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As 2024 comes to a close, we reflect on USF’s remarkable journey of triumphs – celebrating unprecedented achievements in academics, record-breaking research and exhilarating athletic seasons. The university continues to demonstrate the tremendous impact it has on our communities, forging new partnerships that define what it means to be a leading research university.
December 16, 2024University News
¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵsets new record with $738 million in research funding
The milestone comes during USF’s first full fiscal year as a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and helps demonstrate its impact as one of the nation’s most research-intensive institutions. The new record brings the university closer to reaching its goal of securing $1 billion in annual research funding.
December 10, 2024Research and Innovation
¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵand defense agencies headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base sign landmark agreement
The ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵ has signed two of its largest defense contracts with U.S. Special Operations Command and U.S. Central Command, bringing together interdisciplinary faculty experts from across the university.
October 24, 2024Community Partnerships, Research and Innovation, University News
How music can help boost cognition in cancer patients and COVID-19 survivors
¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵ researchers are finding that music can help boost cognition in patients undergoing chemotherapy and improve respiration in adults who’ve suffered breathing difficulties following COVID-19.
October 2, 2024Research and Innovation
¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵHOT Band performs during halftime at Tampa Bay Buccaneers season opener
More than 340 students are members of USF's Herd of Thunder, which is part of the School of Music. This is the marching band's first performance at a Bucs game in several years.
September 8, 2024Community Partnerships
¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵmoves full steam ahead on its first-ever grant from the Federal Railroad Administration
With railroad employment steadily declining nationwide, ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵresearchers are working to stabilize the industry – funded by a $17 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration, the agency’s first grant ever to be awarded to USF.
August 29, 2024Research and Innovation
NASA’s permanent presence on the moon could begin with USF-invented mapping technology
As NASA continues exploring the moon’s southern polar region to find ice, ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵengineers are developing technology to make landing on the moon safer and less expensive – enabling rapid exploration and eventually the establishment of an outpost for astronauts through the availability of safe drinking water and the ability to create oxygen and rocket fuel.
August 13, 2024Research and Innovation
USF's highlights from the first half of 2024
As a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, USF's dynamic labs and groundbreaking fieldwork have solidified its status as a leading research university. In just the past six months, ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵhas broken records, united the community in support of its athletics programs and established numerous innovative partnerships.
July 8, 2024University News
AAU membership helping accelerate USF’s impact
Throughout the last year, USF’s membership in the Association of American Universities has become a springboard to an array of benefits. From the successful recruitment and retention of world-class faculty and students to more corporations and community organizations inquiring and establishing new partnerships with the university – AAU membership is fueling USF’s momentum in significant ways.
May 28, 2024University News
¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵand TECO celebrate decades of collaboration and innovation
USF’s ongoing efforts to develop clean-energy solutions and strengthen the environmental engineering workforce are helping build upon the university’s longstanding partnership with Tampa Electric by announcing the Clean Energy Research Center will be named for TECO.
April 30, 2024Community Partnerships
Brain injuries in U.S. Special Operations Forces aren’t easy to detect, ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵhelping develop a solution
Through its partnership with U.S. Special Operations Command, the ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵInstitute of Applied Engineering has co-led an illuminating study that found repeated exposure to low-level blasts is associated with signs of brain injury in Special Operations Forces. Such exposure is common throughout many military careers, including in training and operational environments.
April 22, 2024Research and Innovation
¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵto lead statewide initiative to address shortage of mental health professionals
¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵwas recently awarded $5 million in recurring funds to create the Florida Center for Behavioral Health Workforce to enhance recruitment and retention efforts and expand pathways to behavioral health professions.
April 15, 2024University News