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Netflix Cofounder Marc Randolph Offers Up a Primer to Entrepreneurs at the Muma College of Business Thought Leader Series
You don’t have to be especially gifted to come up with the next big idea. You don’t have to have an MBA, or live in Silicon Valley; you don’t have to be a world traveler or have an engineering degree. You don’t even have to be particularly smart, Mark Randolph told a large crowd at the second USF Muma College of Business Thought Leader Series on Thursday afternoon.
February 21, 2019Campus Life
Historians Turn to Social Media to Identify Artifact Potentially Used in Organized Crime
Advanced technologies used to study human history may not be enough to solve the mystery behind an early 20th century roulette wheel. That’s why researchers at the University of South Florida’s Institute for Digital Exploration in Tampa are turning to crowd curation to help identify the peculiar artifact.
February 18, 2019Research and Innovation
Turning a Lottery Windfall into Opportunities for Others
A University of South Florida alumnus is sharing his multi-million-dollar lottery winnings with the College of Engineering to help financially support students there.
February 18, 2019University News
Recent USF Graduate Awarded a Prestigious Gates Cambridge International Scholarship
Shawn Zamani, who came to the U.S. only six years ago knowing very little English, becomes one of a small group of students in the nation to receive this award.
February 14, 2019Honors and Awards, USF Health, University News
Riding Into the Future
An autonomous shuttle is being tested at the University of South Florida campus in a first-of-its-kind research trial run by USF’s Center for Urban Transportation Research.
February 12, 2019Research and Innovation
Four USF Faculty Members Named Inaugural National Academy of Inventors Senior Members
Four USF faculty members whose inventions are on the cutting edge of discovery in environmental technology, metabolic therapies, drug discovery and assistive devices were announced Monday as new members of the inaugural class of the National Academy of Inventors Senior Members.
February 11, 2019Honors and Awards, Research and Innovation, USF Health, University News
USF Named the Nation’s Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars
The University of South Florida is the number one producer of Fulbright Scholars in the United States for 2018-2019, according to a new list released Monday.
February 11, 2019University News
St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs to Bring Analysis and Understanding to a Changing Global Landscape
USF St. Petersburg is once again the co-organizer and host of the renowned St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs February 12-15.
February 5, 2019University News
Bulls Excited About Team Japan Test at USF Softball Stadium on Feb. 11
Softball is back on the Olympic marquee for 2020 and fans can get a sneak peek at world-class competition by heading to USF Softball Stadium on Monday, Feb. 11.
February 4, 2019USF Athletics
Air Force Nurse Juggling Master’s Program, Civilian Life
For Willamina Folks, striking a balance between her military and civilian life is second nature. Folks is in the master’s program at the USF College of Nursing. She also works as a medical ICU nurse at Tampa General Hospital and continues to train in her role as a flight nurse in the Air Force Reserves.
February 2, 2019USF Health
USF Health Opens New Pamela Muma Women’s Health Center
Women in the Tampa Bay region who seek a more personalized, navigated style of health care now have a new option, as USF Health opens the Pamela Muma Women’s Health Center.
January 30, 2019USF Health
Analyzing Earthquakes
A new study is giving researchers a better understanding of how earthquakes are produced.
January 24, 2019Research and Innovation