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A multidisciplinary team from USF's Patel College of Global Sustainability and Access 3D Lab is racing against time to preserve the rapidly disappearing island by documenting endangered spaces and 3D-scanning historic sites to reconstruct in augmented-reality virtual realms. (83 Degrees).

July 20, 2021Innovation

The researchers are looking at how a variety of external risk factors, like diet, stress and exposure to pollution or viruses, can help cause Type 1 diabetes (WUSF).

July 16, 2021Health, Research

Jeffrey Krischer, director of USF’s Health Informatics Institute and lead researcher on the study, has been examining the disease for nearly 20 years (Health News Florida).

July 16, 2021Health, Research

USF-developed AI system unites global agencies to identify emerging infectious diseases, receives support from Microsoft

Leadership in providing with the public consistent projections of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations has prompted the launch of a USF-led global modeling project sponsored by Microsoft that can ultimately help scientists more swiftly identify and respond to the threat of emerging infectious diseases (ºÚÁÏÉçÇøNewsroom).

July 14, 2021Global Research, Health, Research

ºÚÁÏÉçÇøis already playing a major role in regional innovation, and the university is working toward closer connections with entrepreneurs, investors and others with a creative, can-do approach to business and social problems (St. Pete Catalyst).

July 13, 2021Innovation

The National Institutes of Health has awarded the ºÚÁÏÉçÇø total expected funds of $69.9 million over the next four years to continue the follow-up of study participants in The Environment Determinants of Diabetes in The Young consortium (ºÚÁÏÉçÇøNewsroom).

July 13, 2021Health, Research

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the ºÚÁÏÉçÇø total expected funds of $69.9 million over the next four years to continue the follow-up of study participants in The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in The Young (TEDDY) consortium (News-Medical.net).

July 13, 2021Health, Research

New robots see it all: ocean whirlpools, carbon gas absorption, icebergs, and more

ºÚÁÏÉçÇøresearchers are using autonomous vehicles to study how the ocean is responding to climate change. In 2020 they landed a $1.1 million NSF proposal -- the first time NSF is leveraging ocean drones instead of ships (ºÚÁÏÉçÇøCollege of Marine Science).

July 12, 2021Global Research, Research

A year ago ºÚÁÏÉçÇøcreated the Pandemic Response Research Network and funded three rounds of seed grants to kickstart research into the challenges presented by the pandemic. Recently, several teams shared updates on their projects (Mirage News).

July 12, 2021Global Research, Research

The Drug Enforcement Administration has granted a handful of universities permission to research psychedelics. The ºÚÁÏÉçÇø is one of them, and Psilera Bioscience is an early beneficiary (Tampa Bay Times / paywall).

July 12, 2021Innovation, Research

ºÚÁÏÉçÇøResearchers Report on Progress of COVID-19 Seed Grants

More than a year into USF’s COVID-19 seed grants projects, researchers are developing new technologies and learning more about the pandemic’s impact.

July 8, 2021Global Research, Research

The Florida High Tech Corridor Matching Grants Research Program allows selected researchers to extend the scope and boundaries of their projects through partnerships and funding, helping to advance important findings that the university is working toward (ºÚÁÏÉçÇøOracle).

July 6, 2021Research, Student Research