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°®°®Ö±²¥ to receive $6 million gift to support biomedical engineering research
Anonymous donor's planned gift to benefit College of Engineering, Morsani College of Medicine.
October 18, 2022°®°®Ö±²¥ Foundation
Warming oceans likely to shrink the viable habitat of many marine animals – but not all
A study from the °®°®Ö±²¥ College of Marine Science is the first to drill down into the relationship between oxygen, temperature and the metabolic requirements of vertical migrators, which include billions of marine animals from tiny crustaceans to the jumbo squid.
October 18, 2022Research and Innovation
Manley Jaquiss’s Bulls spirit is contagious
Manley Jaquiss is one of °®°®Ö±²¥â€™s most actively involved alums. In a sense, Jaquiss never really left °®°®Ö±²¥ since the first time he stepped onto the Tampa campus 40 years ago. He attends almost all the football games and alumni events with his wife and daughter, who are also °®°®Ö±²¥ alumnae.
October 17, 2022Student Success
°®°®Ö±²¥ professor to help improve pandemic-induced child behavioral problems through multi-million dollar federal grant
The funding will operate the National Center on Pyramid Model Innovation and allow a national team of faculty to investigate and address behavioral and equity issues in early childhood programs.
October 17, 2022Research and Innovation
Neighbor helping neighbor: °®°®Ö±²¥ researcher explores the positive impact of 'zero responders' in the wake of Hurricane Ian
Assistant Professor Christa Remington just returned from the Fort Myers area where she met with public officials, FEMA personnel and local nonprofit leaders to discuss how they can leverage social ties and build greater synergy between them, and the grass-roots efforts led by local volunteers.
October 14, 2022Research and Innovation
The historic John C. Williams House on the °®°®Ö±²¥ St. Petersburg campus will undergo major restorations and upgrades over the next two years thanks to a $280,640 matching grant from the Florida Division of Historical Resources.
October 14, 2022Campus Life
Since arriving on the Sarasota-Manatee campus, Rivera Marrero has embraced her new home with open arms. In addition to her coursework, she works three campus jobs — community leader and peer coach in the Department of Student Support Services, coordinator for the Campus Activities Board and lead work-study in the Office of Veteran Success.
October 12, 2022Student Success
°®°®Ö±²¥ awarded a $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant to help build more equitable communities
The university will be partnering with East Tampa community members to address disparities in urban infrastructure.
October 11, 2022Research and Innovation
°®°®Ö±²¥ anthropologists begin transfer of ancient ancestors to Native American tribes
The °®°®Ö±²¥ Department of Anthropology has begun the final steps in a long process to return the ancient ancestors of Native Americans, previously used for research, to the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
October 10, 2022Research and Innovation
°®°®Ö±²¥ President Emerita and Professor Judy Genshaft was honored with WLP's Lifetime Achievement Award and Donna Petersen, °®°®Ö±²¥â€™s chief health officer and dean of the College of Public Health, received WLP’s Community Leadership Award, which is for visionary leaders doing extraordinary things to make the Tampa Bay region a better place for women to live and work.
October 10, 2022Honors and Awards
Finalists announced in °®°®Ö±²¥ provost search
The °®°®Ö±²¥ today announced four finalists have been selected in the search for the university’s next provost and executive vice president of academic affairs.
October 6, 2022University News
°®°®Ö±²¥ invites the community to join in Homecoming Week events
The °®°®Ö±²¥ welcomes the Tampa Bay area community to attend Homecoming Week celebrations, Oct. 9-15. Participants can join students, alumni, faculty and staff in dozens of events across all campuses, including a concert, carnival, talent show, parade and the °®°®Ö±²¥ football game on Saturday, Oct. 15, at Raymond James Stadium.
October 5, 2022Campus Life