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Florida Inventors Hall of Fame unveils 2025 inductees

The Florida Inventors Hall of Fame is proud to announce its 2025 Inductees: ten pioneering inventors whose groundbreaking contributions span disciplines ranging from nanotechnology and regenerative medicine to energy systems and video technologies.

May 19, 2025Honors and Awards

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵis helping bring AI to Pre-K-12 classrooms

To prepare students for an AI-driven world, ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵis helping teachers in Tampa Bay and across the country integrate AI into their classrooms.

May 16, 2025Innovation

Florida’s Coral Reef experienced significant damage during a mass bleaching event in 2023, but recovery efforts led by biologists and volunteers from The Florida Aquarium working with the Keys Marine Lab and partners are underway to restore this vital ecosystem.

May 14, 2025Research

Innovation Match: Become the founder of a ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵspinout

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵis actively recruiting founder-operators, CEOs, and entrepreneurial leaders to take the reins on real technologies that have already been vetted internally for commercial potential.

May 12, 2025Innovation

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵVice President for Research & Innovation Sylvia Wilson Thomas appointed advisory board chair of Florida Inventors Hall of Fame

Dr. Sylvia Wilson Thomas, 2024 Florida Inventors Hall of Fame inductee and Vice President for Research & Innovation at the ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵ, has been named the new Advisory Board Chair of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame.

May 9, 2025Honors and Awards

USF's Student Research Conference showcased 60+ innovative projects, highlighting the new Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence's potential impact on fields from healthcare to cybersecurity.

May 7, 2025Honors and Awards

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵHealth researchers developing probiotic cocktail that may help ward off dementia

If unhealthy viruses and bacteria can increase the risk of dementia, can scientists find the right mix of "good" bacteria to lower the risk of cognitive decline? ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵresearcher Hariom Yadav has developed a promising cocktail.

May 6, 2025Research

Could 'The Last of Us' really happen? ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵmycology expert breaks down the fungus behind the fiction

HBO’s The Last of Us might be a dystopian thrill ride, but how real is its core concept that a fungus could hijack the human brain? A ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵmicrobiology professor explains what’s fact and what’s fiction.

May 5, 2025Research

USF-headquartered Global Virus Network issues urgent call on rising threat of H5N1 bird flu

The Global Virus Network published a comprehensive analysis of the H5N1 bird flu outbreak, calling on world governments to address the threat by enhancing surveillance, implementing biosecurity measures and preparing for potential human-to-human transmission.

April 29, 2025Health

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵstudy finds opioid control policies may reduce domestic violence

The research suggests a correlation between opioid misuse and domestic violence, offering broader public health implications beyond addiction.

April 25, 2025Research

What rattlesnake venom can teach us about evolution

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵresearchers find that island snakes adapt their venom in surprising ways, offering new clues about how animals evolve in changing environments.

April 23, 2025Research

Associate professor of communication makes history as USF’s first Carnegie Fellow

A distinguished panel of jurors selected Dr. Joshua Scacco, an associate professor of communication in the ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵCollege of Arts and Sciences, for the 2025 Class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows, making him USF’s first faculty member to receive this recognition.

April 16, 2025Honors and Awards