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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

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵEngineering Professor Norma Alcantar to be inducted into Florida Inventors Hall of Fame

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵProfessor Norma Alcantar—who engineered an ancient practice of cleaning water with cactus mucilage to create modern technologies—is among seven new inductees to the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame announced today.

April 29, 2021Honors and Awards, University News

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵSenior Withers Selected for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; Three Other ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵStudents Earn Honorable Mentions

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵSenior Zachary Withers is selected for a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Three additional ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵstudents earn honorable mention in the prestigious program’s 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

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵrolls out its first zero-emission electric bus

The ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵ is taking steps to support a more sustainable environment by debuting its first zero-emission electric bus in the Bull Runner fleet on the Tampa campus. The new Proterra 40-foot Catalyst E2 bus rolled out for the first time on Thursday, April 22, in conjunction with Earth Day.

April 22, 2021University News

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵearns international recognition for its global impact

The ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵ has been named one of the world’s most tenacious institutions in addressing society’s greatest challenges. Times Higher Education (THE) has ranked ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵNo. 3 in the U.S. and No. 30 in the world in its 2021 Impact Rankings.

April 21, 2021Honors and Awards, University News

A message from President Currall on the trial of Derek Chauvin

While our country has worked together to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to strive to confront the longstanding racial pandemic that has devastated people of color across our nation, with a disparate impact on Black communities. USF, too, recognizes its own institutional challenges and is working to dismantle systemic racism within society and our communities.

April 20, 2021University News

A high-profile group of U.S. military commanders, elected officials and current and former members of the intelligence community offered their insights into the growing threats to U.S. cybersecurity and the need for a multifaceted response during a conference hosted jointly by ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵand the U.S. Department of Defense Near South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies.

April 19, 2021University News

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵCollege of Education assistant professor to establish Caribbean educational research center through $3.6 million grant

Patriann Smith has been awarded a three-year, $3.6 million grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish an interdisciplinary educational research center to help support decision making and policy development for educational innovation and expansion in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean.

April 19, 2021Research and Innovation

Dismantling Racism Team Study Circles ‘a really powerful experience’ for participants

The ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵOffice of Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunity has launched the pilot program Dismantling Racism Team Study Circles. It's one of the university's many efforts to develop anti-racist practices, resources and initiatives. The program is ongoing, and DIEO officials expect to offer several study circles simultaneously. The program is among USF’s many efforts to develop anti-racist practices, resources and initiatives.

April 14, 2021University News

Model from ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵresearchers forecasts fate of Piney Point wastewater

A computer model initially developed by the ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵ College of Marine Science to track red tide and ocean currents has quickly been adapted and is now being used to support the efforts to understand the transport, transformation and fate of contaminants in wastewater released into Tampa Bay from the retired Piney Point fertilizer plant.

April 14, 2021Research and Innovation

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵHealth is participating in a National Institutes of Health clinical trial to determine whether highly allergic people or those with mast cell disorders are at greater risk for severe, immediate allergic reactions to the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccines. A mast cell disorder is caused by a type of white blood cell that is abnormal, overly active or both, predisposing a person to life-threatening reactions that resemble allergic reactions.

April 14, 2021COVID-19, Research and Innovation, ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵHealth