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Florida Blue supports ±«Óãtv epidemiologist’s innovative efforts to track COVID-19
±«Óãtv College of Public Health Professor Edwin Michael’s arrival on campus coincided with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, giving an innovative system he’d built to track and predict disease outbreaks its debut amid a global crisis with severe statewide implications.
November 9, 2020COVID-19, Research and Innovation
Preschool for Creative Learning receives $1.3 million grant to support ±«Óãtv student parents
The ±«Óãtv’s Preschool for Creative Learning received a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to provide financial assistance and other resources to ±«Óãtv students who are parents of preschool-aged children.
November 9, 2020University News
Virtual characters created at ±«Óãtv to teach emergent bilingual students English
A new research-based app developed at ±«Óãtv will soon be accessible to K-12 students and teachers in an effort to bolster a more multilingual society.
November 9, 2020Research and Innovation
±«Óãtv students adapt to produce television news broadcasts from home
±«Óãtv students enrolled in the Florida Focus broadcast news class hoped to spend this fall producing daily news segments in the university’s on-campus studio, but COVID-19 changed those plans. Instead, they’ve been reporting from makeshift mini studios in their homes as they prepare to enter the workforce.
November 6, 2020COVID-19, Research and Innovation
New research traces the origins of trench fever
First observed among British Expeditionary Forces in 1915, trench fever sickened an estimated 500,000 soldiers during World War I. Since then, the disease has become synonymous with the battlefield. But now, new research from an international team of scientists has uncovered evidence challenging this long-held belief.
November 4, 2020Research and Innovation
New Florida Institute of Oceanography director selected
The ±«Óãtv announced today the appointment of William Montrose Graham as the new director of the Florida Institute of Oceanography. Hosted by ±«Óãtv, FIO serves as the state of Florida's hub of oceanographic research and coastal stewardship and as an education and research resource for schools across the State University System.
November 2, 2020University News
±«Óãtv researchers release social media findings from statewide 2020 presidential election survey
Researchers with the ±«Óãtv have released the results from a statewide survey that measures Floridians’ use of Facebook to engage with the presidential election, as well as their attitudes regarding the political information they encounter online.
October 27, 2020Research and Innovation
High-profile homicide trial showcases evidence recreated at ±«Óãtv
The digital reconstructions of three human skulls created at the ±«Óãtv are being used as evidence in a high-profile murder trial in California.
October 26, 2020Research and Innovation
The ±«Óãtv welcomed Lisa Carlton, Diana Michel and Ernie Withers to the Sarasota-Manatee Campus Advisory Board during its fall meeting on Wednesday. Board member Dr. Anila Jain, a distinguished alumna and longtime ±«Óãtv supporter, also began a new four-year term.
October 23, 2020University News
Successful ±«Óãtv guaranteed admissions program renewed with eight state and community colleges
Program supports access to higher education in the Tampa Bay region by providing students with another pathway into ±«Óãtv.
October 23, 2020University News
EPA administrator announces launch of ±«Óãtv-led project to address local revitalization efforts through workforce development
The ±«Óãtv Center for Brownfields Research & Redevelopment is launching a program designed to clean up contaminated neighborhoods while creating jobs for residents.
October 22, 2020Research and Innovation
±«Óãtv researchers release findings from statewide 2020 presidential election survey
Researchers with the ±«Óãtv have released results from a statewide survey that measures attitudes and opinions regarding the 2020 presidential election and the current political climate.
October 20, 2020Research and Innovation