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USF criminology ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp to provide oversight of implementation of new Tampa Police policies designed to improve community relations
The ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp is assisting the Tampa Police Department’s efforts to build strong relationships between officers and the community. The city of Tampa and USF Criminology Professor Bryanna Fox have agreed to a formal 18-month partnership following her leadership on Mayor Jane Castor’s Community Task Force on Policing.
September 2, 2020Research and Innovation, ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp News

USF supports COVID-19 research partnerships with new seed grants
The ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp will provide seed funding to 14 new research projects designed to address the medical, technological and societal issues of COVID-19. This brings the total of institutional resources invested into pandemic research to more than $1 million.
September 2, 2020COVID-19, Research and Innovation

USF hosts Gov. DeSantis for a panel discussion about COVID-19’s impact on education
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis met with USF President Steve Currall and members of his leadership team for a panel discussion on the impact COVID-19 has had on the reopening of Florida schools.
September 1, 2020COVID-19, ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp News

Despite COVID-19, ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp sustains strong enrollment and welcomes its highest-achieving freshman class
Prospective college ÅÝܽÊÓƵapps from across the United States and the world continue to take note of the ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp's growing reputation as one of the nation's top public universities and one of Florida’s three Preeminent research universities. This fall, USF welcomes its most academically accomplished incoming freshman class with an average SAT score of 1312, placing USF in the 87th percentile, and a high school GPA of 4.18.
September 1, 2020COVID-19, ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp News

USF researchers study the effectiveness of innovative pooled testing method for COVID-19
More than 300 ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp-athletes and USF Athletics staff members are participating in a feasibility study of the effectiveness of pooled testing for COVID-19, led by researchers from USF Health.
August 31, 2020COVID-19, Research and Innovation

A Patent for Humanity
Created by a team of USF engineers led by Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Daniel Yeh, human wastewater converter NEWgenerator will be recognized as a winner of the 2020 Patents for Humanity award by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
August 28, 2020Research and Innovation
A new program will provide a population of ÅÝܽÊÓƵapps who aren’t typically represented on college campuses the opportunity to experience higher education and campus life.
August 26, 2020ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp News

Welcome to the start of the fall semester
Welcome to a historic start to our fall semester at the ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp.
August 24, 2020Campus Life

Fall classes begin with new health safety measures
USF ÅÝܽÊÓƵapps, faculty and staff returning to campus this fall will be required to follow a number of safety guidelines to help reduce the spread of COVID-19.
August 21, 2020COVID-19, ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp News

In Perfect Isolation
There’s no such thing as a short expedition to Antarctica, so it was already going to be a long time away from home. But Alastair Graham, PhD, associate ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp in USF’s College of Marine Science, had done this eight times before.
August 14, 2020COVID-19, Research and Innovation
USF School of Geosciences Director Mark Rains is among group of leading water scientists who decry a new federal rule removing protection of some vital streams and wetlands.
August 13, 2020Research and Innovation
Historic and civic education are powerful tools that shape our worldview and provide insight into the understanding of current events, as well as our current socio-political climate.
August 13, 2020ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp News