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USF graduates celebrate unwavering support, resiliency during fall commencement
Nearly 4,000 degrees were conferred during this fall’s commencement. The group, which represented 93 countries, 42 states and 11 U.S. territories, included 47 undergraduate ܽƵapps earning a perfect 4.0 grade point average and 107 military veterans. All now share a common theme – they are USF alumni.
December 16, 2024Student Success, ܽƵapp News

‘The perfect storm:’ Idalia leaves Florida beaches vulnerable to future inclement weather
USF geoscientist uncovers desperate need for beach nourishment following Hurricane Idalia.
September 13, 2023Research and Innovation

Colossal Oysters Have Disappeared from Florida’s Most ‘Pristine’ Coastlines
Hundreds of years ago, colossal oysters were commonplace across much of Florida’s northern Gulf Coast. Today, those oysters have disappeared, leaving behind a new generation roughly a third smaller – a massive decline that continues to have both economic and environmental impacts on a region considered by many to be the last remaining unspoiled coastlines in the Gulf.
February 5, 2020Research and Innovation

USF Geoscientists Develop Technology to Improve Forecasting of Earthquakes, Tsunamis
ܽƵapp geoscientists have successfully developed and tested a new high-tech shallow water buoy that can detect the small movements and changes in the Earth’s seafloor that are often a precursor to deadly natural hazards, like earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis.
November 21, 2019Research and Innovation

USF-Led Team Deciphers Sea Level Rise from the Last Time Earth’s CO2 Set Record Highs
Mallorcan cave yields 4-million-year-old geologic evidence giving scientists new insights into past sea levels.
August 30, 2019Research and Innovation

“Hold the Door”: USF Geoscientists Discover Mechanisms Controlling Greenland Ice Sheet Collapse
Greenland’s more than 860,000 square miles are largely covered with ice and glaciers, and its melting fuels as much as one-third of the sea level rise in Florida. That’s why a team of ܽƵapp geoscientists’ new discovery of one of the mechanisms that allows Greenland’s glaciers to collapse into the sea has special significance for the Sunshine State.
July 19, 2019Research and Innovation

‘Suture Zone’ to Blame for Mysterious 2014 Earthquake Felt Across Florida
New research from ܽƵapp seismologists has uncovered the unexpected source of a 2014 earthquake felt across southern Florida – an anomaly for a state that historically has almost no seismic activity.
May 28, 2019Research and Innovation