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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 17, 2025Research

Twenty-two USF faculty members recognized with Outstanding Research Achievement Awards

From improving water quality to advancing mental health care, to pursuing new treatments for Alzheimer’s and cardiovascular disease, 22 USF faculty members are being recognized next month with Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Awards.

August 14, 2023Honors and Awards, Research

USF Research & Innovation and the Florida High Tech Corridor Announce Latest Awards Early-Stage Innovation Fund

Awards advance sustainable manufacturing, critical defense technologies, and Alzheimer’s research.

June 27, 2023Honors and Awards, Research

USF Research & Innovation and the Florida High Tech Corridor partner to fund Early-Stage Innovation Awards

Inaugural awards advance automated technologies created to tackle stroke, product assembly and mental health and wellness.

February 27, 2023Honors and Awards, Research

Happy Holidays from USF Research & Innovation

View our Holiday Video recapping the important and inspiring research our faculty have been doing throughout 2022.

December 15, 2022Research

USF professor talks red tide research after blooms spotted in the area

Chaunmin Hu, a professor at the University of South Florida, says he has been researching red tide for 25 years and has been watching for blooms due to recent storms. Since Hurricane Ian, he says red tide has traveled north from Sarasota to beaches in Pinellas county.

December 9, 2022Research

Artificial Intelligence Chatbots to Streamline Customer Service Tasks

A new study performed at the University of South Florida analyzes how emotion-expressing AI chatbots have the potential to impact customer service. This comes as online retailers make greater use of artificial intelligence chatbots to simplify customer service tasks and substitute their human counterparts.

December 8, 2022Innovation, Research

Bots with feelings: Study explores deploying AI chatbots with emotions in customer service

As online retailers increasingly use artificial intelligence chatbots to streamline customer service tasks and replace their human counterparts, new research from the University of South Florida examines how emotion-expressing AI chatbots can impact customer service.

December 6, 2022Innovation, Research

How the College of Marine Science responded to Hurricane Ian

In the wake of the hurricane, researchers at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science (CMS) have been hard at work studying the storm’s impacts on the state.

November 30, 2022Research

Too many – or too few – job demands can spoil a good night’s sleep

A new study by researchers at the University of South Florida reveals the nuanced relationship between work demands and a good night’s rest. Their results show that moderately demanding jobs predict the most optimal sleep health.

November 29, 2022Research

"This is not an isolated story": Forgotten Black cemeteries uncovered in Florida

Anthropologist Antoinette Jackson leads the African American Burial Ground Project at the University of South Florida. She's building a database of desecrated cemeteries (60 Minutes).

November 27, 2022Research

USF undergraduate research gets a boost with new investment and partnership

Research at the university can become high-grossing patents, new business ventures and high-tech employment opportunities.

November 23, 2022Innovation, Research

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