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Study investigates hurricane evacuations in the era of COVID-19

The 2020 hurricane season is breaking records with 23 named storms, and more are projected to develop over the next few weeks. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts there will be as many as 25 by the time the season ends. Researchers say this extremely active forecast is especially troublesome due to the compounding risks of COVID-19 (USF Newsroom).

September 21, 2020Research

As the nation reckons with systemic racism and how to move forward, researchers at the 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ are focusing on how it exists in Tampa Bay and abroad (Fox 13 News).

September 19, 2020Research

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $1 Million to the 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ in Tampa as part of a total of $6,487,188 in funding to seven institutions to research how to prevent and control harmful algal blooms.

September 17, 2020Research

International companies to manufacture USF technology that addresses global sanitation concerns

Agreements coincide with USF civil and environmental engineering Professor Daniel Yeh’s team being named a winner of the 2020 Patents for Humanity Award from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USF Newsroom).

September 17, 2020Honors and Awards, Innovation

USF's research expenditures extend beyond elevating the school; they also have an economic impact to the Tampa Bay region as a whole (Tampa Bay Business Journal / paywall).

September 17, 2020Entrepreneurship, Innovation

The concentration of mercury in fish in Alaska’s Yukon River may exceed EPA mercury criterion by 2050 if greenhouse gas emissions are not constrained, according to a new scientific research paper co-authored by a professor at the 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ’s St. Petersburg campus.

September 17, 2020Research

The study examines how a percentage of otherwise healthy adults are having an "allergic reaction" to the virus. Researchers in several 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ departments—including medicine, nursing and business—are recruiting volunteers from Tampa General Hospital's COVID-19 clinic for a new wearable devices study to predict when symptoms will worsen (WUSF).

September 17, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Colleen Naughton and colleagues at the 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ and the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) earned a National Science Foundation grant to host the conference (UC Merced).

September 16, 2020Research

National TV commercial highlights USF’s thriving research

A new national TV commercial produced by the 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ is now airing during American Athletic Conference football games. The ad features researchers involved in two high-profile projects and a USF student as the voiceover talent (USF Newsroom).

September 15, 2020Research

Entrepreneurial students, from undergrad to doctoral level, join with statewide peers to present new healthcare solutions in upcoming pitch competition (USFRI Newsroom).

September 14, 2020Entrepreneurship, Health, Innovation

The 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ has announced $500,000 worth of grants to fund 23 research projects aimed at reducing racism, including two projects that will be conducted at USF’s Sarasota-Manatee campus (Sarasota Herald-Tribune).

September 10, 2020Research

The work will involve 90 faculty across eight colleges and the university’s three campuses (Tampa Bay Times).

September 9, 2020Research