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USF-led geosciences team discovers Ancestral Puebloans survived from ice melt in New Mexico lava tubes

A lava tube in the El Malpais National Monument yields centuries-old insights of survival in the face of harsh climate change.

November 18, 2020Research and Innovation

USF forensic anthropologist leads renewed effort to help solve Hillsborough County cold case homicides

Erin Kimmerle, associate professor of forensic anthropology and executive director of the Florida Institute for Forensic Anthropology and Applied Science at USF, is collaborating with the Hillsborough County Sheriff and Medical Examiner’s offices to help solve several cold case homicides.

November 17, 2020University News

Eta Updates

USF is closely monitoring Tropical Storm Eta and the impacts to our region. At this time, there are no changes to class schedules. Information about changes to normal business operations is available here.

November 11, 2020University News

Florida Blue supports USF epidemiologist’s innovative efforts to track COVID-19

²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ College of Public Health Professor Edwin Michael’s arrival on campus coincided with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, giving an innovative system he’d built to track and predict disease outbreaks its debut amid a global crisis with severe statewide implications.

November 9, 2020COVID-19, Research and Innovation

Preschool for Creative Learning receives $1.3 million grant to support USF student parents

The ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s Preschool for Creative Learning received a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to provide financial assistance and other resources to USF students who are parents of preschool-aged children.

November 9, 2020University News

Virtual characters created at USF to teach emergent bilingual students English

A new research-based app developed at USF will soon be accessible to K-12 students and teachers in an effort to bolster a more multilingual society.

November 9, 2020Research and Innovation

USF students adapt to produce television news broadcasts from home

USF students enrolled in the Florida Focus broadcast news class hoped to spend this fall producing daily news segments in the university’s on-campus studio, but COVID-19 changed those plans. Instead, they’ve been reporting from makeshift mini studios in their homes as they prepare to enter the workforce.

November 6, 2020COVID-19, Research and Innovation

New research traces the origins of trench fever

First observed among British Expeditionary Forces in 1915, trench fever sickened an estimated 500,000 soldiers during World War I. Since then, the disease has become synonymous with the battlefield. But now, new research from an international team of scientists has uncovered evidence challenging this long-held belief.

November 4, 2020Research and Innovation

New Florida Institute of Oceanography director selected

The ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ announced today the appointment of William Montrose Graham as the new director of the Florida Institute of Oceanography. Hosted by USF, FIO serves as the state of Florida's hub of oceanographic research and coastal stewardship and as an education and research resource for schools across the State University System.

November 2, 2020University News

USF researchers release social media findings from statewide 2020 presidential election survey

Researchers with the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ have released the results from a statewide survey that measures Floridians’ use of Facebook to engage with the presidential election, as well as their attitudes regarding the political information they encounter online.

October 27, 2020Research and Innovation

High-profile homicide trial showcases evidence recreated at USF

The digital reconstructions of three human skulls created at the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ are being used as evidence in a high-profile murder trial in California.

October 26, 2020Research and Innovation

The ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ welcomed Lisa Carlton, Diana Michel and Ernie Withers to the Sarasota-Manatee Campus Advisory Board during its fall meeting on Wednesday. Board member Dr. Anila Jain, a distinguished alumna and longtime USF supporter, also began a new four-year term.

October 23, 2020University News