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Physicians, anthropologists and marine biologists start at the soil in launch of program to address nature’s impact on human health

Linking human health to the environment, a growing team of scientists is working together to enhance the impact of microbiomes in a new multifaceted venture called the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Metropolitan Food Project (MFP). The goal of the project is to address how environmental changes impact food nutrition, and in turn, human health and the risk of viral pandemics.

January 26, 2022Research and Innovation

Ten °®¶¹´«Ã½ faculty members receive national recognition as AAAS Fellows for academic research

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has named 10 University of South °®¶¹´«Ã½ researchers as new Fellows, including a College of Education associate professor who will become the university’s first Black faculty member to receive one of the world’s most prestigious honors for academic research.

January 26, 2022Honors and Awards

A new bill that aims to combat human trafficking would establish the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Risk to Resilience Lab on °®¶¹´«Ã½â€™s St. Petersburg campus as the centralized repository for anonymous human trafficking data collected from law enforcement sources across the state.

January 25, 2022University News

°®¶¹´«Ã½â€™s online graduate programs rank among the nation’s best

The University of South °®¶¹´«Ã½ delivers some of the best online graduate programs in the country, according to new rankings released today by U.S. News and World Report (U.S. News). Five of °®¶¹´«Ã½â€™s online programs rank in the top 100, including three programs in the top 50 and one in the top 15.

January 25, 2022University News

Six °®¶¹´«Ã½ faculty members recognized with Excellence in Innovation Awards

Researchers from the °®¶¹´«Ã½ College of Engineering and the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Health Morsani College of Medicine are recognized for their innovations that range from artificial intelligence that can detect and predict suicidality, to encrypting and protecting sensitive information from cloud servers, to disinfecting and recharging masks for safe multiple use.

January 24, 2022Honors and Awards

University of South °®¶¹´«Ã½ researchers release national public opinion survey findings on vote-by-mail security and election fairness

Researchers at the University of South °®¶¹´«Ã½, in collaboration with researchers at °®¶¹´«Ã½ International University, have released a second round of results from a nationwide survey. This set is aimed at measuring public opinion about several proposed electoral/voting reforms, as well as attitudes about the Electoral College.

January 20, 2022Research and Innovation

°®¶¹´«Ã½, university leadership advocate for °®¶¹´«Ã½ during Day at the Capitol in Tallahassee

Dozens of students from the University of South °®¶¹´«Ã½ are standing side by side with President Rhea Law, trustees and other university leaders in Tallahassee to advocate for the university’s priorities in the 2022 state legislative session that began last week.

January 18, 2022University News

Study finds Rwandan genocide chemically modified the DNA of victims and victims’ offspring

Scientists with the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Genomics Program Center for Global Health and Infectious Disease Research have taken a significant step in providing the people of Rwanda the scientific tools they need to help address mental health issues that stemmed from the 1994 genocides of the Tutsi ethnic group.

January 10, 2022Research and Innovation

The University of South °®¶¹´«Ã½ is seeking support from the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Legislature and the local community to advance a bold new plan for an interdisciplinary center of excellence that will harness the collective power of colleges and departments from throughout the university to address the existential challenges created by climate change, including sea level rise, high tide flooding events and other coastal hazards.

January 10, 2022Research and Innovation, University News

Reverse recycling debuts at °®¶¹´«Ã½

Reverse vending machines have been installed on campus. Funded by The Coca-Cola Company and its Tampa-based bottling partner, Coke °®¶¹´«Ã½, the sustainability initiative not only promotes recycling, but gives back to the °®¶¹´«Ã½ community.

January 6, 2022Campus Life, University News

New agreement runs through June 2028.

January 5, 2022°®¶¹´«Ã½ Athletics, University News

°®¶¹´«Ã½ welcomes new trustee, recognizes outgoing original board member

The University of South °®¶¹´«Ã½ is welcoming a new member of the Board of Trustees, Rogan Donelly, a °®¶¹´«Ã½ alumnus and Sarasota resident who is the president and chief executive officer of Tervis Tumbler Company.

December 23, 2021University News