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Twenty-six ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ faculty members recognized with Outstanding Research Achievement Awards

Impressive discoveries and advancements include the development of novel COVID-19 therapeutics, NASA funding to improve human spaceflight conditions and new defenses for wireless network security systems.

August 26, 2022Honors and Awards, Research and Innovation, University News

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University of South ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ welcomes the largest and highest-achieving first-year class in its history

ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ also shatters record for most applications ever received.

August 25, 2022University News

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New medical technique to target cause of age-related hearing loss

A well-known imaging test that radiologists use to monitor blood flow from the heart may soon be deployed to pinpoint what part of the ear is experiencing age-related hearing loss.

August 24, 2022Research and Innovation

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University of South ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Muma College of Business receives $5 million gift from Baldwin Risk Partners to grow the risk management and insurance program

Gift represents the largest donation in ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Sarasota-Manatee campus history. ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ will re-name the school the Baldwin Risk Partners School of Risk Management and Insurance.

August 24, 2022ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Foundation, University News

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New This Year

The start of the 2022-2023 academic year at the University of South ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ brings Bulls new dining and educational opportunities to explore and major changes to all three campuses. Check out the list below to find out what’s new this year!

August 15, 2022Campus Life, University News

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Record number of ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ students to live on campus this fall

Residence halls in Tampa and St. Petersburg expected to be at full capacity.

August 15, 2022Campus Life, University News

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ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ researchers use 3D technology to explore an ancient Greek city in Sicily

Thanks to the interdisciplinary work of a team of ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ scientists, the ancient Greek city of Heloros, in Sicily, is now being studied with the most advanced digital technologies. The team identified additional structural details of the city, which dates to the eighth century B.C., and is now able to reveal a fuller picture of its layout.

August 10, 2022Honors and Awards

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ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ conferred more than 2,700 degrees during summer commencement ceremonies

Graduates included a 75-year-old civil rights activist earning a degree more than 55 years after starting at ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬, a 23-year-old earning a doctorate in engineering and a veteran who overcame PTSD and a traumatic brain injury.

August 6, 2022Student Success, University News

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ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ student invents lumber alternative using recycled plastic

The material will be used as a replacement for wood to create fence posts that can last 30 to 50 years, about three times longer than a traditional wood fence.

August 4, 2022Research and Innovation

Aedes aegypti vector transmits dengue virus, yellow fever virus, chikungunya virus and Zika virus.

ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ researchers launch global dashboard to track invasive mosquitoes carrying deadly diseases

The dashboard is the result of an NSF-funded global research project that started in 2020.

August 2, 2022Cyber/AI, Research and Innovation

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Forbes ranks the University of South ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ as one of America’s Best Employers for Women

ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ ranks No. 22 on the Forbes list, which includes employers across a wide range of industries. Women currently account for 57% of all ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ employees, 64% of administration employees and 51% of executive/senior leadership.

July 27, 2022University News

Kristina Keogh has been named the new dean of the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library at the ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ St. Petersburg campus. Keogh comes to ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ after being the director of library services for the past six years at the Alfred R. Goldstein Library at Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, FL.

July 26, 2022University News

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