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The University of South °®¶¹´«Ã½â€™s College of Marine Science has been awarded a five-year, US$9 million cooperative agreement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Coast Survey to launch the Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovative Technologies (Hydro International).

November 17, 2020Research

The University of South °®¶¹´«Ã½ Sarasota-Manatee campus has published the third edition of Research: °®¶¹´«Ã½ Sarasota-Manatee Campus, an annual publication that highlights the variety and depth of faculty research being performed at the campus (Sarasota Herald-Tribune).

November 17, 2020Research

°®¶¹´«Ã½â€™s St. Petersburg campus is one of only seven higher education institutions across the nation to receive a grant through the 2020 Ford College Community Challenge. A $25,000 grant from the Ford Motor Company Fund is going towards a project that will promote food security in South St. Petersburg by producing up to 150 pounds of fresh vegetables for the community each month.

November 17, 2020Innovation

°®¶¹´«Ã½ Esports Fall Invitational Partners with Alum-led Company to Enhance Fan Experience

Top Inc., the innovative customer engagement platform founded by °®¶¹´«Ã½ alum Will Cohen, adds a new dimension to °®¶¹´«Ã½â€™s signature esports event.

November 12, 2020Entrepreneurship, Innovation

°®¶¹´«Ã½ Blue has donated $100,000 and partnered with the University of South °®¶¹´«Ã½ to aid the school's efforts to track the novel coronavirus (Tampa Bay Business Journal \ paywall).

November 12, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

°®¶¹´«Ã½ Blue Supports °®¶¹´«Ã½ Epidemiologist’s Innovative Efforts to Track COVID-19

°®¶¹´«Ã½â€™s College of Public Health is awarded $100,000 by °®¶¹´«Ã½ Blue to support Professor Edwin Michael’s research to build a better tool for fighting the pandemic.

November 9, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

Virtual characters created at °®¶¹´«Ã½ to teach emergent bilingual students English

A new research-based app developed at °®¶¹´«Ã½ will soon be accessible to K-12 students and teachers in an effort to bolster a more multilingual society (°®¶¹´«Ã½ Newsroom).

November 9, 2020Research

A new study offers insight into designing antiviral drugs against COVID-19. The study, led by researchers at °®¶¹´«Ã½ Health Morsani College of Medicine and the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, was published in Science Advances (Tunis Daily News).

November 7, 2020Health, Research

New research traces the origins of trench fever

First observed among British Expeditionary Forces in 1915, trench fever sickened an estimated 500,000 soldiers during World War I. Since then, the disease has become synonymous with the battlefield. But now, new research from an international team of scientists has uncovered evidence challenging this long-held belief (°®¶¹´«Ã½ Newsroom).

November 4, 2020Health, Research

Before she was a °®¶¹´«Ã½ College of Nursing alumna, inventor Anna Hopen was the co-founder of the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Young Innovator Competition (°®¶¹´«Ã½RI Newsroom).

November 3, 2020Innovation

Annual Conference Spotlights Life Sciences Growth and Propels Collaboration. The 2020 COVID-19 Innovation Award was presented to Dr. Yogi Goswami, the world-renowned Director of the Clean Energy Research Center at the University of South °®¶¹´«Ã½, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Inventors Hall of Fame, who has published twenty-two books and over 400 peer-reviewed scientific and technical papers on topics including indoor air quality (PR Newswire).

October 30, 2020Honors and Awards, Innovation, Research

University of South °®¶¹´«Ã½ researchers are using 3D technology to map out the historic Jackson Rooming House in Tampa, after receiving a $1 million grant from the Vinik Family Foundation (TampaBayInno).

October 27, 2020Innovation, Research