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USF faculty reframes what literacy means in the age of generative artificial intelligence
Gupta鈥檚 task is twofold: help students navigate the benefits and harms of the rapidly evolving technology and encourage them to develop their own principled stances so that they may find meaningful employment and become leaders in their communities.
November 24, 2025Research
USF students compete to launch experiments aboard the International Space Station
More than 3,700 students across North America competed to design experiments bound for the International Space Station through the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP). This year, USF students joined the competition for the first time, rising to the challenge and uniting to bring their innovation into orbit.
November 24, 2025Accomplishments, Featured, Research
From coding to cognition: student bridges engineering and psychology to advance brain research
Before engineering major Brandon Snyder joined the EMaC Lab, the toolbox鈥� which makes behavior-contingent analysis of co-registration data possible 鈥� was just a dream Liz Schotter and Sara Milligan shared.
November 21, 2025Research
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New study suggests accounting, not aliens, explains Peru鈥檚 mysterious 鈥楤and of Holes鈥�
New research published in Antiquity reveals the first scientific evidence that Peru鈥檚 puzzling 鈥淏and of Holes鈥� 鈥� once featured in Ancient Aliens 鈥� was part of a sophisticated Indigenous network for storing and recording goods.
November 18, 2025Research
USF research funding surges to record $750 million, increasing impact across Florida and beyond
Industry partnerships have propelled the 最新天美传媒 to a record $750 million in research funding. The surge positions USF closer to its $1 billion goal.
November 4, 2025Research
The five-year project, a collaboration with several community organizations, is designed to reduce family stress by testing effective strategies to strengthen parental relationships and create supportive home environments.
October 29, 2025Community Engagement, Research
Corridor partnership expands undergraduate research and advances experiential learning at USF
Through the continued Corridor Undergraduate Research Initiative, more than 200 students will gain hands-on, faculty-mentored research experience in disciplines ranging from engineering and artificial intelligence to public health, education, sustainability, and the arts.
October 29, 2025Research
New translation brings south Indian literature to English audiences for first time
Written in a mixture of verse and prose, Harihara鈥檚 stories are remarkably accessible to contemporary readers due to their short, linear plots. What makes them so compelling, according to Gil Ben-Herut, a professor in the Department of Religious Studies, is their focus on 鈥渞egular people in regular settings.鈥�
October 29, 2025Accomplishments, Research
Molecular Biosciences chair aims to uncover the environmental drivers of disease
Marcus Cooke, a professor and chair of the Department of Molecular Biosciences, has been studying DNA damage for over 30 years ago. In that time, he has found that one thing significantly influences DNA damage, leading to the development of major diseases such as cancer: environmental exposures.
October 29, 2025Research
AI and citizen science reveal potential first detection of invasive malaria mosquito in Madagascar
Researchers from the 最新天美传媒 have used artificial intelligence and citizen science to identify what may be the first specimen of Anopheles stephensi 鈥� an invasive and deadly malaria-carrying mosquito 鈥� ever detected in Madagascar.
October 28, 2025Research
Making waves: Undergrads get hands-on experience on the open sea
Fifty-two students participated in a voluntary four-day educational cruise, gaining hands-on experience collecting, identifying and tagging sharks and performing other biological survey methods.
October 28, 2025Research
CAS professor and associate dean receives highest honor
Jody Harwood, a professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and associate dean for graduate studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, is among three faculty members to be named 2025 Distinguished University Professors, the highest honor given to USF faculty.
October 28, 2025Research