Florida’s High Impact University

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The University of South Florida, Tampa Bay, is a globally engaged institution with a clear sense of mission. The future depends on universities creating an innovative, competitive and diverse workforce equipped for success in a global economy. Our students learn alongside some of the world’s finest scholars and researchers, playing an active role in the creation of new knowledge and technologies. That’s why U.S. News & World Report counts USF as one of the nation’s top "up and coming" universities. We are Florida’s high impact university dedicated to student success.

  • Tweeting from the Depths

    USF’s solar-powered, underwater robot is able to analyze ocean conditions, report back to humans on land.

  • A Joint Attack on Red Tide

    The Gulf of Mexico’s battle with red tide has gone bi-national. A cooperative effort between the University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science and scientists in Mexico has united scientists in studying red tide, the toxic Karenia brevis algae which can cause major health problems and wreak economic havoc on beach communities all along the Gulf shores.

  • USF Students Develop Apps for Windows Smartphones

    Four University of South Florida students won a campus contest for Windows smartphone app development, resulting in a meeting with Microsoft officials to show off their projects.

  • New Morsani College of Medicine

    The University of South Florida has renamed its medical college the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine in honor of the philanthropic commitment of Carol and Frank Morsani. The Morsanis have given $37 million to USF Health and a total of $43 million to the university.

  • Alzheimer's Mice Respond to Cell Phone Exposure

    Exposure to the electromagnetic forces found in common cell phones activates neurons in the brains of mice predisposed to Alzheimer’s disease, helping improve their brain functions and holding the disease at bay, shows new research from the scientists who first discovered the potential memory benefits of electromagnetic treatment last year.

  • Engineers Develop Wireless Emergency Reporting System

    Five researchers from the University of South Florida’s Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) and the College of Engineering received a patent last month for a wireless emergency reporting system that sends and receives notifications to cell phones in a defined geographic location. The patented method provides emergency related information to and from a centralized location over a wireless network.

  • Mailer Review Focuses on Author's Wife

    An intimate and intriguing portrait emerges of Norman Mailer’s wife, Norris Church Mailer, in writings found in the latest issue of The Mailer Review. Edited by University of South Florida English Professor Phillip Sipiora with Guest Editor John Buffalo Mailer and Deputy Editor Michael L. Shuman, the journal’s fifth edition is dedicated to Norris Mailer.

  • USF, Tampa Bay Lightning Launch MBA Program

    TAMPA, Fla. – Students who aspire to careers in senior level positions within sport and entertainment businesses soon will be able to work with and learn from the nation’s top faculty and sports industry leaders, thanks to a new graduate program launching in August at the University of South Florida. Made possible by a partnership with the Tampa Bay Lightning and The Lightning Foundation, USF’s College of Business will offer an MBA in Sport and Entertainment Management, a two-year degree program emphasizing the business fundamentals of the sports and entertainment industry and providing graduate students with paid internships to help them experience how those lessons play out in the industry.

  • Billfish Studies

    TAMPA, Fla. – University of South Florida biology doctoral student Laura Habegger has won one of five Guy Harvey Scholarships to continue her research on how the principles of physics and engineering might explain how fish and sharks function and lead to better management strategies. The $5,000 scholarship, established in 2010 through a partnership between Florida Sea Grant and the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, recognizes students at Florida universities whose research focuses on novel strategies for improving sustainable management of large marine fish and sharks.

  • A Look Inside CAMLS

    TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Bay area media got their first look Wednesday at USF Health’s new Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS), a first-of-its-kind center on a fast track to become a national model for transforming the education, training and assessment of health professionals based on competence. The $38-million three-story facility, which covers a full city block in downtown Tampa, opened for business last week and already has hundreds of bookings for courses and events by learners and stakeholders. The grand opening ceremony will be held next month.

  • NASA Internship Benefits USF Student

    TAMPA, Fla. (Jan. 13, 2011) – To those small children dreaming of spaceships and walking on the moon, University of South Florida student Marie Chenowith has one thing to say: keep dreaming big. The mechanical engineering student just completed a semester-long internship in the robotics department of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Tx. and is back at USF to finish her last semester for her bachelor’s degree.

  • Stampede of Service Floods Neighborhoods

    TAMPA, Fla. – More than 2,600 students signed up to participate in the fifth annual Stampede of Service (SOS) on Jan. 14, the University of South Florida’s largest day of volunteering in the community. Braving the chilly air at 8 a.m., the students met up with members of various campus organizations, fraternities, and sororities to be sorted into their volunteer groups for the day. Volunteer activities included aiding the elderly, feeding the homeless and cleaning up parks and playgrounds in the Tampa Bay region.