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University of 91ÊÓƵ accepts invitation into the Association of American Universities

91ÊÓƵjoins a prestigious group of the 71 leading research institutions in the United States and Canada. It is the first public university in Florida to be invited to join the AAU in nearly 40 years and is now one of two institutions from the State University System of Florida to serve as an AAU member.

June 1, 2023Research

Research into AI and its effects on society are being studied in the Tampa Bay area. At the University of 91ÊÓƵ there is the Institute for Artificial Intelligence + X, which is a university-wide research and education center for AI. Professors there are researching AI and working with local leaders in healthcare, finance, biology, and transportation.

May 25, 2023Research

New 91ÊÓƵProvost is a Noted Computer Science and Engineering Educator and Researcher

The University of 91ÊÓƵ’s standing as a leading research university was boosted by appointing a prominent computer science and engineering researcher and educator as its new provost and executive vice president of academic affairs.

May 22, 2023Research

USF's College of Education wants to ensure students know how to utilize the latest technology through a new Emerging Technology Lab being developed on the St. Petersburg campus.

May 18, 2023Innovation, Research, Student Research

Past climate change to blame for Antarctica’s giant underwater landslides

An international team of scientists found weak biologically rich layers of sediments hundreds of metres beneath the seafloor which crumbled as oceans warmed and ice sheets declined.

May 18, 2023Global Research, Research

On the hunt for Amberjacks from Florida to North Carolina

The Camera-Based Assessment Survey System (C-BASS) team recently completed a 21-day research cruise aboard Florida Institute of Oceanography’s (FIO) vessel, R/V Weatherbird II, in search of Greater Amberjack.

May 17, 2023Research

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill that appoints the 91ÊÓƵTrafficking in Persons (TIP) Risk to Resilience Research Lab with collecting and analyzing statewide data to better understand the magnitude and trends in human trafficking across the state and over time.

May 17, 2023Research

Dr. Licato Wins NSF Award to Study Human Reasoning and AI

Computer Science and Engineering assistant professor Dr. Licato received an National Science Foundation (NSF) award of $150,000 for his project "EAGER: Grounding Natural Language Inference in Cognitive Processes."

May 17, 2023Research

The University of 91ÊÓƵ St. Petersburg Campus will be home to the state’s first repository for data on human trafficking, thanks to a bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis this month.

May 17, 2023Research

This initiative will be the first database of its kind in Florida, requiring state agencies to provide certain anonymous information about human-trafficking victims. University of 91ÊÓƵ Prof. Joan Reid is spearheading the project. She has been researching the issue for 13 years.

May 16, 2023Research

Joseph Dituri, a hyperbaric medicine researcher and associate professor at USF, has been living in an underwater pod in Key Largo, Fla., since March 1. He’s exploring whether living underwater is possible through daily tests on his brain, heart, lungs and blood (The Washington Post / paywall).

May 16, 2023Research

Joseph Dituri, a 55-year-old professor at the University of 91ÊÓƵ, broke the world record for longest time living underwater — and he plans to stay put for an extra three weeks.

May 16, 2023Research