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°ÙÃĵ¼º½â€™s St. Petersburg campus is one of only seven higher education institutions across the nation to receive a grant through the 2020 Ford College Community Challenge. A $25,000 grant from the Ford Motor Company Fund is going towards a project that will promote food security in South St. Petersburg by producing up to 150 pounds of fresh vegetables for the community each month.

November 17, 2020Innovation

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Esports Fall Invitational Partners with Alum-led Company to Enhance Fan Experience

Top Inc., the innovative customer engagement platform founded by °ÙÃĵ¼º½ alum Will Cohen, adds a new dimension to °ÙÃĵ¼º½â€™s signature esports event.

November 12, 2020Entrepreneurship, Innovation

Florida Blue has donated $100,000 and partnered with the °ÙÃĵ¼º½ to aid the school's efforts to track the novel coronavirus (Tampa Bay Business Journal \ paywall).

November 12, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

Florida Blue Supports °ÙÃĵ¼º½ Epidemiologist’s Innovative Efforts to Track COVID-19

°ÙÃĵ¼º½â€™s College of Public Health is awarded $100,000 by Florida Blue to support Professor Edwin Michael’s research to build a better tool for fighting the pandemic.

November 9, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

Virtual characters created at °ÙÃĵ¼º½ to teach emergent bilingual students English

A new research-based app developed at °ÙÃĵ¼º½ will soon be accessible to K-12 students and teachers in an effort to bolster a more multilingual society (°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Newsroom).

November 9, 2020Research

A new study offers insight into designing antiviral drugs against COVID-19. The study, led by researchers at °ÙÃĵ¼º½ Health Morsani College of Medicine and the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, was published in Science Advances (Tunis Daily News).

November 7, 2020Health, Research

New research traces the origins of trench fever

First observed among British Expeditionary Forces in 1915, trench fever sickened an estimated 500,000 soldiers during World War I. Since then, the disease has become synonymous with the battlefield. But now, new research from an international team of scientists has uncovered evidence challenging this long-held belief (°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Newsroom).

November 4, 2020Health, Research

Before she was a °ÙÃĵ¼º½ College of Nursing alumna, inventor Anna Hopen was the co-founder of the °ÙÃĵ¼º½ Young Innovator Competition (°ÙÃĵ¼º½RI Newsroom).

November 3, 2020Innovation

Annual Conference Spotlights Life Sciences Growth and Propels Collaboration. The 2020 COVID-19 Innovation Award was presented to Dr. Yogi Goswami, the world-renowned Director of the Clean Energy Research Center at the °ÙÃĵ¼º½, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame, who has published twenty-two books and over 400 peer-reviewed scientific and technical papers on topics including indoor air quality (PR Newswire).

October 30, 2020Honors and Awards, Innovation, Research

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ researchers are using 3D technology to map out the historic Jackson Rooming House in Tampa, after receiving a $1 million grant from the Vinik Family Foundation (TampaBayInno).

October 27, 2020Innovation, Research

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ researchers release social media findings from statewide 2020 presidential election survey

Researchers with the °ÙÃĵ¼º½ have released the results from a statewide survey that measures Floridians’ use of Facebook to engage with the presidential election, as well as their attitudes regarding the political information they encounter online (°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Newsroom).

October 27, 2020Research

High-profile homicide trial to showcase evidence recreated at °ÙÃĵ¼º½

The digital reconstructions of three human skulls created at the °ÙÃĵ¼º½ are being used as evidence in a high-profile murder trial in California (°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Newsroom).

October 26, 2020Research