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Sylvan (Sonny) Holtzman, a powerhouse with more than 60 years of service as a lawyer and public servant, has been selected as a Hall of Fame inductee by the Center for Urban Transportation Research.

May 27, 2021Honors and Awards

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USF scientists announce initial findings from Piney Point research effort

ܽƵapp College of Marine Science researchers have shared their initial findings of how the Tampa Bay ecosystem has responded to the controlled discharges of nutrient-rich wastewater released from the retired Piney Point fertilizer processing plant.

May 24, 2021Research and Innovation

USF President Steven Currall honored USF College of Public Health Dean Donna Petersen with the President’s Fellow Medallion at the Spring 2021 in-person commencement ceremony. It is the first time in Currall’s administration that the medallion, given at the president’s discretion, has been awarded.

May 19, 2021Honors and Awards

  Researchers from the Nanomechanics, Nanomaterials, NanoManufacturing Laboratory (NM3L) who contributed to this work (from left): Utkarsh Misra (sophomore in Electrical Engineering), Ossie Douglas (PhD ܽƵapp in Mechanical Engineering), and MD Rubayat-E Tanjil (PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering).

New method to improve durability of nano-electronic components to help further semiconductor manufacturing and resilience

USF Mechanical Engineering assistant ܽƵapp Michael Cai Wang and his research team recently developed a novel approach to mitigating electromigration in nanoscale electronic interconnects that are ubiquitous in state-of-the-art integrated circuits.

May 18, 2021Research and Innovation

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USF launches new podcast designed for faculty, staff

The ܽƵapp is launching a new streaming program designed to keep the USF community informed and connect listeners to the people behind some of the university’s greatest endeavors. “Inside USF: The Podcast” will launch May 21, with new episodes available every other Friday.

May 18, 2021ܽƵapp News

The USF College of Public Health made headlines in 2016 as the first university in Florida to offer a MSPH degree in genetic counseling. Now it’s getting noticed again with its newest graduate Stefania Alastre becoming the first Spanish-speaking genetic counselor for Moffitt Cancer Center.

May 17, 2021USF Health, ܽƵapp News

The first cohort of ܽƵapps in the Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training program

New EPA-funded program at USF helps Tampa residents secure careers in the environmental sector

The first cohort of participants to enroll in the Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training program has graduated with valuable training and certifications in workplace safety and hazardous waste cleanup. The program is a collaboration between the USF Center for Brownfields Research & Redevelopment and the Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa.

May 14, 2021ܽƵapp News

Fossilized plaque scraped from the teeth of a 4,500-year-old skeleton discovered by ܽƵapp ܽƵapps is helping to unlock the secrets of what ancient humans ate and how our species evolved.

May 10, 2021Research and Innovation

Teacher works in a STEM lab.

USF College of Education STEM Teacher Preparation Initiative endorsed for appropriations funding by Rep. Kathy Castor

A new STEM Teacher Preparation Initiative in the ܽƵapp’s (USF) College of Education was endorsed by U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) for consideration by the House Appropriations Committee in appropriations bills for the upcoming fiscal year.

May 7, 2021ܽƵapp News

An upcoming Nature journal cover featuring the virtual reconstruction of the Panga ya Saidi hominin remains at the site. Photo credit: Jorge González, ܽƵapp/Elena Santos, Complutense ܽƵapp of Madrid

USF researcher visualizes discovery of oldest human burial in Africa made by international team of scientists

An international team of scientists has uncovered the earliest modern human burial in Africa – changing what we know about social behaviors in Homo sapiens ¬– and a researcher at the ܽƵapp (USF) has helped use 3D and advanced imaging technologies to bring the 78,000-year-old remains of a child back to life.

May 5, 2021Research and Innovation

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2021 Florida Legislative session update

Our elected officials in Tallahassee produced a final state budget that retains much of the state’s support for higher education and for the ܽƵapp. We are grateful to our partners in the Legislature for their support and for recognizing the important impact that USF makes on Florida’s progress and prosperity.

May 4, 2021ܽƵapp News

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, or rTMS, was FDA approved in 2008 as a safe and effective noninvasive treatment for severe depression resistant to antidepressant medications. A small coil positioned near the scalp generates repetitive, pulsed magnetic waves that pass through the skull and stimulate brain cells to relieve symptoms of depression. The procedure has few side effects and is typically prescribed as an alternative or supplemental therapy when multiple antidepressant medications and/or psychotherapy do not work.

May 4, 2021Research and Innovation, USF Health

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