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°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Medical Technology Startup SPKL Wins Coveted Cade Prize

A team led by a °ÙÃĵ¼º½ Engineering professor and alum is awarded one of Florida’s top awards for innovation.

October 1, 2021Honors and Awards, Innovation, Student Research

Food for thought: does the brain prefer carbohydrates or ketones? Dr. Dominic D’Agostino, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the °ÙÃĵ¼º½ who’s done extensive research on the fuel the brain prefers (Sylvan Lake News).

September 27, 2021Global Research, Research

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ students create lifesaving medical innovation to help end worldwide ventilator shortage

Biomedical engineering graduates from the °ÙÃĵ¼º½ are receiving national accolades for a prototype device that may help solve the critical shortage of lifesaving ventilators seen around the world throughout the COVID-19 pandemic (°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Newsroom).

September 27, 2021Health, Innovation, Student Research

Meet °ÙÃĵ¼º½â€™s Cade Prize Candidate: Startup SPKL unites old friends in a quest to develop new medical technology

SPKL, a °ÙÃĵ¼º½ College of Engineering startup, is a finalist for the Cade Prize, one of Florida's most prestigious awards for innovation.

September 22, 2021Innovation

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ College of Marine Science Joins Ocean Visions Network

The °ÙÃĵ¼º½ College of Marine Science (°ÙÃĵ¼º½ CMS) announced it has joined the Ocean Visions Research Consortium.

September 20, 2021Research

New jellyfish species named after FIO director, °ÙÃĵ¼º½ professor

His expertise in jellyfish is so renowned, Monty Graham, director of the Florida Institute of Oceanography and professor of integrative biology at °ÙÃĵ¼º½, has a new species of jellyfish bearing his name – the Aurelia montyi.

September 17, 2021Research

Commercialization of °ÙÃĵ¼º½-invented sanitation system set to begin

The latest version of the °ÙÃĵ¼º½-invented NEWgenerator is on its way to South Africa to begin the process of entering mass production. The solar-powered machine generates nutrients, energy and water by safely recovering them from human wastewater—a technology built to address global sanitation concerns (°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Newsroom).

September 15, 2021Entrepreneurship, Global Research, Innovation

Jason Gulley, a geology professor at the °ÙÃĵ¼º½, has taken stunning photographs documenting threats to Florida's freshwater springs. Declining flows, agricultural runoff, and sewage are pressuring the world’s largest network of freshwater springs. (National Geographic).

September 14, 2021Research

The °ÙÃĵ¼º½ (°ÙÃĵ¼º½), thanks to funding from the National Institutes of Health, is conducting a study to determine whether computerized brain training exercises can reduce the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease (Osprey Observer).

September 8, 2021Health, Research

The unfolding crisis in Afghanistan and the return to power of the Taliban has brought renewed attention to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the events that unfolded in its aftermath (°ÙÃĵ¼º½ St. Petersburg Campus).

September 7, 2021Research

A group of °ÙÃĵ¼º½ alumni won $20,000 in a national competition for the creation of a low-cost ventilator prototype. Biomedical engineering alumni Abby Blocker, Carolyna Yamamoto Alves Pinto and Jacob Yarinsky created Eucovent, a device resembling a small box that splits the airflow from one ventilator to two patients (°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Oracle).

September 7, 2021Health, Innovation, Student Research

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ is now home to the Florida Center for Nursing, where research is conducted on the supply and demand of the nursing field (W°ÙÃĵ¼º½).

September 7, 2021Health