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Concussion is a Leading Cause of Injury for Children in Recreational Sports
Elementary school-aged children who participate in recreational sports are at greater risk of concussion than most other sports-related injuries. A new study published in PLOS ONE focused on children 5-11 years old who play recreational football, soccer and baseball/softball.
June 3, 2019Research and Innovation
‘Suture Zone’ to Blame for Mysterious 2014 Earthquake Felt Across Florida
New research from ±«Óãtv seismologists has uncovered the unexpected source of a 2014 earthquake felt across southern Florida – an anomaly for a state that historically has almost no seismic activity.
May 28, 2019Research and Innovation
±«Óãtv President Makes Historic Gift, Donating $20 Million to Establish the Judy Genshaft Honors College
The ±«Óãtv System has flourished under President Judy Genshaft. Now, she continues her transformational leadership – this time through a historic gift. President Genshaft and her husband, Steve Greenbaum, have donated $20 million to the ±«Óãtv Foundation. This marks one of the largest gifts ever made to ±«Óãtv.
May 22, 2019University News
NASA Selects ±«Óãtv Researcher for the First Female-Dominated Crew for Underwater Mission to Simulate Space Exploration
Csilla Ari D’Agostino, PhD, research assistant professor of psychology at the ±«Óãtv (±«Óãtv), was selected to join NASA’s next underwater mission to study what happens when one lives underwater for an extended period of time.
May 20, 2019Research and Innovation
A group of business students from the ±«Óãtv Sarasota-Manatee helped select a computer system for Pasco County’s public libraries.
May 17, 2019University News
KnowBe4 Donates $1.75 Million to Anti-Phishing Research and to Train Students for a Widening Job Market
A prominent cybersecurity training company in Clearwater will donate $1.75 million in cash and software to the ±«Óãtv Foundation to teach and train Muma College of Business students to serve on the front lines in the growing battle with cyber threats.
May 15, 2019University News
Latest Trends in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and the Dark Web Revealed at the Florida Business Analytics Forum
When you are unlucky enough to find out a stranger has already received your tax refund, or that you purchased a new living room suite in California when you’ve never been to California, your first thought is which restaurant server or convenience store clerk had your credit card last night.
May 15, 2019University News
Defending Earth from Asteroids
In the desert of Arizona, robotic telescopes search the sky for asteroids on a collision course for Earth. It’s an effort that could one day avoid a catastrophe on a planetary scale, and a project that a ±«Óãtv graduate student is helping to strengthen.
May 14, 2019Research and Innovation
Students Work to Reduce Jail Population
Students and faculty from the ±«Óãtv have had unprecedented access to the Pasco County Detention Facility in order to conduct screenings and interview inmates entering the county jail.
May 13, 2019Research and Innovation
More than 1,000 friends and family of ±«Óãtv Health senior medical students packed The Mahaffey Theatre to welcome the nation’s newest doctors and bid farewell to ±«Óãtv System President Judy Genshaft.
May 13, 2019±«Óãtv Health
The ±«Óãtv Sarasota-Manatee today was named CareerSource Suncoast Education Partner of the Year during the 2019 State of Talent Conference Innovation in Workforce luncheon at Art Ovation Hotel.
May 13, 2019University News
Data From Recent Study Identifies Possible Genetic Modifier Linked to Sickle Cell Trait Athlete Deaths
A recent study published in Southern Medical Journal, led by researchers from the ±«Óãtv and Arizona State University, identifies a genetic variation known to affect sickle cell disease symptomology.
May 9, 2019Research and Innovation