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As the nation reckons with systemic racism and how to move forward, researchers at the °ÙÃĵ¼º½ are focusing on how it exists in Tampa Bay and abroad (Fox 13 News).

September 19, 2020Research

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $1 Million to the °ÙÃĵ¼º½ in Tampa as part of a total of $6,487,188 in funding to seven institutions to research how to prevent and control harmful algal blooms.

September 17, 2020Research

International companies to manufacture °ÙÃĵ¼º½ technology that addresses global sanitation concerns

Agreements coincide with °ÙÃĵ¼º½ civil and environmental engineering Professor Daniel Yeh’s team being named a winner of the 2020 Patents for Humanity Award from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Newsroom).

September 17, 2020Honors and Awards, Innovation

°ÙÃĵ¼º½'s research expenditures extend beyond elevating the school; they also have an economic impact to the Tampa Bay region as a whole (Tampa Bay Business Journal / paywall).

September 17, 2020Entrepreneurship, Innovation

The concentration of mercury in fish in Alaska’s Yukon River may exceed EPA mercury criterion by 2050 if greenhouse gas emissions are not constrained, according to a new scientific research paper co-authored by a professor at the °ÙÃĵ¼º½â€™s St. Petersburg campus.

September 17, 2020Research

The study examines how a percentage of otherwise healthy adults are having an "allergic reaction" to the virus. Researchers in several °ÙÃĵ¼º½ departments—including medicine, nursing and business—are recruiting volunteers from Tampa General Hospital's COVID-19 clinic for a new wearable devices study to predict when symptoms will worsen (W°ÙÃĵ¼º½).

September 17, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Colleen Naughton and colleagues at the °ÙÃĵ¼º½ and the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) earned a National Science Foundation grant to host the conference (UC Merced).

September 16, 2020Research

National TV commercial highlights °ÙÃĵ¼º½â€™s thriving research

A new national TV commercial produced by the °ÙÃĵ¼º½ is now airing during American Athletic Conference football games. The ad features researchers involved in two high-profile projects and a °ÙÃĵ¼º½ student as the voiceover talent (°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Newsroom).

September 15, 2020Research

Entrepreneurial students, from undergrad to doctoral level, join with statewide peers to present new healthcare solutions in upcoming pitch competition (°ÙÃĵ¼º½RI Newsroom).

September 14, 2020Entrepreneurship, Health, Innovation

The °ÙÃĵ¼º½ has announced $500,000 worth of grants to fund 23 research projects aimed at reducing racism, including two projects that will be conducted at °ÙÃĵ¼º½â€™s Sarasota-Manatee campus (Sarasota Herald-Tribune).

September 10, 2020Research

The work will involve 90 faculty across eight colleges and the university’s three campuses (Tampa Bay Times).

September 9, 2020Research

As part of a $500,000 research grant program, °ÙÃĵ¼º½ on Wednesday afternoon selected 23 research proposals focused on understanding and addressing the effects of systemic racism at local, national and international levels (°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Oracle).

September 9, 2020Research