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The Drug Enforcement Administration has granted a handful of universities permission to research psychedelics. The ±«Óãtv is one of them, and Psilera Bioscience is an early beneficiary (Tampa Bay Times / paywall).

July 12, 2021Innovation, Research

±«Óãtv Researchers Report on Progress of COVID-19 Seed Grants

More than a year into ±«Óãtv’s COVID-19 seed grants projects, researchers are developing new technologies and learning more about the pandemic’s impact.

July 8, 2021Global Research, Research

The Florida High Tech Corridor Matching Grants Research Program allows selected researchers to extend the scope and boundaries of their projects through partnerships and funding, helping to advance important findings that the university is working toward (±«Óãtv Oracle).

July 6, 2021Research, Student Research

The five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute will support the research of Moffitt’s Lung Cancer Metabolism Group, which is working on four projects to develop new therapies (W±«Óãtv).

July 2, 2021Health, Research

±«Óãtv Department of Education Professor Dr. Brenda Walker is the lead on the research study (Bay News 9).

July 2, 2021Research

±«Óãtv marine scientists detect a record-high amount of Sargassum

±«Óãtv marine scientists have used NASA satellite imagery to detect a Sargassum bloom in the Caribbean, central west Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico that's nearly the same size as the record-breaking bloom discovered in 2018.

July 1, 2021Global Research, Research

Port Tampa Bay and the ±«Óãtv College of Nursing have partnered on a project to bring a primary care clinic to the port — the first of its kind in the U.S. (Bay News 9).

July 1, 2021Health

A new article in Nature puts a spotlight on ±«Óãtv College of Marine Science Professor Mya Breitbart’s exploration of the vast, hidden world of viruses and the heightened importance of studying viruses amid COVID-19.

June 30, 2021Health, Research

Kyaien Conner, behavioral sciences professor at ±«Óãtv and researcher of racial health disparities within the Black community, has faced the mistreatment of low-income minority women in Florida firsthand, inspiring her to help create legislation to help combat it (±«Óãtv Oracle).

June 29, 2021Health, Research

±«Óãtv Zimmerman School students create COVID-19 vaccination campaign being implemented by professional business organization

The Manasota Black Chamber of Commerce (MBCC) is in the process of implementing a campaign created by students in the ±«Óãtv Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications that would assist in its efforts to encourage communities of color to get the COVID-19 vaccine (±«Óãtv Newsfeed).

June 29, 2021Health, Student Research

National network to connect researchers and concerned citizens working to preserve historical Black cemeteries

±«Óãtv researchers have launched the Black Cemetery Network, an interactive website that tracks African American burial grounds and cemeteries across the country, helping raise awareness about their history and to ensure what remains is preserved (±«Óãtv Newsroom).

June 24, 2021Research

From autonomous vehicles to drug development to cybersecurity, ±«Óãtv researchers exploring new frontiers in these rapidly expanding fields are part of a larger mosaic of innovation that extends across the state through the Florida High Tech Corridor (Mirage News).

June 23, 2021Innovation, Research, Student Research