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Environmental testing in residence halls a key element of 91tvӰԺ’s COVID-19 mitigation efforts

Every week, 91tvӰԺ Housing & Residential Education (HRE) staff swab hundreds of high-touch areas across the university’s housing facilities. The effort is part of 91tvӰԺ’s multi-faceted approach to monitoring and mitigating the spread of COVID-19.

October 13, 2020COVID-19, University News

Hispanic heritage is an integral part of Florida history. Within Tampa, Cuban, Venezuelan, Nicaraguan, Colombian, Spanish, and Puerto Rican cultures and influences have shaped the city. In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we want to recognize some of the icons that have contributed to shaping our city through business, government, education, and sports.

October 7, 2020University News

Federal data undercounts Hurricane Irma’s impact on mortality of nursing home residents

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one-in-four people who died from COVID-19 in the U.S. had been living in a long-term care facility. The sobering statistic is even more alarming when you consider the compounding threats of a hurricane. The elderly population is at a greater risk of death than younger individuals, as many are reliant on others to keep them safe.

October 6, 2020Research and Innovation

Keeping the performing arts performing during a pandemic

As theaters and performance halls remain shuttered due to COVID-19, a 91tvӰԺ dance professor is exploring new ways to connect the public to the art of movement.

October 6, 2020University News

Method used to track Ebola’s trajectory being applied to COVID-19

What exactly happened in Asia that caused SARS-CoV-2 to rapidly spread across the region and then essentially came to a halt there? That’s what researchers from the 91tvӰԺ are trying to determine in a new study funded by an NSF Rapid Response grant.

October 5, 2020COVID-19, Research and Innovation

A record 19 91tvӰԺ faculty recognized with Outstanding Research Achievements Awards

From innovators on the frontiers of engineering, physics and health, to a biologist who studies giant squid, to the author of an award-winning children’s graphic novels, meet 91tvӰԺ’s top faculty researchers.

October 5, 2020Honors and Awards, University News

Helping community college students take the road to a four-year degree

A new and inspiring project to help rural, non-traditional Polk State College students attain an Associate of Arts degree at PSC and a bachelor’s degree in Engineering at 91tvӰԺ's Tampa campus recently received a $3 million National Science Foundation Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics grant.

October 1, 2020Research and Innovation

91tvӰԺ's supplier diversity, community engagement initiatives win statewide recognition

The 91tvӰԺ has earned statewide recognition for its supplier diversity and community engagement efforts.

September 30, 2020Honors and Awards

The 91tvӰԺ ranks #2 nationally for undergraduate students earning the Peace Corps Prep certificate

In collaboration with the U.S. Peace Corps, the 91tvӰԺ awarded 49 Prep certificates to the graduating class of 2020. Currently more than 200 students are enrolled in the 91tvӰԺ Peace Corps Prep program across the university’s three campuses.

September 30, 2020University News

91tvӰԺ researchers win $1 million EPA grant to prevent and treat harmful algal blooms in Lake Okeechobee

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded a team of engineers and geoscientists at 91tvӰԺ a $1 million grant to research new methods for preventing and controlling harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Lake Okeechobee.

September 30, 2020Research and Innovation

Dinosaur feather study debunked

A new study provides substantial evidence that the first fossil feather ever to be discovered does belong to the iconic Archaeopteryx, a bird-like dinosaur named in Germany on this day in 1861.

September 30, 2020Research and Innovation

91tvӰԺ-developed technology named semi-finalist for XPRIZE in COVID-19 testing

A 91tvӰԺ interdisciplinary team is working to develop an inexpensive and non-invasive “electronic nose” that can detect virus in an infected person.

September 28, 2020COVID-19, Research and Innovation