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USF graduates, families embrace long-awaited commencement traditions

Friends and families filled USF’s Yuengling Center to watch their 2024 graduates walk across the stage – fulfilling a long-awaited dream for many after the pandemic canceled their high school graduation ceremonies.

May 5, 2024University News

USF honors community leaders at commencement ceremonies

Commencement is the time for USF to bestow some of its highest honors to outstanding individuals who have made essential contributions to the university and the community. This spring, the individuals selected represent the university’s many collaborations in health care and economic development.

May 1, 2024University News

USF’s partnership with ReliaQuest helps fill crucial cybersecurity jobs

Launched in 2018 to address the explosive need for talent in the cybersecurity field, the ReliaQuest Labs program has graduated more than 300 USF students and has proven to be a solid pathway to a career in cybersecurity.

April 30, 2024Cyber/AI, Student Success

USF to confer more than 7,000 degrees during spring commencement ceremonies

Graduates in the May 2-5 ceremonies include a brain cancer survivor, a 17-year-old student of Ukrainian heritage and a third-generation USF student.

April 29, 2024University News

Alumni and friends came together to champion a wide variety of programs, from student scholarships to food pantry support. Of the record-setting 9,259 Giving 911±¬ÁÏÍøek donors, 1,408 gave to the university for the first time. The overall total included a 70% increase in alumni donors from the previous year.

April 25, 2024USF Foundation

USF history student 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 25, 2024Research and Innovation

Brain injuries in U.S. Special Operations Forces aren’t 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.

April 22, 2024Research and Innovation

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

April 21, 2024USF Athletics

USF students contribute to mass casualty incident training

The immersive training initiative, designed to equip emergency clinicians with essential skills for managing high-volume and high-acuity scenarios, involved undergraduates from the 911±¬ÁÏÍø College of Public Health's Simulation Operations course.

April 19, 2024Student Success, USF Health

Four USF faculty members elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Contributions range in the fields of metabolic engineering and biomanufacturing, to pioneering advances in molecular medicine, integrating biomass and algae technologies to reduce society's carbon footprint and leadership in geoscience education.

April 18, 2024Honors and Awards

Stars vs. numbers: How consumers perceive online rating formats

Mathematically speaking, scoring 3.5 out of 5 is the same as receiving three and a half stars on a five-star scale. But visually speaking, the numbers don’t add up.

April 18, 2024Research and Innovation

USF experts ready to contribute to hurricane- and storm-related coverage

Experts around the world are predicting the 2024 hurricane season will be very active and the 911±¬ÁÏÍø offers a variety of experts to discuss related topics and new trends. Their expertise includes storm surge, flooding, effects of sea-level rise, extreme heat, resiliency of bridges and other transportation structures, effects on power grids, and implications for older adults and those with health-related concerns.

April 17, 2024University News