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±«Óãtv researchers use 3D technology to explore an ancient Greek city in Sicily
Thanks to the interdisciplinary work of a team of ±«Óãtv scientists, the ancient Greek city of Heloros, in Sicily, is now being studied with the most advanced digital technologies. The team identified additional structural details of the city, which dates to the eighth century B.C., and is now able to reveal a fuller picture of its layout.
August 10, 2022Honors and Awards
±«Óãtv conferred more than 2,700 degrees during summer commencement ceremonies
Graduates included a 75-year-old civil rights activist earning a degree more than 55 years after starting at ±«Óãtv, a 23-year-old earning a doctorate in engineering and a veteran who overcame PTSD and a traumatic brain injury.
August 6, 2022Student Success, University News
±«Óãtv student invents lumber alternative using recycled plastic
The material will be used as a replacement for wood to create fence posts that can last 30 to 50 years, about three times longer than a traditional wood fence.
August 4, 2022Research and Innovation
±«Óãtv researchers launch global dashboard to track invasive mosquitoes carrying deadly diseases
The dashboard is the result of an NSF-funded global research project that started in 2020.
August 2, 2022Cyber/AI, Research and Innovation
Forbes ranks the ±«Óãtv as one of America’s Best Employers for Women
±«Óãtv ranks No. 22 on the Forbes list, which includes employers across a wide range of industries. Women currently account for 57% of all ±«Óãtv employees, 64% of administration employees and 51% of executive/senior leadership.
July 27, 2022University News
Kristina Keogh has been named the new dean of the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library at the ±«Óãtv St. Petersburg campus. Keogh comes to ±«Óãtv after being the director of library services for the past six years at the Alfred R. Goldstein Library at Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, FL.
July 26, 2022University News
±«Óãtv researchers celebrate successes of new Caribbean research center
An interdisciplinary research center is now up and running in Barbados thanks to a $3.6 million grant provided by USAID to support education policy development and timely decision-making on issues impacting schools in the sub-region.
July 26, 2022Research and Innovation
±«Óãtv breaks fundraising record with over $151 million in gifts
Philanthropic gifts from the ±«Óãtv community exceeded $151 million in fiscal year 2021-22, the most generous level of support in the institution’s nearly 70-year history.
July 26, 2022±«Óãtv Foundation, University News
The College of Public Health will partner with the CDC over the next five years to develop a multi-modal approach to deliver infection prevention and control education to emergency responders. The center will serve as a hub for recruitment, dissemination, referral and subject matter consultation.
July 25, 2022Research and Innovation
±«Óãtv engineers secure federal funding to advance wearable electronic technology
Electrical engineering professors are advancing wearable electronics with clothing wired to connect to a range of devices, such as headphones nestled inside a hat.
July 22, 2022Research and Innovation
Heather Judkins, associate professor of integrative biology on the ±«Óãtv St. Petersburg campus, will continue her studies of cephalopods, such as octopus and squid, as part of a team of scientists aboard the R/V Point Sur for a 12-day research cruise around the Gulf of Mexico.
July 21, 2022Research and Innovation
A $75,000 grant from Duke Energy will allow the ±«Óãtv St. Petersburg campus to establish programming that helps initiate partnerships with schools, developing curriculum, establishing STEM-focused clubs and recruiting female and minority students in Pinellas County.
July 21, 2022University News