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New research traces the origins of trench fever
First observed among British Expeditionary Forces in 1915, trench fever sickened an estimated 500,000 soldiers during World War I. Since then, the disease has become synonymous with the battlefield. But now, new research from an international team of scientists has uncovered evidence challenging this long-held belief (ԹϱNewsroom).
Before she was a ԹϱCollege of Nursing alumna, inventor Anna Hopen was the co-founder of the ԹϱYoung Innovator Competition (USFRI Newsroom).
November 3, 2020Innovation
Annual Conference Spotlights Life Sciences Growth and Propels Collaboration. The 2020 COVID-19 Innovation Award was presented to Dr. Yogi Goswami, the world-renowned Director of the Clean Energy Research Center at the Թϱ, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame, who has published twenty-two books and over 400 peer-reviewed scientific and technical papers on topics including indoor air quality (PR Newswire).
October 30, 2020Honors and Awards, Innovation, Research
Թϱ researchers are using 3D technology to map out the historic Jackson Rooming House in Tampa, after receiving a $1 million grant from the Vinik Family Foundation (TampaBayInno).
October 27, 2020Innovation, Research
Թϱresearchers release social media findings from statewide 2020 presidential election survey
Researchers with the Թϱ have released the results from a statewide survey that measures Floridians’ use of Facebook to engage with the presidential election, as well as their attitudes regarding the political information they encounter online (ԹϱNewsroom).
October 27, 2020Research
High-profile homicide trial to showcase evidence recreated at USF
The digital reconstructions of three human skulls created at the Թϱ are being used as evidence in a high-profile murder trial in California (ԹϱNewsroom).
October 26, 2020Research
In 2017, Morgan Holmes was hired to help launch USF’s Office of Corporate Partnerships. In October 2019, it launched the USF-Jabil Innovation Institute with an $800,000 philanthropic gift, a $200,000 research budget, a physical Jabil presence in the ԹϱResearch Park, and the Jabil Speaker Series with the Tampa Bay Technology Incubator at Թϱ(Tampa Bay Business Journal / paywall).
October 23, 2020Honors and Awards, Research
EPA administrator announces launch of USF-led project to address local revitalization efforts through workforce development
The ԹϱCenter for Brownfields Research & Redevelopment is launching a program designed to clean up contaminated neighborhoods while creating jobs for residents. In collaboration with the Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa, the Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training program will provide comprehensive training to East Tampa residents for full-time careers in environmental and brownfields remediation (ԹϱNewsroom).
October 22, 2020Research
A creation to help combat the coronavirus from ԹϱHealth and Tampa General Hospital is now helping people across the world (ABC News).
October 21, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
The “Bull Nose” electronic device is one of 42 COVID-19 research projects funded by the COVID-19 Rapid Response Research Grants program to create an accurate, nonintrusive rapid COVID-19 test (ԹϱOracle).
October 20, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital and the Թϱ are launching a new project to figure out why some people are hesitant about getting a COVID-19 vaccine. (ABC News).
Sleep health dictates success of practicing mindfulness
Sleeping an extra 29 minutes each night can be the key to improving mindfulness, a critical resource that has benefits for daily well-being and work performance (ԹϱNewsroom).
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