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ºÚÁÏÉçÇøscientists deploy tsunami-sensing buoy, aiding future warning system

While the Tampa Bay region is not prone to earthquakes and tsunamis, it serves as valuable testing ground for the buoy system before it’s deployed in more seismically active locations around the world.

January 24, 2025Research

Inauguration Day has changed dramatically over the years while maintaining some key traditions for a ceremony that ushers in a new American president. Learn more about the history of Inauguration Day and its importance today.

January 17, 2025Research

How worried should we be about avian flu?

Experts from ºÚÁÏÉçÇøHealth and the Global Virus Network discuss the current avian influenza outbreak in poultry, dairy cattle and wild birds and how they're working to prevent its spread to humans.

January 15, 2025Research

ºÚÁÏÉçÇøFuture of Food Think Tank and community leaders collaborate on food system resilience

A new think tank at the ºÚÁÏÉçÇø dedicated to the "Future of Food," focuses on building an agile, innovative ecosystem to advance sustainable, food-secure solutions across the Tampa Bay region that are responsive and resilient to extreme weather events.

January 13, 2025Innovation

Florida SBDC at ºÚÁÏÉçÇøadds satellite office in DeSoto County

The Florida Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the ºÚÁÏÉçÇø (USF) announces its expansion across the 10-county Tampa Bay region with the addition of a new satellite office location.

January 13, 2025Entrepreneurship

The ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Center for Urban Transportation Research is working with the city of St. Petersburg on a $3.6 million grant-funded project from the U.S. Department of Transportation to reduce crashes and improve safety for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists.

January 9, 2025Research

Your work habits may be threatening your sleep, USF-led study shows

People whose jobs are highly sedentary – an estimated 80% of the modern workforce – experience a much higher risk of insomnia symptoms.

January 9, 2025Research

Nirmita Roy, a recent ºÚÁÏÉçÇøgrad, could soon revolutionize the way health data is collected, whether it’s for a sleep study, monitoring after surgery, or just for your own information.

January 3, 2025Innovation, Research

How gift giving boosts your health and well-being

A ºÚÁÏÉçÇøHealth expert explains how the simple act of giving can do more than spread holiday cheer and why it is the best gift you can give yourself this season.

December 20, 2024Research

ºÚÁÏÉçÇøHealth launches state-funded hyperbaric oxygen therapy trial with first patient

ºÚÁÏÉçÇøHealth welcomed its first participants of a $28 million state-funded clinical trial to study the effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on Florida service members and veterans who suffer from traumatic brain injury.

December 17, 2024Research

ºÚÁÏÉçÇønames new dean for College of Engineering

Levi Thompson has been named as the new dean of the College of Engineering. Thompson is a highly accomplished researcher who brings strong leadership and administrative experience, including most recently serving as the College of Engineering dean at the University of Delaware and previously as a faculty member at the University of Michigan.

December 16, 2024Honors and Awards

Two ºÚÁÏÉçÇø faculty members named NAI fellows

They are ºÚÁÏÉçÇøPreeminent Professor Jianfeng Cai in the Department of Chemistry and Professor Ashok Kumar in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

December 11, 2024Honors and Awards