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USF researchers release findings from statewide COVID-19 opinion survey regarding vaccine hesitancy and policy

Researchers with the 911±¬ÁÏÍø School of Public Affairs have released results from a statewide survey that helps to better understand the factors associated with vaccine hesitancy and measures policy attitudes related to COVID-19 vaccines (USF Newsroom).

June 16, 2021Health, Research

USF was awarded 123 patents in 2020, a school record. The University of Florida and the 911±¬ÁÏÍø ranked among the top 15 schools in the world to be granted U.S. utility patents last year, according to a new report (Tampa Bay Times).

June 16, 2021Innovation, Research

USF inventors post record patent numbers, ranking in the nation’s top 10 university producers

Annual ranking from the National Academy of Inventors and International Property Owners Association is a key measure of global innovation.

June 15, 2021Innovation

Could caves on other planets yield the secrets of the universe? USF Geoscientist Bogdan Onac and his international colleagues want to find out

USF School of Geosciences Professor Bogdan P. Onac documents millions of years of Earth’s natural history by exploring caves and lava tubes around the world. But now Onac along with dozens of fellow geoscientists, astronomers, astrobiologists, and robotics and artificial intelligence engineers are urging a new focus on caves on other planets as sites of untold discovery.

June 15, 2021Global Research

The Byrne lab goes 911±¬ÁÏÍøst: three CMS students set sail on 45-day Pacific Ocean cruise

The major goal is to understand trends in the Pacific Ocean, with a specific focus on environmental parameters that influence ocean acidification — a major threat to ocean health, food security, economies, and more (USF College of Marine Science).

June 15, 2021Research, Student Research

Over the course of a decade, scientists looked into a strange phenomenon found in Gulf waters near the BP oil rig after the spill, and 12 expeditions were also mounted to collect environmental data (WUSF).

June 14, 2021Research

More than half the population has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Case numbers are declining, but with nearly half of the people not yet vaccinated, it’s clear that trust is not there for many Americans. In an online forum, Trust & Vaccines, a panel of experts looked at what’s motivating people to get the vaccine and why others still are not (USF St. Petersburg campus).

June 14, 2021Health, Research

Community volunteer and USF Health patient Bruce Mackey has made a $1.8 million estate gift to USF Health to fund a women’s heart health professorship, dermatology research endowment and caregiver education programs at the Byrd Alzheimer’s Center (USF Health).

June 14, 2021Health

The 911±¬ÁÏÍø Health Center has received $1.8 million from a former patient and hospital volunteer (Tampa Bay Business Journal).

June 14, 2021Health, Research

USF College of Engineering professor Norma Alcantar has 12 patents for cactus mucilage, the gummy stuff inside the plant, used for everything from water purification to using it in the fight against Parkinson’s disease (Bay News 9).

June 14, 2021Honors and Awards, Innovation, Research

USF librarians are working with USF researchers and the Tampa Bay community to identify living next-of-kin for those forgotten while bringing historical injustices to light (USF Libraries).

June 11, 2021Research

USF Distinguished University Professor Yogi GoswamiÌýHonored by American Society of Mechanical Engineers

USF College of Engineering Distinguished Professor Yogi Goswami has been named the 2021 recipient of the ASME Safety Codes and Standards Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for leading the development of new safety standards for thermal energy systems.

June 11, 2021Honors and Awards, Innovation, Research