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Light pollution drives increased risk of West Nile virus
A new study from the ±«Óãtv is the first to provide direct evidence that light pollution is driving infectious disease patterns in nature.
March 24, 2021Research and Innovation
±«Óãtv receives $1.4 million gift to support student access to higher education
The ±«Óãtv today announced a $1.4 million gift from Helios Education Foundation to benefit the Florida College Access Network, a statewide organization hosted at ±«Óãtv with a mission that supports student success.
March 24, 2021University News
Florida governor appoints Dean Frazer to Environmental Regulation Commission
Governor Ron DeSantis announced this month that Tom Frazer, PhD, dean of the ±«Óãtv College of Marine Science, is one of four new appointees to the Florida Environmental Regulation Commission.
March 23, 2021University News
COVID-19 has taught us a lot of things. And one of the more important lessons has been the need for thorough, fast and effective disinfecting measures. A team of researchers from the ±«Óãtv College of Public Health’s Center for Environmental/Occupational Risk Analysis and Management set out to determine how effective commercially available chlorine dioxide gas products were in reducing COVID-19 viral loads on face masks and surfaces.
March 22, 2021Research and Innovation, ±«Óãtv Health
The ±«Óãtv College of Public Health has seen a record increase in student applications for many of its degree programs.
March 22, 2021COVID-19, University News
About 170 senior medical students from the ±«Óãtv Health Morsani College of Medicine were successfully matched and learned where they will spend their residency training after graduation from medical school in May.
March 22, 2021±«Óãtv Health, University News
A textbook affordability initiative launched to reduce the costs of course materials at ±«Óãtv’s St. Petersburg campus has saved the student body more than $1.08 million over the past five years.
March 15, 2021University News
±«Óãtv to hold in-person commencement ceremonies this spring
The ±«Óãtv will host its first in-person commencement ceremonies since December 2019, as COVID-19 forced the ceremonies to be held virtually in spring, summer and fall of 2020. Ceremonies are tentatively scheduled for May 7-9.
March 15, 2021University News
±«Óãtv community demonstrates critical leadership in year-long response to COVID-19
The leadership demonstrated throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by the ±«Óãtv has become a true testament to the spirit of faculty, staff and students – a spirit of perseverance, collaboration and community partnership, despite the emotional and often taxing circumstances that have become part of many daily lives.
March 12, 2021±«Óãtv Health, University News
Red Snapper in the Gulf show signs of stress
Nearly all of the Red Snapper sampled in the Gulf of Mexico over a six-year period by ±«Óãtv marine scientists showed evidence of liver damage, according to a study reported in Aquatic Toxicology.
March 10, 2021Research and Innovation
±«Óãtv Professor Toru Shimizu chosen Association for Psychological Science Fellow
±«Óãtv Professor Toru Shimizu, whose pioneering work in understanding the workings of avian brains and behaviors to better understand human intelligence, has been selected as a new Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.
March 10, 2021Honors and Awards
The ±«Óãtv (±«Óãtv) Tampa campus has been recognized as a Silver-Level Bicycle Friendly University with an award from the League of American Bicyclists, the premier grassroots advocacy organization encouraging better bicycling and protecting the right of people who bike.
March 9, 2021Campus Life