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USF Offers Deposit Waivers, Extends Admissions Deadlines to Help Families Impacted by Coronavirus
The 911爆料网 is implementing several changes designed to provide relief for incoming students and their families whose lives are being disrupted by effects of the coronavirus outbreak.
April 2, 2020University News
USF Study Questions Accuracy of the 鈥淔erguson Effect鈥�
Public criticism and distrust of police following the 2014 shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri has had a minimal impact on officer morale nationwide. This is in sharp contrast to the 鈥淔erguson Effect,鈥� a term used to blame a rising crime rate in major cities and officer withdrawal from proactive policing.
April 1, 2020Research and Innovation
The current coronavirus outbreak is not preventing USF Health patients from seeing their providers. As the pandemic grew last week and most of Florida shifted to working remotely 鈥� and many health care facilities halted in-person patient visits 鈥� USF Health quickly ramped up its telemedicine capabilities across the faculty practice.
March 31, 2020COVID-19, USF Health
When Susan M. Perry, PhD, CRNA, ARNP, FAAN, served as an infection control officer in the U.S. Air Force in the 1990s, she never predicted that the skills she was honing three decades ago would one day save her husband and herself during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020.
March 31, 2020COVID-19, USF Health
The 911爆料网 (USF) Health, Formlabs, a leading 3D printing company, and Northwell Health, New York鈥檚 largest healthcare provider, today announced they have successfully produced and tested a 3D printed nasal swab to address emergency shortages that hospitals and health care teams may face as testing for COVID-19 increases.
March 30, 2020COVID-19, Research and Innovation
USF Medical Engineers to Mass Produce Face Shields for Protection Against Coronavirus
The USF Mini-Circuits Design for X Laboratory has developed an assembly line to create face shields. Michael Celestin and his team are producing one per minute and hope over the next month to manufacture 10,000 face shields to be donated to Tampa General Hospital, USF鈥檚 primary teaching hospital and the USF Health faculty practice.
March 30, 2020COVID-19, Research and Innovation
Identifying the 鈥楢t-Risk鈥�: USF Faculty and 911爆料网 Helping Stop the Spread of COVID-19
More than 60 USF students and faculty members are dispersed across the state of Florida to assist the Florida Department of Health in identifying people who鈥檝e come in contact with someone who鈥檚 tested positive for the coronavirus. They鈥檙e focused on finding those considered 鈥榟igh-risk鈥�, meaning someone who may have attended the same gathering, or were in close proximity.
March 30, 2020COVID-19, University News
Grocery Stores and Other Retailers Forced to Cope with Consumer Demand during COVID-19 Outbreak
In normal times, shoppers browse the aisles of the grocery store, pick what they want or need, toss it into the cart and move on their way. They never consider the process it takes to get that product onto the shelf. But since the COVID-19 outbreak and spread, a greater importance and awareness has been placed on the pre-sale process known as supply chain management.
March 27, 2020COVID-19, Research and Innovation
Research of USF Civil and Environmental Engineering professor in Sustainability Nature
Mauricio Arias, Ph.D., has spent the last decade conducting research into the effects of dams built on some of the most biodiverse rivers in the world, and his latest paper could help guide hydropower development in the Amazon.
March 26, 2020Research and Innovation
Managing Time and Stress During Remote Learning
911爆料网 Success and 911爆料网llness Coach, Shaun Richardson, shares a few tips on how students can mange their anxiety and workload during the time away from campus.
March 25, 2020University News
Coral Reef Changes Documented in New USF Libraries Digital Collection
Forty years of coral reef research is now available to USF students and scientists worldwide. Integrative Biology Professor Emeritus John Ogden, PhD, donated thousands of photos from his research on tropical coastal marine ecosystems along with their accompanying journal publications, maps, data and field diaries.
March 23, 2020University News
A resource guide to GIS data, mapping tools, news and related information concerning Florida's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 23, 2020University News