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COVID-19 adds urgency to ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓÆµresearchers’ high-tech solution to nursing home care crisis
A ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓÆµinterdisciplinary team was building a predictive analytics tool to help nursing homes manage staffing shortages when the pandemic presented a new challenge.
June 16, 2020COVID-19, Research and Innovation

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓÆµ invests $20 million to promote academic progress for student success
The ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓÆµ, a national leader in student success, will make an unprecedented investment of $20 million to help students who are experiencing financial hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic remain on a path to timely graduation. The university has begun awarding the We Got U-SF Scholarship and Waiver to nearly 22,000 eligible undergraduate and graduate students to encourage full-time enrollment in the fall semester.
June 16, 2020COVID-19, University News
Community benefactors and retired businesswomen Kate Tiedemann and Ellen Cotton have donated $1 million to the ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓÆµ Foundation to create an endowed professor position at USF’s St. Petersburg campus.
June 15, 2020University News

USF's consolidation plan approved
The ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓÆµ achieved a historic milestone today as the Executive Council of our accrediting agency, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), approved our plan to consolidate our three campuses.
June 12, 2020University News

Accrediting agency approves ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓÆµ consolidation
The ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s plan to consolidate its three campuses was granted approved today by the executive council of the regional accrediting agency that oversees higher education in the southern United States.
June 12, 2020University News

Developing a wearable device to detect COVID-19 progression in at-risk patients
A new study from researchers at the ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓÆµ is shedding light on the human body’s physiological response to COVID-19, insight scientists say could help them develop an early warning system for those most at risk of severe infection.
June 12, 2020COVID-19, Research and Innovation

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓÆµappoints world-class scientist and researcher to serve as College of Marine Science dean
The ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓÆµ announced today the appointment of Thomas K. Frazer as professor and dean in the College of Marine Science - an internationally recognized hub of academic and research excellence in biological, chemical, geological and physical oceanographic sciences.
June 11, 2020University News
The ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓÆµCollege of Marine Science lies in a uniquely fantastic and dangerous position. With a beautiful waterfront campus, marine scientists have to go no further than the seawall to collect data.
June 9, 2020Research and Innovation

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓÆµmedical students create new ways to reach patients
When COVID-19 restrictions kept ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓÆµmedical students from all direct contact with patients, many refused to stay away completely. Instead, they used online tools to build new services and resources to reaffirm their commitment to the field. From making calls to check on patients, to creating multilingual resource guides for underserved communities, to creating online cooking clubs or even assisting health care workers with their own personal duties, students found ways to do what they most love – to help others.
June 5, 2020COVID-19, University News

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓÆµBoard of Trustees elects Stephanie Goforth as new vice chair
The ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓÆµ Board of Trustees unanimously selected Stephanie Goforth to serve as new vice chair during a board meeting held earlier this week. Goforth is a ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓÆµalum who also serves as chair of the St. Petersburg Campus Advisory Board.
June 4, 2020University News

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓÆµranks among academic world leaders in U.S. patent production
For eighth consecutive year, ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓÆµis in the Top 20 of innovative global institutions; Top 10 of U.S. public university patent producers.
June 2, 2020Research and Innovation
The ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s COVID-19 Rapid Response Grants program is investing in 14 additional faculty research projects that would advance new medical interventions to detect and stop infections, develop innovations in personal protective equipment, and address fear and confusion in communities particularly vulnerable to the virus.
May 29, 2020COVID-19, Research and Innovation