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аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢has been awarded a grant to help establish a university-wide greenhouse gas reduction goal, align sustainability priorities while tracking carbon emissions across all three campuses and combine efforts and resources that lead to a singular vision for achieving carbon neutrality.
March 29, 2021Honors and Awards, Research and Innovation, University News
Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg discusses the future of NATO with the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢community
Following his first in-person summit with NATO foreign ministers since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg participated in a virtual summit hosted by the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Institute on Russia and the School of Interdisciplinary Studies.
March 29, 2021University News
Light pollution drives increased risk of West Nile virus
A new study from the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ is the first to provide direct evidence that light pollution is driving infectious disease patterns in nature.
March 24, 2021Research and Innovation
аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢receives $1.4 million gift to support student access to higher education
The аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ today announced a $1.4 million gift from Helios Education Foundation to benefit the Florida College Access Network, a statewide organization hosted at аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢with a mission that supports student success.
March 24, 2021University News
City of St. Petersburg selects аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢researchers to identify, make recommendations to address systemic racism
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ will assist the city of St. Petersburg in identifying structural racism and make recommendations on how to address the multi-faceted issue.
March 23, 2021University News
Florida governor appoints Dean Frazer to Environmental Regulation Commission
Governor Ron DeSantis announced this month that Tom Frazer, PhD, dean of the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢College of Marine Science, is one of four new appointees to the Florida Environmental Regulation Commission.
March 23, 2021University News
COVID-19 has taught us a lot of things. And one of the more important lessons has been the need for thorough, fast and effective disinfecting measures. A team of researchers from the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢College of Public Health’s Center for Environmental/Occupational Risk Analysis and Management set out to determine how effective commercially available chlorine dioxide gas products were in reducing COVID-19 viral loads on face masks and surfaces.
March 22, 2021Research and Innovation, аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Health
The аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢College of Public Health has seen a record increase in student applications for many of its degree programs.
March 22, 2021COVID-19, University News
About 170 senior medical students from the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Health Morsani College of Medicine were successfully matched and learned where they will spend their residency training after graduation from medical school in May.
March 22, 2021аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Health, University News
аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢student’s internship at NASA is a ‘perfect intersection of STEM and equity’
аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢senior Lisette Melendez has earned a year-long internship with NASA, assisting in its efforts to increase the diversity of its workforce and foster a more inclusive environment for its employees.
March 22, 2021Research and Innovation, Student Success
New аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Libraries collection focuses on Florida’s African American experience
Drawn from previous collections, the African American Experience in Florida (AAE) is a new, online portal that includes hundreds of artifacts that highlight the injustices that affected Black communities and businesses.
March 15, 2021University News
A textbook affordability initiative launched to reduce the costs of course materials at USF’s St. Petersburg campus has saved the student body more than $1.08 million over the past five years.
March 15, 2021University News