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Denise Davis-Cotton, the director of the ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Center for Partnerships in Arts Integrated Teaching (PAInT), received a $2.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to launch a professional development program for educators who teach social studies in elementary and middle schools that serve low-socioeconomic status households and communities.
October 10, 2023Innovation
ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ sees sharp rise in innovations and technology
The University of South ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ saw a sharp rise in the number of inventions and technologies submitted to the ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Tech Transfer Office—a springboard to turning ideas into global solutions and licensed products. Ranking 15th among American public research universities generating new patents, the number of new inventions, technologies and works of authorship formally disclosed by ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ researchers is up nearly 25 percent since 2019. The secret behind the rise: the implementation of new tools, the help of interns and consistent, high-level performance from ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ inventors.
October 10, 2023Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Student Research
Researchers at the University of South ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ St. Petersburg campus have received a grant across the next five years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Aging to continue ground breaking work in dementia prevention through a clinical research study called Active Mind.
September 28, 2023Research
'What Lies Beneath' exhibit showcases investigation of unmarked burial grounds in Hillsborough County
The exhibit includes mixed media sculptures, historic and modern photographs, archival documents, and maps depicting the approximate locations of newly re-discovered burial grounds in order to help convey the story of the buried past.
September 28, 2023Research
Stella and Sam: a pair of gliders on a mission
Stella and Sam are part of the ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ College of Marine Science’s fleet of oceanic gliders, the data-collecting workhorses of oceanography.
September 28, 2023Global Research, Research, Student Research
ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Professor in Electrical Engineering and VP of Research & Innovation Sylvia Wilson Thomas ranks No. 13 on list compiled by Women We Admire.
September 27, 2023Honors and Awards
ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ receives $17M federal grant to help boost railroad workforce
The University of South ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ has been awarded a $17 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement program.
September 27, 2023Research
ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ researchers secure $1.5 million federal grant to improve water quality and reduce runoff into Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of South ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ is working to protect the environment by preventing pollution from seeping into a local stormwater pond that flows into Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
September 21, 2023Innovation
Education and research combined for students aboard a five-day cruise on the ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Institute of Oceanography’s R/V Weatherbird II.
September 21, 2023Student Research
ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬â€™s success securing defense contracts prompts new partnership to broaden nation’s research expertise
ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ has become the first university in ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ and one of just a handful of universities in the nation to join a new network that connects research institutions with historically black colleges or universities (HBCUs).
September 21, 2023Research
The Rapid Experimentation Lab will help build prototypes faster to address national and global security.
September 21, 2023Innovation