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New Method Gives Glaucoma Researchers Control Over Eye Pressure
Neuroscientists at the University of South ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ have become the first to definitively prove pressure in the eye is sufficient to cause and explain glaucoma (ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Newsroom).
February 24, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

Variety and Consistency are Essential to Keep the Mind Healthy
A new study from the University of South ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ (ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬) finds a key piece to maintaining cognitive function throughout adulthood is to stay active and engaged in diverse activities regularly (ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Newsroom).
Conner Prochaska, David Conrad and Svetlana Shtrom discussed how researchers and innovators in private industry and academia can get their ideas to market (Catalyst).
February 17, 2020Innovation, Research

A Message to the ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Faculty: Guidance on Disclosing Foreign Relationships
The University of South ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ values its research community and recognizes the significant public benefit that comes from your scientific advances and discoveries, many of which would not be possible without our international faculty, students and staff and global collaborations. Faculty are asked to review this recent message on disclosing foreign research relationships.
February 14, 2020Global Research

ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Works with Local Community to Uncover the Legacies of Those Forgotten
As forgotten burial grounds continue to be discovered around Tampa Bay, the University of South ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ and ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) are working with local officials and community members to rediscover unmarked graves and identify those forgotten there (ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Newsroom).
February 14, 2020Research
ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Health Research Day will be take place on February 21, 2020 at the Marshall Student Center. The event features original research from the students, faculty, and staff affiliated with ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Health.
Two faculty from the ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Health Morsani College of Medicine are among five University of South ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ staff named to the 2020 class of National Academy of Inventors Senior Members (ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Health).
February 12, 2020Health, Innovation
ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ President Steven Currall was a keynote speaker at Synapse Summit 2020 on Tuesday at Amalie Arena and talked about the importance of collaborating with government officials and entrepreneurs as a university to advance the ecosystem of innovation (ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Oracle).
February 12, 2020Innovation
University of South ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ President Steven Currall believes innovation means more than venture capital firms funding ideas or startups ramping up their technology. He says innovation serves as a domino effect when it comes to job growth, patent production and ultimately growing the Tampa Bay ecosystem as a whole (Tampa Bay Business Journal).
February 11, 2020Innovation
ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬â€™s Society of Aeronautics and Rocketry (SOAR) is competing against much bigger and better-funded college programs in an epic space race for $1 million (WFTS).
February 10, 2020Innovation, Student Research
A professor at the University of South ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ may hold the key to helping slow the spread of Coronavirus. Dr. Yogi Goswami is an inventor and distinguished professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬. He created a unique technology that doesn’t just filter air, it actually kills viruses and other pathogens in the air too small for filtration (WFLA).
February 10, 2020Global Research, Health, Innovation
Synapse Summit expects to bring 6,000 people together under one roof February 11-12. Faculty, students and staff from the University of South ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ will rotate to showcase their technologies used to help the region, whether that is preserving history, helping heart patients better manage their health, or use virtual or augmented reality (Tampa Bay Business Journal).
February 7, 2020Innovation