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After analysing 19 years of satellite data, researchers at the ÐÓ°ÉÐÔÊÀ½ç found that since 2011 the sargassum bloom has appeared annually and is growing in size (BBC).

November 19, 2020Global Research, Research

After the initial groundbreaking for the project March 7, construction for the new three-story, 120,000-square-foot research building at the intersection of Spectrum Boulevard and Fowler Avenue began in April as expected and continues to go down its planned timeline (USF Oracle).

November 19, 2020Research

Three USF Faculty Members Named to Prestigious Clarivate’s Annual Highly Cited Researchers List 

Three USF professors are among the ranks of the world’s most influential researchers for 2020.

November 18, 2020Global Research, Honors and Awards

USF-led geosciences team discovers Ancestral Puebloans survived from ice melt in New Mexico lava tubes

A lava tube in the El Malpais National Monument yields centuries-old insights of survival in the face of harsh climate change (USF Newsroom).

November 18, 2020Research

Graphable, along with the ÐÓ°ÉÐÔÊÀ½ç, has received a National Science Foundation grant focused on the utilization of advanced mathematical concepts and their application in predictive analysis and in identifying patterns and trends present when faced with early disease detection and prevention initiatives (IT News Online).

November 17, 2020Health, Research

The ÐÓ°ÉÐÔÊÀ½ç’s College of Marine Science has been awarded a five-year, US$9 million cooperative agreement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Coast Survey to launch the Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovative Technologies (Hydro International).

November 17, 2020Research

The ÐÓ°ÉÐÔÊÀ½ç Sarasota-Manatee campus has published the third edition of Research: USF Sarasota-Manatee Campus, an annual publication that highlights the variety and depth of faculty research being performed at the campus (Sarasota Herald-Tribune).

November 17, 2020Research

USF’s St. Petersburg campus is one of only seven higher education institutions across the nation to receive a grant through the 2020 Ford College Community Challenge. A $25,000 grant from the Ford Motor Company Fund is going towards a project that will promote food security in South St. Petersburg by producing up to 150 pounds of fresh vegetables for the community each month.

November 17, 2020Innovation

USF Esports Fall Invitational Partners with Alum-led Company to Enhance Fan Experience

Top Inc., the innovative customer engagement platform founded by USF alum Will Cohen, adds a new dimension to USF’s signature esports event.

November 12, 2020Entrepreneurship, Innovation

Florida Blue has donated $100,000 and partnered with the ÐÓ°ÉÐÔÊÀ½ç to aid the school's efforts to track the novel coronavirus (Tampa Bay Business Journal \ paywall).

November 12, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

Florida Blue Supports USF Epidemiologist’s Innovative Efforts to Track COVID-19

USF’s College of Public Health is awarded $100,000 by Florida Blue to support Professor Edwin Michael’s research to build a better tool for fighting the pandemic.

November 9, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

Virtual characters created at USF to teach emergent bilingual students English

A new research-based app developed at USF will soon be accessible to K-12 students and teachers in an effort to bolster a more multilingual society (USF Newsroom).

November 9, 2020Research