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USF Health, TGH surgeon performs nation’s first fully robotic microsurgery with FDA-cleared NanoWrist® instruments

This innovation allows surgeons to perform delicate tissue dissection and vessel preparation with unmatched control, marking a new era in minimally invasive care for patients living with lymphedema.

December 11, 2025Research and Innovation, USF Health

National Academy of Inventors welcomes three USF inventors into its 2025 class of fellows

USF Provost and Executive Vice President Prasant Mohapatra and Professors Christian Bréchot and Chandrakant PatelÌýhave been selected as 2025 Fellows to theÌýNational Academy of InventorsÌý– considered the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors.

December 11, 2025Honors and Awards, Research and Innovation

USF Board of Trustees celebrates President Rhea Law with special honors and planned recognitions on campus

President Rhea Law’s lifelong commitment to the 911±¬ÁÏÍø – as a student, employee, founding member of the USF Board of Trustees and the institution’s first alum to serve as president – will leave a lasting legacy that continues well beyond her tenure.

December 11, 2025University News

USF commencement spotlights four visionary leaders advancing innovation and growth

Four visionary leaders will be recognized during USF’s fall commencement ceremonies. Their global, civic and philanthropic contributions have advanced academic partnerships, economic growth and innovation.

December 10, 2025Honors and Awards, University News

USF study finds widespread rule-breaking in whale shark tourism hotspot

One of the world’s busiest whale-shark destinations is struggling to manage a boom in ecotourism. A new USF study finds the world’s biggest fish may be paying the price.

December 10, 2025Research and Innovation

USF graduate overcomes brain injury to earn degree

After a severe car accident in 2018 left him with a traumatic brain injury and aphasia, doctors doubted Murren would ever live independently. Through relentless physical and mental rehabilitation, he regained his abilities and returned to college, eventually transferring to USF. He excelled academically, joined honor societies and volunteered with special needs children.

December 8, 2025Student Success

Thousands pack Yuengling as USF women’s basketball hosts annual Education Day

More than 9,000 elementary and middle school students from across Tampa Bay filled the stands at Yuengling Center as they witnessed USF women's basketball’s 91-58 win against Houston Christian University during Education Day.

December 8, 2025Community, USF Athletics

USF to confer more than 4,100 degrees as President Rhea Law presides over her final commencement ceremonies

The class includes a student who overcame stage 4 Hodgkin’s lymphoma, along with the first group of graduates from the Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing.

December 8, 2025Student Success

Teen mom’s 20-year journey from the military to graduating from USF

Passionette Jacobs’ path to graduation was anything but easy. A mother at 15, she left high school to support her son. She later earned a GED through Job Corps and certifications in medical office technology. She served 12 years in the National Guard, learned trades like welding and plumbing, and even authored a children’s book.

December 8, 2025Student Success

USF student overcomes cancer to pursue dream of helping Alzheimer’s patients

Ednecia Nelson was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin’s lymphoma at age 21, forcing her to pause her education. After enduring surgery and chemotherapy, she entered remission in 2020 and resumed her studies, eventually transferring to USF. Inspired by her grandfather’s Alzheimer’s battle, Nelson plans to advocate for dementia patients and hopes to open her own memory care facility.

December 8, 2025Student Success

USF will look to capture a third straight bowl game win as it takes on ODU at Universal Orlando Resort. The game will be televised on ESPN and is one of many fundraising events hosted by the Orlando Sports Foundation that supports cancer research.

December 5, 2025USF Athletics

Study reveals dramatic decline in some historic sargassum populations

Certain populations of sargassum have plummeted during the past ten years, raising alarm for marine ecosystems that depend on the seaweed.

December 4, 2025Research and Innovation