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ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé forensic anthropologist leads renewed effort to help solve Hillsborough County cold case homicides
Erin Kimmerle, associate professor of forensic anthropology and executive director of the Florida Institute for Forensic Anthropology and Applied Science at ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé, is collaborating with the Hillsborough County Sheriff and Medical Examiner’s offices to help solve several cold case homicides.
November 17, 2020University News
Eta Updates
ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé is closely monitoring Tropical Storm Eta and the impacts to our region. At this time, there are no changes to class schedules. Information about changes to normal business operations is available here.
November 11, 2020University News
Florida Blue supports ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé epidemiologist’s innovative efforts to track COVID-19
ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé College of Public Health Professor Edwin Michael’s arrival on campus coincided with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, giving an innovative system he’d built to track and predict disease outbreaks its debut amid a global crisis with severe statewide implications.
November 9, 2020COVID-19, Research and Innovation
Preschool for Creative Learning receives $1.3 million grant to support ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé student parents
The ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé’s Preschool for Creative Learning received a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to provide financial assistance and other resources to ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé students who are parents of preschool-aged children.
November 9, 2020University News
Virtual characters created at ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé to teach emergent bilingual students English
A new research-based app developed at ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé will soon be accessible to K-12 students and teachers in an effort to bolster a more multilingual society.
November 9, 2020Research and Innovation
ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé students adapt to produce television news broadcasts from home
ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé students enrolled in the Florida Focus broadcast news class hoped to spend this fall producing daily news segments in the university’s on-campus studio, but COVID-19 changed those plans. Instead, they’ve been reporting from makeshift mini studios in their homes as they prepare to enter the workforce.
November 6, 2020COVID-19, Research and Innovation
New research traces the origins of trench fever
First observed among British Expeditionary Forces in 1915, trench fever sickened an estimated 500,000 soldiers during World War I. Since then, the disease has become synonymous with the battlefield. But now, new research from an international team of scientists has uncovered evidence challenging this long-held belief.
November 4, 2020Research and Innovation
New Florida Institute of Oceanography director selected
The ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé announced today the appointment of William Montrose Graham as the new director of the Florida Institute of Oceanography. Hosted by ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé, FIO serves as the state of Florida's hub of oceanographic research and coastal stewardship and as an education and research resource for schools across the State University System.
November 2, 2020University News
ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé researchers release social media findings from statewide 2020 presidential election survey
Researchers with the ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé have released the results from a statewide survey that measures Floridians’ use of Facebook to engage with the presidential election, as well as their attitudes regarding the political information they encounter online.
October 27, 2020Research and Innovation
High-profile homicide trial showcases evidence recreated at ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé
The digital reconstructions of three human skulls created at the ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé are being used as evidence in a high-profile murder trial in California.
October 26, 2020Research and Innovation
The ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé welcomed Lisa Carlton, Diana Michel and Ernie Withers to the Sarasota-Manatee Campus Advisory Board during its fall meeting on Wednesday. Board member Dr. Anila Jain, a distinguished alumna and longtime ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé supporter, also began a new four-year term.
October 23, 2020University News
Successful ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé guaranteed admissions program renewed with eight state and community colleges
Program supports access to higher education in the Tampa Bay region by providing students with another pathway into ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé.
October 23, 2020University News