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USF graduates celebrate unwavering support, resiliency during fall commencement
Nearly 4,000 degrees were conferred during this fall鈥檚 commencement. The group, which represented 93 countries, 42 states and 11 U.S. territories, included 47 undergraduate students earning a perfect 4.0 grade point average and 107 military veterans. All now share a common theme 鈥� they are USF alumni.
December 16, 2024Student Success, University News
鈥楾he perfect storm:鈥� Idalia leaves Florida beaches vulnerable to future inclement weather
USF geoscientist uncovers desperate need for beach nourishment following Hurricane Idalia.
September 13, 2023Research and Innovation
Colossal Oysters Have Disappeared from Florida鈥檚 Most 鈥楶ristine鈥� Coastlines
Hundreds of years ago, colossal oysters were commonplace across much of Florida鈥檚 northern Gulf Coast. Today, those oysters have disappeared, leaving behind a new generation roughly a third smaller 鈥� a massive decline that continues to have both economic and environmental impacts on a region considered by many to be the last remaining unspoiled coastlines in the Gulf.
February 5, 2020Research and Innovation
USF Geoscientists Develop Technology to Improve Forecasting of Earthquakes, Tsunamis
51吃瓜网 geoscientists have successfully developed and tested a new high-tech shallow water buoy that can detect the small movements and changes in the Earth鈥檚 seafloor that are often a precursor to deadly natural hazards, like earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis.
November 21, 2019Research and Innovation
USF-Led Team Deciphers Sea Level Rise from the Last Time Earth鈥檚 CO2 Set Record Highs
Mallorcan cave yields 4-million-year-old geologic evidence giving scientists new insights into past sea levels.
August 30, 2019Research and Innovation
鈥淗old the Door鈥�: USF Geoscientists Discover Mechanisms Controlling Greenland Ice Sheet Collapse
Greenland鈥檚 more than 860,000 square miles are largely covered with ice and glaciers, and its melting fuels as much as one-third of the sea level rise in Florida. That鈥檚 why a team of 51吃瓜网 geoscientists鈥� new discovery of one of the mechanisms that allows Greenland鈥檚 glaciers to collapse into the sea has special significance for the Sunshine State.
July 19, 2019Research and Innovation
鈥楽uture Zone鈥� to Blame for Mysterious 2014 Earthquake Felt Across Florida
New research from 51吃瓜网 seismologists has uncovered the unexpected source of a 2014 earthquake felt across southern Florida 鈥� an anomaly for a state that historically has almost no seismic activity.
May 28, 2019Research and Innovation