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A multisite clinical trial, led by аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Health and Tampa General Hospital, provides the first evidence that both devices are comparable for accurate detection of COVID-19 infection (EurekAlert!).

September 25, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

In this new video-short from The National Academy of Inventors we hear from the inventor behind Molekule, named one of TIME magazine's Best Inventions (PR Newswire).

September 24, 2020Innovation

The university has infused $582 million in Florida through its Research Park in the last year (Tampa Bay Business Journal / paywall).

September 23, 2020Innovation, Research

The National Science Foundation awarded a аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ professor a Rapid Response grant to study evacuation behaviors during a global pandemic. аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Geosciences Professor Jennifer Collins will use the grant to investigate if people impacted by mandatory hurricane evacuations are choosing to ignore them and shelter in place, making the decision based on health concerns (Florida Politics).

September 21, 2020Research

New Ranking: аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢is 13th Among Large Universities in Innovation Impact Productivity

Report from the Bush Institute and Opus Faveo comes as аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢posts record technology transfer numbers for 2019-20 and works to address COVID-19 challenges.

September 21, 2020Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Research

Study investigates hurricane evacuations in the era of COVID-19

The 2020 hurricane season is breaking records with 23 named storms, and more are projected to develop over the next few weeks. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts there will be as many as 25 by the time the season ends. Researchers say this extremely active forecast is especially troublesome due to the compounding risks of COVID-19 (аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Newsroom).

September 21, 2020Research

As the nation reckons with systemic racism and how to move forward, researchers at the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ are focusing on how it exists in Tampa Bay and abroad (Fox 13 News).

September 19, 2020Research

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $1 Million to the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ in Tampa as part of a total of $6,487,188 in funding to seven institutions to research how to prevent and control harmful algal blooms.

September 17, 2020Research

International companies to manufacture аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢technology that addresses global sanitation concerns

Agreements coincide with аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢civil and environmental engineering Professor Daniel Yeh’s team being named a winner of the 2020 Patents for Humanity Award from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Newsroom).

September 17, 2020Honors and Awards, Innovation

USF's research expenditures extend beyond elevating the school; they also have an economic impact to the Tampa Bay region as a whole (Tampa Bay Business Journal / paywall).

September 17, 2020Entrepreneurship, Innovation

The concentration of mercury in fish in Alaska’s Yukon River may exceed EPA mercury criterion by 2050 if greenhouse gas emissions are not constrained, according to a new scientific research paper co-authored by a professor at the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅϢ’s St. Petersburg campus.

September 17, 2020Research

The study examines how a percentage of otherwise healthy adults are having an "allergic reaction" to the virus. Researchers in several аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ departments—including medicine, nursing and business—are recruiting volunteers from Tampa General Hospital's COVID-19 clinic for a new wearable devices study to predict when symptoms will worsen (WUSF).

September 17, 2020Health, Innovation, Research