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USF, TGH successfully perform world’s first recorded bloodless heart-liver transplant surgery

Transplant surgeons at ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵHealth and Tampa General Hospital have successfully performed the world’s first recorded bloodless heart-liver transplant surgery.

July 7, 2025Community Partnerships, Research and Innovation

Crying isn’t the only clue: ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵresearchers using AI to detect silent pain in newborns

Newborns in the NICU can’t tell us when they’re in pain, so a team of ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵresearchers is developing AI technology that can find out. The collaboration between medicine and engineering could change the future of neonatal care.

July 7, 2025Community Partnerships, Research and Innovation

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵSt. Petersburg was host to around 500 Pinellas County middle and high schoolers for a one-day youth conference that sparked interest in science and art fields while introducing many to the college experience.Ìý

July 3, 2025Community Partnerships

Tampa Union Station gets $6 million restoration — and ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵis driving it forward

The restoration of the historic Tampa Union Station is being shaped by ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵfrom every angle — led by School of Architecture and Community Design alumnus architect Jerel McCants, who developed his love of preservation while a student at the university, and guided by 3D scans produced by USF’s Access 3D Lab.

June 27, 2025Community Partnerships, Student Success

Children of fallen heroes prepare for college at USF, supported by Special Operations Warrior Foundation

The ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵ is hosting nearly 30 high school students who’ve lost a military parent in the line of duty to explore the college application process — all while forming bonds with peers who have experienced similar loss.

June 24, 2025Community Partnerships

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵHealth brings critical emergency medicine training to rural communities

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵHealth faculty and simulation experts brought immersive simulation training directly to health providers in rural areas in Florida and Georgia as part of the CAMLS Without Walls initiative, addressing barriers to continuing medical education.

June 17, 2025Community Partnerships, Research and Innovation, ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵHealth

From orange groves to alma mater: ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵand Temple Terrace's shared history

Temple Terrace turned 100 years old on May 28. As ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵapproaches its 70th anniversary, the two neighbors are more connected than ever, with shared projects, planning efforts and a vision for what the future holds.

May 28, 2025Community Partnerships

The successful partnership between the ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵMuma College of Business and Tampa Bay Wave is helping establish the region as a thriving hub for financial technology – attracting startup founders from across the nation who have generated millions in revenue while creating hundreds of jobs.

May 21, 2025Community Partnerships

Spies, robots and dorm life: ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵset to welcome record number of summer campers

USF’s record-breaking lineup of 56 week-long educational summer camps provides hands-on experiences in robotics, culinary arts, archaeology, LEGO engineering, Esports, filmmaking, hospitality and emergency response.

May 19, 2025Community Partnerships

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵsiblings bring TEDx back to Tampa, inspire with ‘Lift As You Climb’ theme

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵsiblings Harikrishna and Krishna Patel curated a TEDx Talk at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa. Their effort, shaped in part by unexpected leadership roles on a global stage, received support from a team of 50, half of whom were ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵstudents and alumni.

May 5, 2025Community Partnerships, Student Success, ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵin the News

At the height of the pandemic, two programs launched to connect people across generations. Five years later, Health Buddies and TelePals have connected hundreds of older adults with ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵstudents, reducing loneliness and increasing access to health information.

April 29, 2025Community Partnerships

A new partnership between ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵand the city of St. Petersburg will bring an industrial-sized composter to campus, with the goal of reducing tons of food waste from landfills and creating compost for community gardens and urban farms.

April 21, 2025Community Partnerships