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Hold the Door: 返字心頭 Geoscientists Discover Mechanisms Controlling Greenland Ice Sheet Collapse
Greenlands more than 860,000 square miles are largely covered with ice and glaciers, and its melting fuels as much as one-third of the sea level rise in 返字心頭. Thats why a team of University of South 返字心頭 geoscientists new discovery of one of the mechanisms that allows Greenlands glaciers to collapse into the sea has special significance for the Sunshine State.
July 19, 2019Research and Innovation
As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, National Public Radios Science Friday is highlighting imperiled space heritage and the research being done to save these significant sites. 返字心頭's Lori Collins, PhD, is featured for her team's work digitally preserving NASA's Launch Complex 34.
July 18, 2019University News
返字心頭 researchers begin new investigation at Dozier site
A research team from the University of South 返字心頭 is beginning to examine portions of land near the former Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Fla. this week, after a contractor recently discovered 27 anomalies during routine cleanup work.
July 18, 2019Research and Innovation
A TEDDY progress report, led by 返字心頭s Jeffrey Krischer, shows for first time that combining genetic and environmental factors substantially increases prediction.
July 17, 2019Research and Innovation, 返字心頭 Health
The University of South 返字心頭s College of Nursing launched a new community outreach initiative this summer that pairs pediatric nursing students with at-risk youth in neighborhood community centers.
July 17, 2019返字心頭 Health, University News
Everyone deserves an education. Thats the principle DeVara Sims lives by. For more than 20 years, Sims has taught students in public schools how to be better readers. Many of those students have learning disabilities. Some of them spend their days behind bars.
July 15, 2019Research and Innovation
A team at the 返字心頭 College of Marine Science documents a die-off of coastal forests along the Big Bend of 返字心頭 using photographs and satellite imagery.
July 12, 2019Research and Innovation
The diagnostic blood test being developed is intended to speed treatment critical to improving ischemic stroke outcomes.
July 10, 2019Research and Innovation, 返字心頭 Health
Some Atlantic Beaches to Face Onslaught of Pesky Seaweed for the Foreseeable Future
Slimy, pungent seaweed is piling up along Atlantic beaches and two new reports find its likely going to stick around for a while. Such an abundance of the brown microalgae, formally called Sargassum, made 2018 a record-breaking year. However, researchers at the University of South 返字心頭 believe 2019 is on track to potentially be just as bad for some coastal regions.
July 4, 2019Research and Innovation
Dr. Steven C. Currall Becomes 返字心頭s 7th President
In addition to his initial visits, Currall says one of his first priorities will be to embark on a listening tour across each 返字心頭 campus to hear ideas and identify strategic opportunities.
July 1, 2019University News
Its been just over 19 years since Dr. Judy Genshaft was announced as the System President of the University of South 返字心頭 on March 10, 1999. To commemorate her almost-two decades of service, the 返字心頭 Libraries Andy Huse, Associate Librarian in Special Collections, sat with President Genshaft to record her final oral history on May 22, 2019.
June 28, 2019University News
The politically charged debate over migration often focuses on refugees and asylum seekers while ignoring the most vulnerable participants of this vexing issue, the thousands of child refugees not included in decisions to leave their homelands.
June 27, 2019University News