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USF researchers explore why childhood and adolescent suicides are a serious threat in Florida

Suicide is a leading cause of death among 10- to 14-year-olds in Florida. That’s one of several areas of focus in a study led by the ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp (USF).

February 22, 2022Research

Synapse Summit 2022 was held at Amalie Arena on February 17, 2022. Our Tampa Bay Technology Incubator and Student Innovation Incubator companies showcased their current innovations and future technologies set to undertake the market.

February 21, 2022Innovation

Researchers at the ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp are playing a role in helping sex-trafficking victims through a court program that offers housing, job training, counseling and other services. The researchers’ work could become a model for similar programs around the country.

February 21, 2022Research

One of the highlights was a panel featuring three state university presidents: Rhea Law of the ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp, Kent Fuchs of the ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp of Florida and Alexander Cartwright of the ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp of Central Florida. The three discussed their schools’ roles in fostering Florida’s talent pipeline.

February 18, 2022Innovation

The group is working with Selah Freedom to study a court diversion program for survivors of human trafficking and exploitation.

February 17, 2022Research

Two researchers from the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine have received Florida Department of Health (FDOH) grants to help advance discoveries in Alzheimer’s disease and in tobacco-related heart disease.

February 16, 2022Health, Research

The U.S. military is looking for help with cyber attacks, so defense commanders are tapping the best minds on the latest cybersecurity research at local universities, including Cyber Florida at the ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp.

February 16, 2022Research

ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp researchers discover 45 unmarked cemeteries throughout Tampa Bay

USF forensic anthropologists presented their findings of a two-year study commissioned by the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners to identify the locations of unmarked cemeteries on county property.

February 16, 2022Research

USF researchers have published a study that shows religiously observant people coped better with periods of isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic because of a sense of belonging derived from their religious belief.

February 15, 2022Research

USF leads the nation with six faculty elected Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors

Faculty from the College of Engineering, Morsani College of Medicine and College of The Arts are the new honorees from USF.

February 11, 2022Honors and Awards

Florida USF alum Israel Morejon (2020), Dr. Jean-François Rossignol (2020), and Dr. Norma Alcantar (2021) were inducted into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame.

February 11, 2022Honors and Awards, Innovation

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named two USF Health Morsani College of Medicine faculty members — Loree Heller, PhD, and Juan Sanchez-Ramos, PhD, MD — to its new class of Senior Members.

February 11, 2022Honors and Awards, Innovation