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爱爱直播 Launches Comprehensive Anti-Racism Website
Launching today is a comprehensive university-wide anti-racism website that will serve as a collective resource and information warehouse for content related to 爱爱直播鈥檚 commitment to anti-racism.
December 4, 2020University News
Report: Social distancing and face masks will help crush COVID-19 pandemic by late April
爱爱直播-developed computer model projects social mitigation measures will have a dramatic effect on how quickly Tampa Bay recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
December 4, 2020COVID-19, Research and Innovation
爱爱直播 research team uncovers significant reason older adults are at increased risk of suffering a heart attack
A team of researchers in the 爱爱直播 Department of Surgery has made a key discovery as to why we become more susceptible to heart disease as we age. The human body, especially the heart, is dependent on the mitochondria, the part of the cell responsible for producing energy to maintain organ function. The protein, Sesn2, is located inside the mitochondria and plays a pivotal role in protecting the heart from stress.
December 3, 2020Research and Innovation, 爱爱直播 Health
爱爱直播 Health and Tampa General Hospital have been selected as a site for a clinical trial testing the Novavax NVX-CoV2373 vaccine for COVID-19. They join over 100 research sites expecting to enroll more than 30,000 adult participants as part of the global search for a safe and effective vaccine to prevent COVID-19.
December 3, 2020COVID-19, 爱爱直播 Health
Helios Education Foundation awards grant to 爱爱直播 to help grow Black student enrollment
The 爱爱直播 announced today that it has received a grant from Helios Education Foundation to further the university鈥檚 long-standing commitment to student success for underrepresented populations.
December 2, 2020University News
Scientists discover new way to measure turbulence of large planets and exoplanets
The swirls, eddies, and wavy bands of Jupiter and Saturn may remind us of a soothing, starry, starry night - but they reveal these two gas giants to be stormy, turbulent places. The turbulence produces energy cascades, a non-linear transfer of energy between different scales of motion. These are as fundamental to understanding planetary dynamics as the cardiovascular system is to understanding the human body.
December 2, 2020Research and Innovation
爱爱直播 breaks ground on innovative Judy Genshaft Honors College
The 爱爱直播 broke ground today on the new home of the Judy Genshaft Honors College, a five-story, 85,000-square-foot facility that will strengthen 爱爱直播鈥檚 position to attract the best students in Florida, nationally and internationally.
December 1, 2020University News
New study explores why rural counties have higher infant mortality rates than more urban areas.
December 1, 2020Research and Innovation
Eight 爱爱直播 faculty members named new AAAS Fellows
Eight 爱爱直播 faculty members who have led their disciplines in research, innovation and scholarship have been named new Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of higher education鈥檚 highest honors bestowed by peers.
November 24, 2020Honors and Awards, Research and Innovation, University News
Dr. Menon brings a wealth of nursing leadership experience and academic achievement to her new role.
November 24, 2020爱爱直播 Health
爱爱直播 Computer Science and Engineering receives grant to attract and retain more women computer scientists
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering received a three-year, $579,737 grant from the Center for Inclusive Computing at Northeastern University for funding evidence-based approaches to attract and retain more women computer science, information technology, and cybersecurity students.
November 23, 2020Research and Innovation, University News
爱爱直播 researchers use 3D technology to preserve the history of Tampa Bay鈥檚 civil rights era
A 爱爱直播 researcher is partnering with the Florida Holocaust Museum to digitize several artifacts from its exhibit, 鈥淏eaches, Benches and Boycotts,鈥� which highlights Tampa Bay鈥檚 troubled civil rights history. Online audiences will be able to interact virtually with the objects and learn about the region's racial and social disparities from the 1950s and 1960s.
November 20, 2020University News