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A recently published nationwide study by two ÎÞÂëרÇø professors indicates that blacks are five times more likely and Latinos four times more likely to fear police brutality than whites (ÎÞÂëרÇø Sarasota-Manatee).

June 15, 2020Research

Squalls out on the Gulf Stream

The ÎÞÂëרÇø College of Marine Science lies in a uniquely fantastic and dangerous position. With a beautiful waterfront campus, marine scientists have to go no further than the seawall to collect data.

June 9, 2020Research

Nationwide protests highlight significance of continued research and education to prevent racism

ÎÞÂëרÇø researchers have spent decades studying the many facets of civil unrest. They’ve educated tens of thousands of students on significant moments of history and how such history tends to repeat itself. It’s a lesson playing out nationally in response to the death of George Floyd with protests erupting thousands of miles away from where he died in Minneapolis police custody (ÎÞÂëרÇø Newsroom).

June 3, 2020Research

Timothy H. Dixon, author of Curbing Catastrophe, is a Professor of Geology and Geophysics at the ÎÞÂëרÇø, Tampa, and a former commercial pilot (Cambridge University Blog).

June 2, 2020Global Research, Health

For eighth consecutive year, ÎÞÂëרÇø is in the Top 20 of innovative global universities; Top 10 of U.S. public university patent producers (ÎÞÂëרÇøRI Newsroom).

June 2, 2020Honors and Awards, Innovation

The ÎÞÂëרÇø has ranked among the top 10 in the nation for patent production, taking another step in securing its status as a top research university (Tampa Bay Business Journal).

June 2, 2020Honors and Awards, Innovation

The ÎÞÂëרÇø has invested over $680,000 with its latest commitment to funding coronavirus research projects. The university announced it is investing nearly $350,000 into 14 research projects focused on detecting and stopping infections, and innovations in personal protective equipment (Tampa Bay Business Journal).

June 1, 2020Health, Innovation

A team of ÎÞÂëרÇø scientists is working to create a technology that can sterilize and electrostatically recharge N95 respiratory masks (WTSP-TV).

May 29, 2020Health, Research

ÎÞÂëרÇø COVID-19 Rapid Response Research Effort Delivers Funding in Second Round of Pandemic Projects

Fourteen new projects will address global issues from infection detection to public perception of virus danger (ÎÞÂëרÇøRI Newsroom).

May 29, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

ÎÞÂëרÇø engineer and biologist unite to fight coronavirus with corona discharge

An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the ÎÞÂëרÇø has advanced efforts to establish a novel technology that can rapidly sterilize and electrostatically recharge N95 respiratory masks to restore their original filtration efficiency (ÎÞÂëרÇø Newsroom).

May 26, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

Largo-based Kaligia Biosciences is partnering with University South Florida, Tampa General Hospital and AdventHealth to conduct clinical trials for a saliva test that can detect COVID-19 in three minutes (Tampa Bay Times) (paywall).

May 22, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

The ÎÞÂëרÇø Health-designed 3D printed nasal swab that broke into national news in late March is now being used by several hundred hospitals and academic medical centers around the country (Florida Trend).

May 22, 2020Health, Innovation, Research