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New online portal to streamline process for licensing USF inventions

A new portal at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Technology Transfer Office is improving accessibility for USF inventors and the general public, including companies interested in licensing inventions.

September 1, 2022Innovation

As part of Tampa Electric’s journey toward a cleaner, smarter energy future, the company will invest $5 million in the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (USF) to fund research, education and innovation that aims to reduce carbon and improve the environment.

August 31, 2022Research

Tampa Electric to invest in visionary partnership with the Â鶹ÊÓƵ

In its effort to explore, research and develop emerging energy technologies that reduce carbon, Tampa Electric’s investment will create an endowed fund to support the Clean Energy Research Center (CERC) in USF’s College of Engineering.

August 31, 2022Research

Changes to Florida's climate threaten oyster reefs, USF researchers warn

With temperatures rising globally, cold weather extremes and freezes in Florida are diminishing – an indicator that Florida’s climate is shifting from subtropical to tropical. In Tampa Bay and along the Gulf Coast, Â鶹ÊÓƵ researchers found evidence of homogenization of estuarine ecosystems.

August 29, 2022Research

USF professor Jody McBrien is a scholar in the field of refugee studies, She was on sabbatical in Europe, when Russia invaded Ukraine in February, creating the biggest refugee crisis since World War II. She hopes to return to Europe later this year for more in-depth research on the Ukrainian refugee crisis, which could create opportunities for USF students to study more closely the issue overseas.

August 26, 2022Global Research

Twenty-six USF faculty members recognized with Outstanding Research Achievement Awards

USF’s faculty continue to make big discoveries and important contributions with outstanding research achievements.

August 26, 2022Honors and Awards, Research

New medical technique to target cause of age-related hearing loss

A well-known imaging test that radiologists use to monitor blood flow from the heart may soon be deployed to pinpoint what part of the ear is experiencing age-related hearing loss.

August 24, 2022Research

Scientists from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (USF) are using 3D technology to conduct research that could potentially rewrite the history of Greek Sicily.

August 22, 2022Global Research, Research

Dr. Mya Breitbart's lab at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ College of Marine Science is working on figuring out which viruses are in aquatic habitats and what they are doing there.

August 18, 2022Research

A Â鶹ÊÓƵ St. Petersburg biologist is back on land after discovering new species of marine life while out in the Gulf of Mexico. She was studying the impacts of the 2010 oil spill and the fish affected by the environmental disaster.

August 17, 2022Research

Eight USF professors journeyed to Montgomery, Ala., this summer to learn about and to reflect on the civil rights movement in the United States and to develop ways to best teach the lessons they learned to today’s students.

August 16, 2022Research

Viruses thrive in aquatic plants in Florida’s springs

The viruses that dominate the news cause disease, but some viruses survive in living things without doing any harm. Dr. Mya Breitbart’s lab at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ College of Marine Science is figuring out which viruses are in aquatic habitats and what they are doing there.

August 16, 2022Research