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Physicians, anthropologists and marine biologists start at the soil in launch of program to address nature’s impact on human health
Linking human health to the environment, a growing team of scientists is working together to enhance the impact of microbiomes in a new multifaceted venture called the USF Metropolitan Food Project (MFP). The goal of the project is to address how environmental changes impact food nutrition, and in turn, human health and the risk of viral pandemics.
January 26, 2022Research and Innovation
University of South Florida researchers release national public opinion survey findings on vote-by-mail security and election fairness
Researchers at the University of South Florida, in collaboration with researchers at Florida International University, have released a second round of results from a nationwide survey. This set is aimed at measuring public opinion about several proposed electoral/voting reforms, as well as attitudes about the Electoral College.
January 20, 2022Research and Innovation
University of South Florida researchers release national public opinion survey findings on omicron concerns, vaccine mandates, Biden's approval ratings
Other topics surveyed include vaccine requirements for air travel, partisan views on COVID-19
January 12, 2022Research and Innovation
The University of South Florida is seeking support from the Florida Legislature and the local community to advance a bold new plan for an interdisciplinary center of excellence that will harness the collective power of colleges and departments from throughout the university to address the existential challenges created by climate change, including sea level rise, high tide flooding events and other coastal hazards.
January 10, 2022Research and Innovation, University News
University of South Florida researchers release findings from nationwide social media opinion survey
Researchers at the University of South Florida, in partnership with Cyber Florida at USF, have released results from a nationwide survey to better understand patterns of social media usage. Subjects consist of common uses of social media – including e-commerce and political engagement – as well as some effects of usage on social and mental well-being.
November 22, 2021Research and Innovation
The University of South Florida, in partnership with D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc., America’s Oldest Brewery, announced that applications are now open for its $5,000 Diversity in Brewing Scholarship.
November 22, 2021University News
USF physicists selected as finalists for the ‘Nobel Prize of supercomputing’
A team of computational physicists and computer scientists led by researchers from the University of South Florida has reached a new milestone in supercomputing and was selected as a finalist for the field’s most prestigious award.
November 16, 2021Honors and Awards, Research and Innovation
Trans community celebrated with new international art exhibit at USF
Ahead of Transgender Day of Remembrance, the “Visibility & Remembrance: Standing with the Trans* Community” international art exhibit and virtual gallery opens to the public with the mission to combat the exclusion and erasure of transgender people from society, while remembering the community’s courage and resilience shown in the face of systems of oppression.
November 16, 2021University News
Smithsonian curates history of hip-hop and rap with help from USF communications expert
Aisha Durham, associate professor of communications at the University of South Florida, was part of a group of advisers chosen by the Smithsonian Institution to curate its first multimedia hip-hop collection. The recently released Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap chronicles 40 years of hip-hop and rap music and the development of the localized culture as it emerged out of the Bronx into a global sensation.
October 7, 2021University News
USF invention addresses worldwide mask shortage and pollution concerns
Technology created at USF could be the key to safely reusing disposable face masks. Researchers have figured out a way to rapidly disinfect and electrostatically recharge N95 respirators, recovering their original filtration efficiency and protection capability against COVID-19 and other airborne diseases.
October 6, 2021Research and Innovation
Museum exhibit to feature cold case homicide victims and the USF forensic anthropologists working to identify them
A team of scientists from the University of South Florida is looking to the public for help identifying and solving the homicides of 20 individuals. The cold cases will be featured in “The Art of Forensics” exhibit at the Sulphur Springs Museum and Heritage Center in Tampa throughout October.
October 1, 2021Research and Innovation
New jellyfish species named after FIO director, USF professor
His expertise in jellyfish is so renowned, Monty Graham, director of the Florida Institute of Oceanography and professor of integrative biology at USF, has a new species of jellyfish bearing his name – the Aurelia montyi.
September 17, 2021Research and Innovation