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University of South Florida: A Preeminent Research University

Town hall to focus on disaster preparedness and recovery efforts in vulnerable neighborhoods

With hurricane season approaching, the USF Initiative on Coastal Adaptation and Resilience is working to enhance disaster preparedness, streamline recovery efforts and provide greater access to resources within such communities.

May 25, 2023Community Partnerships, Events, Research and Innovation

University of South Florida: A Preeminent Research University

USF Sailing Heads to Women’s Fleet Racing National Championships

The USF women's sailing team, based in St. Petersburg, will compete in the Intercollegiate Sailing Association National Championships this week. The USF sailing program has reached the national finals in nine of the last 10 years.

May 23, 2023Campus News, Student Life

Rachel Sanderson

Providing new insight into Florida’s earliest residents: USF doctoral student wins Fulbright to study in Spain

Rachel Sanderson is earning her doctorate in History, and her efforts to uncover and document the lives of the early Floridia’s colonial residents are being rewarded with a Fulbright U.S. Student Program Research Grant.

May 19, 2023Campus News, Research and Innovation

University of South Florida: A Preeminent Research University

New Emerging Technology Lab will allow students to explore augmented and virtual reality in the classroom

USF's College of Education wants to ensure students know how to utilize the latest technology through a new Emerging Technology Lab being developed on the St. Petersburg campus.

May 18, 2023Campus News, Research and Innovation

Tip Lab statewide repository

Governor signs bill making USF Trafficking in Persons lab state repository for human trafficking data

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill that appoints the USF Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Risk to Resilience Research Lab with collecting and analyzing statewide data to better understand the magnitude and trends in human trafficking across the state and over time.

May 17, 2023Research and Innovation

University of South Florida: A Preeminent Research University

Bulls in the Burg: USF St. Petersburg campus May 2023 community relations roundup

This community roundup series sheds light on the ways our campus hosts community activities and ways USF faculty, staff, students and administration are actively engaged in the community every day.

May 17, 2023Campus News, Community Partnerships

UMatter students celebrate graduation

First cohort of students with intellectual disabilities completes UMatter Program

Six students with intellectual disabilities became the first cohort to complete UMatter, an inclusive postsecondary education program at USF St. Petersburg that allows students to experience campus life and helps them pursue a career.

May 15, 2023Campus News, Research and Innovation

Global classroom wins partnerships award.

Global classroom collaboration with Moldova wins international partnerships award

A global classroom experience that brought together USF students with peers in Moldova to conduct joint research while an international humanitarian crisis was unfolding nearby received the inaugural International Partnerships Award from two political science associations.

May 11, 2023Community Partnerships, Research and Innovation

University of South Florida: A Preeminent Research University

Graduating student wins national prize for research into local Black cemetery and unmarked graves

A USF student’s research on unmarked graves at Lincoln Cemetery, a historical Black cemetery in St. Petersburg, was awarded the Florida Historical Society’s prize for best undergraduate paper on Florida history.

May 3, 2023Research and Innovation

Commencement profile on Blair Wood Jones

The road to graduation: A student's inspiring journey to success

Blair Wood Jones grew up in an area where getting a basic education was a challenge. But Jones persevered, becoming the salutatorian of her high school, an advocate for educational access and excelling at USF, where she is now graduating with a degree in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

May 2, 2023Campus News

Spring Commencement 2023

USF to confer more than 7,100 degrees during spring commencement ceremonies, May 5-7

The University of South Florida will award more than 7,100 degrees during spring commencement May 5-7. The group features 110 undergraduate students earning a perfect 4.0 GPA, 211 student veterans and includes graduates from 46 states and 98 nations and four U.S. territories.

May 1, 2023Campus News

University of South Florida: A Preeminent Research University

Providing real-world experience of being a scientist

The environmental field methods course at USF St. Petersburg is designed to give aspiring scientists real-world experience collecting samples in the field and analyzing data in the lab.

April 21, 2023Research and Innovation

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