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Environmental Scientists: New Federal Rule is a Watershed Moment for U.S. Water Quality

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ School of Geosciences Director Mark Rains is among group of leading water scientists who decry a new federal rule removing protection of some vital streams and wetlands (Science).

August 13, 2020Research

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ researchers release findings from statewide COVID-19 survey

Researchers with the °ÙÃĵ¼º½ School of Public Affairs have released the first set of results from a statewide survey that measures general opinions regarding the COVID-19 public health crisis and related policy issues, as well as emergency preparedness (°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Newsroom).

August 13, 2020Research

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ College of Marine Science’s Clifford Merz Named Senior Member of National Academy of Inventors

The National Academy of Inventors has named °ÙÃĵ¼º½ College of Marine Science Senior Research Ocean Engineer Clifford R. Merz as one of its new senior members in recognition of his achievements in inventing marine-based renewable energy technology (°ÙÃĵ¼º½RI Newsroom).

August 11, 2020Honors and Awards, Innovation

Using data from wearable devices, they hope to learn if the body sends clues before symptoms get worse (Tampa Bay Times).

August 11, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

A technology created at °ÙÃĵ¼º½ could help enable the establishment of a permanent presence on the moon. Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Daniel Yeh has been collaborating with NASA to develop a system that converts human waste into fertilizer and water, which would allow astronauts to grow fresh vegetables in space in a more sustainable way (Mirage News).

August 10, 2020Entrepreneurship, Innovation

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Senior VP Paul Sanberg Selected to Inaugural Class of Sigma Xi Fellows

Sigma Xi, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and engineering honor societies, has selected °ÙÃĵ¼º½ Senior Vice President Paul Sanberg for its inaugural class of Fellows (°ÙÃĵ¼º½RI Newsroom).

August 5, 2020Honors and Awards

Five °ÙÃĵ¼º½ Faculty Elected 2020 Members of the Academy of Science, Engineering & Medicine of Florida

The Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida have selected five °ÙÃĵ¼º½ professors as new members in recognition of their accomplishments, exceptional research achievements, and high-impact contributions to advancing science, engineering and medicine.

August 4, 2020Honors and Awards

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Partner in Costa Rica Launches the Country’s First Program to Detect Coronavirus in Wastewater

With more than 5,000 beach surveys, 500 behavioral observations, and 80 interviews to digest, and water quality data to crunch, it was time to celebrate this phase of their NSF-funded coastal health study called MERA, which included several trainings by the °ÙÃĵ¼º½ team to help their colleagues get up to speed on a suite of environmental monitoring techniques (°ÙÃĵ¼º½ College of Marine Science).

July 29, 2020Global Research, Research, Student Research

Data scientists from the °ÙÃĵ¼º½ have developed a new model to predict the spread of COVID-19 throughout Tampa Bay using mobile data (WFLA).

July 22, 2020Health, Innovation

Physician-scientist Dr. Sarah Yuan will expand her nationally prominent microvascular research program to include COVID-19.

July 22, 2020Health

Rather than handling the live virus in the study, researchers are using a safer, COVID-19 pseudotype, which also holds the same enzyme that gives fireflies their glow (WFTS).

July 22, 2020Health, Innovation

A system designed and patented at °ÙÃĵ¼º½ to predict if an elderly person might fall has been adapted to help businesses enforce social distancing guidelines in the age of COVID-19.

July 21, 2020Health