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±«Óãtv confers nearly 2,700 degrees during summer commencement ceremonies
Graduates included a student who is blind and overcame the odds to fulfill his lifelong dream and a biomedical sciences major who donated part of his liver to save the life of a baby.
August 10, 2025University News
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
Seeing beyond sight: A ±«Óãtv blind student’s journey into broadcasting
As a mass communications major, with a concentration in broadcast program and production, Trent Ferguson has not allowed blindness to become an obstacle in pursuit of his dream of becoming a sports radio broadcaster.
August 4, 2025Student Success
Yash Patel
His interest in accounting was born as a high schooler helping his grandmother run her Clearwater motel. Yash Patel then started a vending machine business that funded his education, gaining real-world experience along the way.
August 4, 2025Student Success
How a ±«Óãtv student’s personal battle with dengue helped develop mosquito-fighting AI
Farhat Azam is using artificial intelligence to help fight mosquito-borne illnesses. As a doctoral student at ±«Óãtv, she is helping develop a smart mosquito trap that can identify disease-carrying species and alert health officials in real time. Her work aims to protect communities from future outbreaks and save lives.
July 28, 2025Cyber/AI, Research and Innovation, Student 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
Tampa Union Station gets $6 million restoration — and ±«Óãtv is driving it forward
The restoration of the historic Tampa Union Station is being shaped by ±«Óãtv from every angle — led by School of Architecture and Community Design alumnus architect Jerel McCants, who developed his love of preservation while a student at the university, and guided by 3D scans produced by ±«Óãtv’s Access 3D Lab.
June 27, 2025Community Partnerships, Student Success
Children of fallen heroes prepare for college at ±«Óãtv, supported by Special Operations Warrior Foundation
The ±«Óãtv is hosting nearly 30 high school students who’ve lost a military parent in the line of duty to explore the college application process — all while forming bonds with peers who have experienced similar loss.
June 24, 2025Community Partnerships
How ±«Óãtv helped kickstart skateboarding in Tampa Bay
±«Óãtv’s impact on Tampa Bay skateboarding is undeniable. Students embedded skateboarding into the area’s cultural DNA, designed the region’s first nationally known skatepark and helped the public recognize the sport’s historical value.
June 18, 2025Campus Life
±«Óãtv student rocket team soars in national NASA competition
The ±«Óãtv's Society of Aeronautics and Rocketry team completed a NASA Student Launch Competition and brought home an award for successfully designing and then sending a model rocket over 4,000 feet while transmitting data.
June 10, 2025Student Success
From orange groves to alma mater: ±«Óãtv and Temple Terrace's shared history
Temple Terrace turned 100 years old on May 28. As ±«Óãtv approaches its 70th anniversary, the two neighbors are more connected than ever, with shared projects, planning efforts and a vision for what the future holds.
May 28, 2025Community Partnerships
Spies, robots and dorm life: ±«Óãtv set to welcome record number of summer campers
±«Óãtv’s record-breaking lineup of 56 week-long educational summer camps provides hands-on experiences in robotics, culinary arts, archaeology, LEGO engineering, Esports, filmmaking, hospitality and emergency response.
May 19, 2025Community Partnerships