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Yash Patel

His interest in accounting was born as a high schooler helping his grandmother run her Clearwater motel. Yash Patel then started a vending machine business that funded his education, gaining real-world experience along the way.

August 4, 2025Student Success

USF’s online MBA breaks into Princeton Review top 10

The program is among the best in the country, climbing to No. 10 overall, rising seven spots from last year. ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵalso secured the top spot in Florida, according to the 2025 rankings.

July 31, 2025Student Success

How AI is revolutionizing travel planning

Artificial intelligence is transforming how people plan travel with personalized, instant itineraries that once took hours to build.

July 31, 2025Research and Innovation

Tourism, sport and entertainment programs merge to form ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵSchool of Hospitality and Sport Management

Launching in fall 2025, the merged school will give students on all three campuses more career pathways and a global perspective on the interconnectedness of hospitality, tourism, sport and entertainment.

July 30, 2025Student Success

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵHealth specialties shine in new rankings, Tampa General named top hospital in Tampa Bay

Tampa General Hospital has been ranked the No. 1 hospital in Tampa Bay for the 10th consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report in its 2025-2026 Best Hospitals rankings. TGH also earned national Top 50 recognition in six specialties – all led or co-led by ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵHealth faculty – including OB-GYN, which rose to No. 5 in the nation and remains Florida’s top-ranked program.

July 29, 2025¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵHealth

How a ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵstudent’s personal battle with dengue helped develop mosquito-fighting AI

Farhat Azam is using artificial intelligence to help fight mosquito-borne illnesses. As a doctoral student at USF, she is helping develop a smart mosquito trap that can identify disease-carrying species and alert health officials in real time. Her work aims to protect communities from future outbreaks and save lives.

July 28, 2025Cyber/AI, Research and Innovation, Student Success

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵdoctoral student, Army veteran named 2025 Tillman Scholar

U.S. Army veteran Nathaniel Hays, a ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵ doctoral student in cellular and molecular biology, has been named a 2025 Tillman Scholar by the Pat Tillman Foundation. Selected from more than 1,700 applicants, Hays is pursuing cancer research inspired by a family history of the disease.

July 28, 2025Student Success

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵBellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing hosts inaugural summer research program ahead of fall launch

College students spent the summer at the ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵ’s Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing as part of the inaugural ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵBridge Coalition Program, a new initiative designed to expand research opportunities for undergraduate students from emerging research institutions.

July 25, 2025Research and Innovation, Student Success

Study finds ‘pressure point’ in the Gulf could drive hurricane strength

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵresearchers have identified how the absence of a strong current at a critical location in the Gulf led to unusually high subsurface sea temperatures and influenced the rapid intensification of Hurricane Ian.

July 24, 2025Research and Innovation

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵto advance autonomous vehicle technology research

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵhas launched a new academic partnership with COAST Autonomous, helping accelerate research in self-driving vehicle technology and expand workforce training opportunities for the next generation of engineers.

July 23, 2025Research and Innovation, Student Success

Imaging the impossible: ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵresearcher pushing boundaries of what we can see

With support from NSF and DARPA, ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵresearcher John Murray-Bruce is developing new mathematical tools to improve how machines "see" in challenging conditions. The research will lay the foundation for imaging systems that don’t just see better, they see the unseen.

July 22, 2025Research and Innovation

The ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵ set new fundraising records for the fourth straight year in the fiscal year, receiving more than $184 million in philanthropic support from more than 59,700 donors – both all-time highs for the university.

July 22, 2025¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵFoundation