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±«Óãtv event on Feb. 3 explores the emerging esports market
The ±«Óãtv Esports Summit, hosted by the Vinik Sport & Entertainment Management Program in the Muma College of Business, features a day of keynote presentations and panel discussions that take an inside look at the $1 billion global esports market.
February 2, 2022University News
Mentoring program leads ±«Óãtv initiative to improve male student outcomes
A pilot mentoring program matches mentee students one-on-one with peer mentors to support their transition to college life and enhance their sense of belonging both in and out of the classroom. The program is administered through a partnership between the ±«Óãtv Office of Student Success and Mentor Collective.
January 27, 2022University News
Kicking off Black Heritage Month on Feb. 1, the ±«Óãtv Institute on Black Life will bring together academics, community leaders, students and residents to highlight community projects and facilitate ongoing research into the history and culture of the Black experience.
January 27, 2022University News
±«Óãtv receives $1 million gift to create scholarships for low-income Hillsborough County students
The ±«Óãtv announced a $1 million gift from Connie and Tony Leung, founders of Sanwa Food Group, to establish the Leung Family Scholarships.
January 27, 2022University News
Physicians, anthropologists and marine biologists start at the soil in launch of program to address nature’s impact on human health
Linking human health to the environment, a growing team of scientists is working together to enhance the impact of microbiomes in a new multifaceted venture called the ±«Óãtv Metropolitan Food Project (MFP). The goal of the project is to address how environmental changes impact food nutrition, and in turn, human health and the risk of viral pandemics.
January 26, 2022Research and Innovation
Ten ±«Óãtv faculty members receive national recognition as AAAS Fellows for academic research
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has named 10 ±«Óãtv researchers as new Fellows, including a College of Education associate professor who will become the university’s first Black faculty member to receive one of the world’s most prestigious honors for academic research.
January 26, 2022Honors and Awards
A new bill that aims to combat human trafficking would establish the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Risk to Resilience Lab on ±«Óãtv’s St. Petersburg campus as the centralized repository for anonymous human trafficking data collected from law enforcement sources across the state.
January 25, 2022University News
±«Óãtv’s online graduate programs rank among the nation’s best
The ±«Óãtv delivers some of the best online graduate programs in the country, according to new rankings released today by U.S. News and World Report (U.S. News). Five of ±«Óãtv’s online programs rank in the top 100, including three programs in the top 50 and one in the top 15.
January 25, 2022University News
Six ±«Óãtv faculty members recognized with Excellence in Innovation Awards
Researchers from the ±«Óãtv College of Engineering and the ±«Óãtv Health Morsani College of Medicine are recognized for their innovations that range from artificial intelligence that can detect and predict suicidality, to encrypting and protecting sensitive information from cloud servers, to disinfecting and recharging masks for safe multiple use.
January 24, 2022Honors and Awards
±«Óãtv researchers release national public opinion survey findings on vote-by-mail security and election fairness
Researchers at the ±«Óãtv, in collaboration with researchers at Florida International University, have released a second round of results from a nationwide survey. This set is aimed at measuring public opinion about several proposed electoral/voting reforms, as well as attitudes about the Electoral College.
January 20, 2022Research and Innovation
Students, university leadership advocate for ±«Óãtv during Day at the Capitol in Tallahassee
Dozens of students from the ±«Óãtv are standing side by side with President Rhea Law, trustees and other university leaders in Tallahassee to advocate for the university’s priorities in the 2022 state legislative session that began last week.
January 18, 2022University News
Study finds Rwandan genocide chemically modified the DNA of victims and victims’ offspring
Scientists with the ±«Óãtv Genomics Program Center for Global Health and Infectious Disease Research have taken a significant step in providing the people of Rwanda the scientific tools they need to help address mental health issues that stemmed from the 1994 genocides of the Tutsi ethnic group.
January 10, 2022Research and Innovation