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°ÙÃĵ¼º½ secured nearly 130 patents last year, making it one of the top in the country and world (Business Observer).

June 17, 2021Innovation, Research

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ researchers release findings from statewide COVID-19 opinion survey regarding vaccine hesitancy and policy

Researchers with the °ÙÃĵ¼º½ School of Public Affairs have released results from a statewide survey that helps to better understand the factors associated with vaccine hesitancy and measures policy attitudes related to COVID-19 vaccines (°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Newsroom).

June 16, 2021Health, Research

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ was awarded 123 patents in 2020, a school record. The University of Florida and the °ÙÃĵ¼º½ ranked among the top 15 schools in the world to be granted U.S. utility patents last year, according to a new report (Tampa Bay Times).

June 16, 2021Innovation, Research

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ inventors post record patent numbers, ranking in the nation’s top 10 university producers

Annual ranking from the National Academy of Inventors and International Property Owners Association is a key measure of global innovation.

June 15, 2021Innovation

Could caves on other planets yield the secrets of the universe? °ÙÃĵ¼º½ Geoscientist Bogdan Onac and his international colleagues want to find out

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ School of Geosciences Professor Bogdan P. Onac documents millions of years of Earth’s natural history by exploring caves and lava tubes around the world. But now Onac along with dozens of fellow geoscientists, astronomers, astrobiologists, and robotics and artificial intelligence engineers are urging a new focus on caves on other planets as sites of untold discovery.

June 15, 2021Global Research

The Byrne lab goes West: three CMS students set sail on 45-day Pacific Ocean cruise

The major goal is to understand trends in the Pacific Ocean, with a specific focus on environmental parameters that influence ocean acidification — a major threat to ocean health, food security, economies, and more (°ÙÃĵ¼º½ College of Marine Science).

June 15, 2021Research, Student Research

Over the course of a decade, scientists looked into a strange phenomenon found in Gulf waters near the BP oil rig after the spill, and 12 expeditions were also mounted to collect environmental data (W°ÙÃĵ¼º½).

June 14, 2021Research

More than half the population has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Case numbers are declining, but with nearly half of the people not yet vaccinated, it’s clear that trust is not there for many Americans. In an online forum, Trust & Vaccines, a panel of experts looked at what’s motivating people to get the vaccine and why others still are not (°ÙÃĵ¼º½ St. Petersburg campus).

June 14, 2021Health, Research

Community volunteer and °ÙÃĵ¼º½ Health patient Bruce Mackey has made a $1.8 million estate gift to °ÙÃĵ¼º½ Health to fund a women’s heart health professorship, dermatology research endowment and caregiver education programs at the Byrd Alzheimer’s Center (°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Health).

June 14, 2021Health

The °ÙÃĵ¼º½ Health Center has received $1.8 million from a former patient and hospital volunteer (Tampa Bay Business Journal).

June 14, 2021Health, Research

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ College of Engineering professor Norma Alcantar has 12 patents for cactus mucilage, the gummy stuff inside the plant, used for everything from water purification to using it in the fight against Parkinson’s disease (Bay News 9).

June 14, 2021Honors and Awards, Innovation, Research

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ librarians are working with °ÙÃĵ¼º½ researchers and the Tampa Bay community to identify living next-of-kin for those forgotten while bringing historical injustices to light (°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Libraries).

June 11, 2021Research