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USF receives gift of more than $2 million to support on-campus stadium and brewing arts program
A $2.2 million gift will benefit the university’s new on-campus stadium and a growing brewing arts program. The donation comes from Joey Redner, the founder of Cigar City Brewing in Tampa, and his wife, Jennifer.
January 28, 2025Campus News
Dreams empowered: USF awards over $1.2 million in scholarships to business students
College leaders announced that donor-funded financial awards reached another record-breaking year with about 350 business students from all three campuses from 140 different funds within the Muma College of Business.
January 24, 2025Campus News, Events, Students
USF scientists deploy tsunami-sensing buoy, aiding future warning system
The Shallow Underwater Buoy for Geodesy (SUBGEO) system is a research partnership between the USF School of Geosciences, the College of Marine Science, and international collaborators.
January 23, 2025Research
Three USF professors partner with communities to make a local, national and global impact
One of the professors, Christian Wells, director of the Center for Brownfields Research & Redevelopment, is working collaboratively with the residents of Tallevast, a historically African American neighborhood in Manatee County that was contaminated over several decades by waste water from a manufacturing plant.
January 22, 2025Campus News
Lifelong learning program launches classes at USF St. Petersburg
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute has plans to expand to the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus in the future.
January 21, 2025Campus News
Remembering USF’s fourth president, Francis Borkowski
Francis Borkowski served as president from 1988 to 1993. During his tenure, USF’s enrollment increased from 30,000 to more than 34,000, research grants increased from $37 million to $60 million and the USF Foundation’s endowment grew from $21 million to $61 million.
January 21, 2025Campus News
USF online graduate programs continue to rank among the nation’s best
Several of the University of South Florida’s online graduate programs remain among the top in the country, according to the 2025 Best Online Graduate Programs rankings released by U.S. News & World Report. USF’s highest-ranked program is inside the Top 20 among all public and private universities and another program improved by 24 places to break into the Top 50.
January 21, 2025Campus News
Center for Hospice, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Studies awards pilot grant to Nik Lampe and Ji-Young Lee
The award supports research focused on palliative and end-of-life care within the local community. Ji-Young Lee is on the faculty at USF Sarasota-Manatee.
January 16, 2025Research
Celebrating Inauguration Day: A conversation about the American tradition, then and now
Inauguration Day has changed dramatically over the years while maintaining some key traditions for a ceremony that ushers in a new American president. Learn more about the history of Inauguration Day and its importance today.
January 16, 2025Campus News
$4.8M Mellon Foundation grant opens internship opportunities for USF humanities students
The foundation awarded USF a five-year, $4.8 million grant that will support up to 900 students each year in otherwise unpaid internships. The beneficiaries will be undergraduate students majoring in humanities.
January 15, 2025Students
H5N1: How worried should we be?
Experts from USF Health and the Global Virus Network discuss the current avian influenza outbreak in poultry, dairy cattle and wild birds.
January 14, 2025Research
USF honors Martin Luther King Jr. with week of events and student service projects
The University of South Florida’s annual celebration of the life, legacy and values of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will honor his vision with community service events, a brunch and other activities.
January 14, 2025Events