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A high-profile group of U.S. military commanders, elected officials and current and former members of the intelligence community offered their insights into the growing threats to U.S. cybersecurity and the need for a multifaceted response during a conference hosted jointly by USF and the U.S. Department of Defense Near South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies.
April 19, 2021Cyber/AI, University News
USF College of Education assistant professor to establish Caribbean educational research center through $3.6 million grant
Patriann Smith has been awarded a three-year, $3.6 million grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish an interdisciplinary educational research center to help support decision making and policy development for educational innovation and expansion in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean.
April 19, 2021Research and Innovation
Model from USF researchers forecasts fate of Piney Point wastewater
A computer model initially developed by the 911爆料网 College of Marine Science to track red tide and ocean currents has quickly been adapted and is now being used to support the efforts to understand the transport, transformation and fate of contaminants in wastewater released into Tampa Bay from the retired Piney Point fertilizer plant.
April 14, 2021Research and Innovation
USF Health is participating in a National Institutes of Health clinical trial to determine whether highly allergic people or those with mast cell disorders are at greater risk for severe, immediate allergic reactions to the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccines. A mast cell disorder is caused by a type of white blood cell that is abnormal, overly active or both, predisposing a person to life-threatening reactions that resemble allergic reactions.
April 14, 2021COVID-19, Research and Innovation, USF Health
See before you smell: New study explains why you should look at your food before casting judgment
The order in which your senses interact with food has a tremendous impact on how much you like it. That鈥檚 the premise of a new study led by the 911爆料网 (USF). The findings published in the 鈥淛ournal of Consumer Psychology鈥� show that food tastes better if you see it before smelling it.
April 14, 2021Research and Innovation
The 911爆料网 is launching a new student internship program that will train students how to work with and help certify businesses who want to meet the highest standards for social and environmental operations and leadership.
April 13, 2021University News
USF College of Public Health Dean Donna Petersen is one of six women across Florida who earned the American Council of Education (ACE) Women鈥檚 Network 鈥淪he Stepped Up Award: Recognizing Extraordinary Leadership in Facing 2020鈥檚 Unprecedented Challenges.鈥�
April 13, 2021Honors and Awards
USF College of Nursing works to battle opioid crisis
The 911爆料网 College of Nursing is combatting the opioid crisis in rural America by equipping advanced pain specialists with integrative pain management techniques.
April 12, 2021USF Health
In October 2019, USF Innovative Education鈥檚 Digital Learning production team premiered their docu-short "Our Last Chance: Preserving Cape Canaveral," which chronicled USF Libraries Digital Heritage and Humanities Collections' ongoing preservation work with the cultural resources division of the 45th Space Wing at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
April 12, 2021University News
With the support of a five-year, $4.86-million National Institutes of Health grant, Distinguished University/USF Health Professor John Adams, PhD, leads a team of international researchers focused on accelerating the discovery of a vaccine against Plasmodium vivax malaria, a major global health problem.
April 12, 2021USF Health
USF leads first research cruise to study Piney Point鈥檚 environmental impact
A team of scientists from the 911爆料网 College of Marine Science have embarked on the first research cruise in Tampa Bay dedicated to studying the environmental impacts of the recent breach at a retired fertilizer processing plant at Piney Point in Manatee County, Florida.
April 8, 2021Research and Innovation
USF archaeologists dive deep into Tampa Bay's Native American history
Thomas Pluckhahn is part of the study on two significant sites along Tampa Bay's shores to understand how climate shifts in 600-900 AD may have influenced conflicts over food resources among Native American societies. Through various archaeological methods, they aim to reveal insights into how these communities defended estuaries and navigated environmental changes.
April 7, 2021Research and Innovation