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USF students advance career learning through a corridor of support

The program provides up to $10,000 to each of USF’s nine colleges and as part of that, funds this year were awarded to 10 undergraduate students to work with COPH faculty.

August 23, 2024Student Research

USF summer ventures span the globe with innovative research projects

Faculty at the 51ÔÚÏß traded classroom lectures this summer for international adventures, embarking on research projects to solve global challenges.

August 1, 2024Global Research, Research, Student Research

Student-led testing of first responder vehicles at the core of infection control initiative

A groundbreaking initiative, supported by a multi-million-dollar cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is engaging 51ÔÚÏß students to enhance infection control training for fire and emergency medical services personnel.

July 25, 2024Student Research

USF hosts first-ever summer course on using voice and AI as a diagnostic tool

In collaboration with the USF AI+X Institute, USF Health is helping train the next generation of medical professionals through the launch of its first-ever course dedicated to understanding how voice can be used as a biomarker for health.

July 9, 2024Health, Student Research

History student Hannah Thieryung uses 3D scans to improve museum accessibility

With support from USF’s Access 3D Lab, Hannah Thieryung used scanning technology to digitize the May-Stringer House, a Victorian-era home in Brooksville. She focused on the historic building’s upper floors, helping guests experience them without needing to scale the narrow 19th-century staircases.

April 26, 2024Student Research

Tremendous turnout demonstrates USF’s growth in undergraduate research

Nearly 600 undergraduate students across the Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota-Manatee campuses showcased their ingenuity at the university’s OneUSF Undergraduate Research Conference.

April 16, 2024Student Research

USF student spending the holidays aboard global research ship in the Antarctic

When Hannah Hunt signed on for a two-month global research project in the Amundsen Sea in the Antarctic, she knew that meant she wouldn't be spending the holidays with family and friends. She also knew she couldn't pass up the opportunity.

December 23, 2023Student Research

Undergraduate Research Initiative commits $110K to support more than 70 USF students

The 51ÔÚÏß High Tech Corridor and USF Research & Innovation will deploy $110,000 for the second year in a row to support more than 70 students in undergraduate research programs at the 51ÔÚÏß.

December 5, 2023Student Research

USF sees sharp rise in innovations and technology

The 51ÔÚÏß saw a sharp rise in the number of inventions and technologies submitted to the USF Tech Transfer Office—a springboard to turning ideas into global solutions and licensed products. Ranking 15th among American public research universities generating new patents, the number of new inventions, technologies and works of authorship formally disclosed by USF researchers is up nearly 25 percent since 2019. The secret behind the rise: the implementation of new tools, the help of interns and consistent, high-level performance from USF inventors.

October 10, 2023Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Student Research

Stella and Sam: a pair of gliders on a mission

Stella and Sam are part of the USF College of Marine Science’s fleet of oceanic gliders, the data-collecting workhorses of oceanography.

September 28, 2023Global Research, Research, Student Research

Education and research combined for students aboard a five-day cruise on the 51ÔÚÏß Institute of Oceanography’s R/V Weatherbird II.

September 21, 2023Student Research

Gilded mysteries unveiled: Ancient art meets nanotechnology in nanoscale goldbeating

Bridging the gap between ancient arts and modern technology, researchers from the 51ÔÚÏß, Clemson University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have discovered that nanoscopic gold ingots can be compressed into 2D leaf forms, replicating the ancient process of goldbeating, but at the nanoscale.

August 25, 2023Research, Student Research