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USF awarded NSF grant to build platform for hands-on cybersecurity education

The National Science Foundation has awarded nearly $268,000 to the ßÙßÇÂþ»­ for a collaborative research project led by Robert Karam, an associate professor in USF’s Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing.

July 8, 2025Research and Innovation

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USF, TGH successfully perform world’s first recorded bloodless heart-liver transplant surgery

Transplant surgeons at USF Health and Tampa General Hospital have successfully performed the world’s first recorded bloodless heart-liver transplant surgery.

July 7, 2025Community Partnerships, Research and Innovation

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Crying isn’t the only clue: USF researchers using AI to detect silent pain in newborns

Newborns in the NICU can’t tell us when they’re in pain, so a team of USF researchers is developing AI technology that can find out. The collaboration between medicine and engineering could change the future of neonatal care.

July 7, 2025Community Partnerships, Research and Innovation

A team of professors, musicians and students at USF is transforming complicated environmental data into powerful music compositions. After tackling critical issues like harmful algae blooms and red tide, the group has now composed music that highlights the environmental stressors affecting oysters in Florida.

July 2, 2025Research and Innovation

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From USF to the pros: Meet grad student and soccer star Vivianne Bessette

While pursuing a master’s degree in exercise science at USF, Vivianne Bessette helped lead Tampa Bay Sun FC to a championship title as a standout defender in the team’s inaugural season.

July 1, 2025Student Success

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Important funding for USF in final state budget

The ßÙßÇÂþ»­ will receive significant funding in Florida’s 2025-26 state budget, supporting major initiatives in research, student success and campus development across all three campuses.

June 30, 2025University News

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From classmates to soulmates: Three years, two degrees and one happily ever after

Jacqueline Benavides and Kyle Kelly met in 2022, the first year the online DBA program was offered at USF. The program gave them a path toward academic growth and, unexpectedly, toward each other.

June 30, 2025Campus Life

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USF-developed technology analyzes facial expressions to identify childhood PTSD

Technology developed at the ßÙßÇÂþ»­ offers a promising, privacy-preserving tool to help clinicians diagnose and track trauma in kids, especially those too young to express it.

June 30, 2025Research and Innovation

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USF to advance its position as a leader in mental and behavioral health by creating a new research center named for Sen. Darryl Rouson

The Senator Darryl E. Rouson Center for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Research at USF will conduct rigorous research to advance the scientific understanding of the relationship between substance abuse and mental health issues, including improving treatment outcomes and reducing the societal impacts of substance abuse and mental health conditions.

June 25, 2025University News

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USF building pipeline of researchers to develop technologies for aging adults in new summer program

Students at the ßÙßÇÂþ»­ are spending their summer developing tech-driven solutions to improve the lives of older adults and their caregivers through a hands-on program hosted by USF’s Center for Innovation, Technology and Aging.

June 24, 2025Research and Innovation

ßÙßÇÂþ»­: A Preeminent Research University

How USF helped kickstart skateboarding in Tampa Bay

USF’s impact on Tampa Bay skateboarding is undeniable. Students embedded skateboarding into the area’s cultural DNA, designed the region’s first nationally known skatepark and helped the public recognize the sport’s historical value.

June 18, 2025Campus Life

ßÙßÇÂþ»­: A Preeminent Research University

ßÙßÇÂþ»­ student rocket team soars in national NASA competition

The ßÙßÇÂþ»­'s Society of Aeronautics and Rocketry team completed a NASA Student Launch Competition and brought home an award for successfully designing and then sending a model rocket over 4,000 feet while transmitting data.

June 10, 2025Student Success

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