the chance that some of their offspring will survive (USF St. Petersburg campus).

January 28, 2021Research

The center comes after receiving a $1.2 million grant from a national institution (Tampa Bay Business Journal / paywall).

January 28, 2021Research

ÐÓ°ÉÐÔÊÀ½ç’s new Center for Justice Research & Policy to tackle police reform, fairness in the justice system

The ÐÓ°ÉÐÔÊÀ½ç announced the launch of an interdisciplinary center dedicated to serving Tampa Bay as the major training and knowledge hub for issues related to social and criminal justice (USF Newsroom).

January 28, 2021Research

Moffitt Cancer Center will create 1.4 million square feet of research lab/office, light industrial/manufacturing, general office, and clinical building space on a 775-acre campus in Pasco County, FL. The expanded clinical and research facilities will accommodate Moffitt’s growth in the Tampa Bay region of complementary third-party research, product manufacturing, clinical providers, and conferencing facilities. (Business Facilities).

January 26, 2021Health, Research

ÐÓ°ÉÐÔÊÀ½ç researchers release findings from new national COVID-19 opinion survey

Researchers with the ÐÓ°ÉÐÔÊÀ½ç School of Public Affairs, in partnership with Cyber Florida at the ÐÓ°ÉÐÔÊÀ½ç, have released the second set of results from a nationwide opinion survey regarding COVID-19 (USF Newsroom).

January 25, 2021Health, Research

To gain insight into future ice sheet stability and sea-level rise, new research from an international team led by ÐÓ°ÉÐÔÊÀ½ç geoscientists is drawing on evidence from past interglacial periods when Earth’s climate was warmer than today (Mirage News).

January 22, 2021Global Research, Research

Doctors at USF Health are working on a test that could predict how bad your reaction will be to the coronavirus before you even develop any symptoms. USF Health hopes to have trials started by this year (ABC Action News).

January 22, 2021Health, Innovation, Research

Archives in Context features rarely seen 1939 to 1988 era photographic imagery of the groundbreaking life and photographic practice of Griff Davis, which is supported by a USF Understanding and Addressing Blackness and Anti-Black Racism in Our Local, National, and International Communities Research Grant; Susana and Yann Weymouth; Mort and Sara Richter; Major Sponsor The Stanton Storer Embrace the Arts Foundation; and the Florida Department of State (Patch).

January 22, 2021Research

A collaborative team led by psychology professor James McHale, director of the Family Study Center on the USF St. Petersburg campus, has been awarded a $3.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to research and strengthen relationships between family members to create safe and supportive households.

January 21, 2021Research