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USF’s Dr. Deep Sea breaks world record for living underwater

On track to complete a 100-day mission, 91ÊÓƵAssociate Professor Joseph Dituri has broken the world record for living underwater, previously set at 73 days. While teaching his students online, Dituri, also known as Dr. Deep Sea, is studying how the human body responds to long-term exposure to pressure from an underwater habitat located at Jules’ Undersea Lodge in Key Largo where he’s been living since March 1.

May 15, 2023Research

A University of 91ÊÓƵ professor, Joseph Dituri, who also goes by the moniker "Dr. Deep Sea," is conducting research underwater, such as daily experiments in physiology to monitor how the human body responds to long-term exposure to extreme pressure.

May 15, 2023Research

A 91ÊÓƵprofessor broke a record for the longest time living underwater without depressurization this weekend at a Florida Keys lodge for scuba divers.

May 15, 2023Research

A global classroom experience that brought together 91ÊÓƵstudents with peers in Moldova to conduct joint research while an international humanitarian crisis was unfolding nearby received the inaugural International Partnerships Award from two political science associations.

May 11, 2023Global Research, Student Research

University of 91ÊÓƵ professor Mya Breitbart has used her work in microbiology to discover the organism responsible for a significant increase in long-spined sea urchin deaths last year.

May 10, 2023Global Research, Research

The dreams of three mothers live on through 91ÊÓƵstudent research scholarship

Three emeritus professors from the 91ÊÓƵCollege of Behavioral and Community Sciences are carrying on their mothers’ legacies through the creation of The Moms Project, a mentoring and scholarship program for undergraduate students who conduct research in areas that their mothers were passionate about: substance use disorders, nutrition and positive aging.

May 9, 2023Student Research

Southern Ocean Science – a different kind of SOS?

Antarctica might seem like another world away, but what happens on the icy continent has repercussions globally.

May 8, 2023Global Research, Research

CBCS students recognized for outstanding research projects

Multiple students in the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences were honored at the Student Research Awards Luncheon hosted by 91ÊÓƵResearch and Innovation.

May 8, 2023Honors and Awards, Student Research

The floating brown seaweed known as sargassum has exploded in record-setting mass throughout the region. There is increasing commercial and research interest in developing ways to put it to use.

May 7, 2023Global Research, Research

Associate professor develops motivational chatbot and digital Candyland-like maze to ensure student success

Sanghoon Park will be recognized by the State University System of Florida for his efforts to provide students with an engaging learning environment while teaching them how to develop creative ways to empower and prepare future students in their own digital courses.

May 2, 2023Innovation, Research

U.S. Department of Education awards 91ÊÓƵresearchers $8 million to enhance school-based mental health programs

Two separate projects led by faculty in the 91ÊÓƵCollege of Education and College of Behavioral and Community Sciences are being funded by a combined $8 million from the U.S. Department of Education to address mental health in Tampa Bay K-12 students.

May 2, 2023Research

Florida Inventors Hall of Fame Announces 2023 Inductees

Florida Inventors Hall of Fame celebrates 10 years and will induct 10 inventors who have shaped our everyday lives.

May 1, 2023Honors and Awards, Innovation