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Aiden Jaskolka-Brown
Like most future doctors, Aiden Jaskolka-Brown chose his career path out of a desire to save lives. But Jaskolka-Brown didn’t wait until he became a doctor to save lives. In 2023, he donated a segment of his left liver to a 5-month-old baby.
August 4, 2025Student Success
±«Óãtv doctoral student, Army veteran named 2025 Tillman Scholar
U.S. Army veteran Nathaniel Hays, a ±«Óãtv doctoral student in cellular and molecular biology, has been named a 2025 Tillman Scholar by the Pat Tillman Foundation. Selected from more than 1,700 applicants, Hays is pursuing cancer research inspired by a family history of the disease.
July 28, 2025Student Success
A team of professors, musicians and students at ±«Óãtv is transforming complicated environmental data into powerful music compositions. After tackling critical issues like harmful algae blooms and red tide, the group has now composed music that highlights the environmental stressors affecting oysters in Florida.
July 2, 2025Research and Innovation
From classroom to command: ±«Óãtv student helping shape the future of national security
For May Birch, national security isn’t just a field of study—it’s a calling rooted in family, shaped by mentors and propelled by student leadership.
June 9, 2025Student Success
The Hurricane Histories project will feature the experiences of those impacted across Tampa Bay, helping preserve their stories of loss, transformation and hope.
June 3, 2025Research and Innovation
How do Floridians perceive AI in mental health and health care?
During Mental Health Awareness Month, ±«Óãtv and FAU researchers release results from a statewide public opinion survey that measures mental health experiences and attitudes toward the use of artificial intelligence in health care.
May 21, 2025Research and Innovation
How ±«Óãtv hurricane experts are helping improve evacuation procedures across Tampa Bay
As hurricane season approaches, researchers at the ±«Óãtv are turning to the public to help government agencies improve emergency communication and evacuation strategies. They want to know how residents heeded warnings ahead of hurricanes Helene and Milton.
May 19, 2025Research and Innovation
Behind the horns: Meet the ±«Óãtv students who were Rocky D. Bull
For years, they hid in plain sight, lifting spirits and energizing crowds as the university’s beloved mascot, Rocky D. Bull. Now that they’ve graduated, three Rockys are allowed to take off the mask and share what it’s really like to be the face of ±«Óãtv.
May 12, 2025Student Success, ±«Óãtv Athletics
±«Óãtv siblings bring TEDx back to Tampa, inspire with ‘Lift As You Climb’ theme
±«Óãtv siblings Harikrishna and Krishna Patel curated a TEDx Talk at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa. Their effort, shaped in part by unexpected leadership roles on a global stage, received support from a team of 50, half of whom were ±«Óãtv students and alumni.
May 5, 2025Community Partnerships, Student Success, ±«Óãtv in the News
Tammy and Bennett Moscato
Mother and son Tammy and Bennett Moscato attended ±«Óãtv together. Now, they are both graduating this spring.
May 2, 2025Student Success
Could 'The Last of Us' really happen? ±«Óãtv mycology expert breaks down the fungus behind the fiction
HBO’s The Last of Us might be a dystopian thrill ride, but how real is its core concept that a fungus could hijack the human brain? A ±«Óãtv microbiology professor explains what’s fact and what’s fiction.
May 1, 2025Research and Innovation
±«Óãtv study finds opioid control policies may reduce domestic violence
The research suggests a correlation between opioid misuse and domestic violence, offering broader public health implications beyond addiction.
April 23, 2025Research and Innovation