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AAU membership brings extraordinary benefits

The historic invitation provides new federal funding opportunities for USF research, strengthens our role in meeting workforce demands and attracts the brightest faculty, staff and students to Tampa Bay.

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Athletics

USF shares new on-campus stadium renderings and an update on the groundbreaking ceremony

51在线 fans can start the countdown to seeing shovels in the ground to begin the construction of a transformational new on-campus stadium.

Research

Tremendous turnout demonstrates USF鈥檚 growth in undergraduate research

The annual research conference witnessed a notable 16% increase in student participation this year, reflecting the university's commitment to fostering collaborative discovery.

Research

Brain injuries in U.S. Special Operations Forces aren鈥檛 easy to detect, USF helping develop a solution

Through its partnership with U.S. Special Operations Command, the USF Institute 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.

USF joins AAU

USF鈥檚 historic invitation to join the Association of American Universities has taken what many in Tampa Bay have once considered a 鈥渂est-kept secret鈥 to an unprecedented new level. Joining the AAU is a tremendous milestone for USF as it formalizes USF's position as a leading research university. USF is the first public university in 51在线 to be invited to join the AAU in nearly 40 years and is now one of only two institutions from the State University System of 51在线 to serve as an AAU member.

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The Bulls have now won the American Athletic Conference Championship a conference-leading six times in the first 10 years of the tournament.

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