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Christian Wells at community conversation event

USF’s commitment to community drives new partnerships and innovation

From improving area neighborhoods, to advancing innovation and strengthening ties with government agencies, ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏis proving what’s possible when people of different disciplines unite. Learn more about what’s been accomplished since the formation of the Office of University Community Partnerships.

January 29, 2025Community Partnerships, Cyber/AI, Research and Innovation, ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏHealth, University News

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Top stories of 2024

As 2024 comes to a close, we reflect on USF’s remarkable journey of triumphs – celebrating unprecedented achievements in academics, record-breaking research and exhilarating athletic seasons. The university continues to demonstrate the tremendous impact it has on our communities, forging new partnerships that define what it means to be a leading research university.

December 16, 2024University News

Neda Latifi and Russel Kramer in a research lab

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏsets new record with $738 million in research funding

The milestone comes during USF’s first full fiscal year as a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and helps demonstrate its impact as one of the nation’s most research-intensive institutions. The new record brings the university closer to reaching its goal of securing $1 billion in annual research funding.

December 10, 2024Research and Innovation

MacDill Air Force Base

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏand defense agencies headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base sign landmark agreement

The ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ has signed two of its largest defense contracts with U.S. Special Operations Command and U.S. Central Command, bringing together interdisciplinary faculty experts from across the university.

October 24, 2024Community Partnerships, Cyber/AI, Research and Innovation, University News

Two older adults play the piano

How music can help boost cognition in cancer patients and COVID-19 survivors

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ researchers are finding that music can help boost cognition in patients undergoing chemotherapy and improve respiration in adults who’ve suffered breathing difficulties following COVID-19.

October 2, 2024Research and Innovation

HOT Band performs at the Bucs gam

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏHOT Band performs during halftime at Tampa Bay Buccaneers season opener

More than 340 students are members of USF's Herd of Thunder, which is part of the School of Music. This is the marching band's first performance at a Bucs game in several years.

September 8, 2024Community Partnerships

Amit Bose, administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, Dean Sanjukta Bhanja, interim dean of the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏCollege of Engineering and Fred Mannering, executive director of CUTR

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏmoves full steam ahead on its first-ever grant from the Federal Railroad Administration

With railroad employment steadily declining nationwide, ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏresearchers are working to stabilize the industry – funded by a $17 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration, the agency’s first grant ever to be awarded to USF.

August 29, 2024Research and Innovation

Rocket tested at the Mojave Air & Space Port in Mojave, California

NASA’s permanent presence on the moon could begin with USF-invented mapping technology

As NASA continues exploring the moon’s southern polar region to find ice, ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏengineers are developing technology to make landing on the moon safer and less expensive – enabling rapid exploration and eventually the establishment of an outpost for astronauts through the availability of safe drinking water and the ability to create oxygen and rocket fuel.

August 13, 2024Research and Innovation

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USF's highlights from the first half of 2024

As a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, USF's dynamic labs and groundbreaking fieldwork have solidified its status as a leading research university. In just the past six months, ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏhas broken records, united the community in support of its athletics programs and established numerous innovative partnerships.

July 8, 2024University News

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AAU membership helping accelerate USF’s impact

Throughout the last year, USF’s membership in the Association of American Universities has become a springboard to an array of benefits. From the successful recruitment and retention of world-class faculty and students to more corporations and community organizations inquiring and establishing new partnerships with the university – AAU membership is fueling USF’s momentum in significant ways.

May 28, 2024University News

President Rhea Law and TECO CEO Archie Collins

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏand TECO celebrate decades of collaboration and innovation

USF’s ongoing efforts to develop clean-energy solutions and strengthen the environmental engineering workforce are helping build upon the university’s longstanding partnership with Tampa Electric by announcing the Clean Energy Research Center will be named for TECO.

April 30, 2024Community Partnerships

Maj. Kevin Tromly

Brain injuries in U.S. Special Operations Forces aren’t easy to detect, ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏhelping develop a solution

Through its partnership with U.S. Special Operations Command, the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏInstitute of Applied Engineering has co-led an illuminating study that found repeated exposure to low-level blasts is associated with signs of brain injury in Special Operations Forces. Such exposure is common throughout many military careers, including in training and operational environments.

April 22, 2024Research and Innovation

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