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Health experts say vaccine engagement efforts are helping build trust in communities, but there is still a lot of work to do. Experts with the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ will combat mistrust in COVID-19 vaccines during a virtual event on Friday (WUSF).

June 10, 2021Health, Research

Marine Life 2030 endorsed as part of UN Decade of Ocean Science

The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, an arm of the United Nations, officially endorsed Marine Life 2030 to officially be part of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) (ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏCollege of Marine Science).

June 8, 2021Global Research, Research

A member of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame, Norma Alcantar is a chemical engineer who has made amazing discoveries with natural products to solve complex problems such as ocean decontamination. The correspondent of the Voice of America in Miami Alonso Castillo takes us into his world of traditions and innovation (VOA).

June 7, 2021Global Research, Innovation, Research

Researchers with the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ are studying how effective health care advertisements are at convincing people to receive in-person services. They're inviting people who have been hesitant to seek routine or emergency care because of the COVID-19 pandemic to participate (WUSF).

June 7, 2021Health, Research

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ researchers recently developed a novel approach to mitigating electromigration in nanoscale electronic interconnects that are ubiquitous in state-of-the-art integrated circuits (Phys.org).

June 2, 2021Innovation, Research

Researchers at the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ are looking to enroll thousands of volunteers to take part in a computer-based study that could decrease their chances of getting Alzheimer’s disease (WUSF).

June 1, 2021Health, Research

Auto manufacturers test connected vehicle technology implemented in Tampa Bay, evaluated at USF

The ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏCenter for Urban Transportation Research has entered the fourth and final phase of a $22 million project funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation to create and implement connected vehicle technology in downtown Tampa (ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏNewsroom).

May 27, 2021Innovation, Research

CMS scientists on the bottom (and top) of the world!

A group of ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏCMS faculty and researchers who comprise ‘The Southern Ocean Science’ (SOS) group, carries out wide-ranging interdisciplinary research in Earth’s polar regions, providing new insights into how processes occurring thousands of miles away affect us here in Florida (ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏCollege of Marine Science).

May 27, 2021Global Research, Research

The harmful nutrients that entered Tampa Bay following the discharge of 215 million gallons of wastewater at Piney Point have mostly diluted, according to ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ researchers (Bradenton Herald).

May 26, 2021Research

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ College of Marine Science researchers today shared their initial findings of how the Tampa Bay ecosystem has responded to the controlled discharges of nutrient-rich wastewater released from the retired Piney Point fertilizer processing plant (Florida Trend).

May 26, 2021Research

The Center for Justice Research and Policy, focused on studying causes of crime, criminal justice systems and the community impact of crime, violence and incarceration, will have a virtual launch Wednesday afternoon to recognize its team’s efforts toward enhancing policing and court functions (ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏOracle).

May 25, 2021Research

Assistant professor Patriann Smith was awarded a three-year $3.6 million grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on March 29 to develop the research center in the Caribbean as part of the Caribbean Educational Research Initiative (ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏOracle).

May 25, 2021Global Research, Research