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ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Research Foundation Board directors recognized among Tampa's '25 People to Watch' in 2024

The Tampa Bay Business Journal named ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Research Foundation Board Directors Alison Barlow and Lakshmi Shenoy to its '25 People to Watch' in 2024. The list recognizes Tampa Bay business leaders who will be newsmakers in the coming year.

December 11, 2023Honors and Awards

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Research Park Chief Operating Officer Allison Madden elected to AURP Board

Allison Madden, Corporate Secretary and Chief Operating Officer of the ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Research Park, was recently elected to a second three-year term on the Board of Directors of the Association of University Research Parks (AURP).

December 7, 2023Honors and Awards

Dr. Sylvia Wilson Thomas named vice president of research & innovation

At the ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Board of Trustees meeting on December 5, 2023, President Rhea Law and Provost Prasant Mohapatra announced that Dr. Sylvia Wilson Thomas has agreed to take on the permanent role of Vice President for Research & Innovation.

December 6, 2023Innovation, Research

Undergraduate Research Initiative commits $110K to support more than 70 ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ students

The Florida High Tech Corridor and ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Research & Innovation will deploy $110,000 for the second year in a row to support more than 70 students in undergraduate research programs at the ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ.

December 5, 2023Student Research

A new study by Dr. Lindsay Spiers (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) and Professor Thomas Frazer (College of Marine Science at the ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ), published in PeerJ Life & Environment, presents crucial findings on the feeding preferences of herbivorous fishes and the sea urchin Diadema antillarum in Little Cayman.

December 1, 2023Research

Tampa Bay's mission to become a global tech hot spot had made great strides of late. One notable advantage, says one executive, comes from a talent pool without an "extensive entitlement" mindset.

December 1, 2023Innovation

The need to help business students find people to collaborate with on projects is where "Peabj" comes into play. It's an app being used by business students at ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ to build professional connections.

November 27, 2023Innovation

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ team gets ready to race in the ‘World’s Toughest Row’ across the Atlantic

Following 2 1/2 years of intense training and extensive preparation, a team led by a ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ biology professor will row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean.

November 22, 2023Innovation

IDEx team 3D scans Holocaust artifacts to create an interactive museum experience

The Institute for Digital Exploration (IDEx) at the ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ has assisted the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center (HDEC) in Dania Beach, Fla. by 3D scanning hundreds of artifacts and digitizing tens of thousands of documents for a brand new ‘Interactive Learning Center’ smart table experience.

November 22, 2023Innovation

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ researchers help reduce lead levels in Madagascar drinking water

A team of engineers and public health experts from the ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ is helping Toamasina, Madagascar, residents reduce their exposure to lead – a major global environmental pollutant that causes more than 1 million premature deaths each year.

November 17, 2023Innovation

Two ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ faculty named Highly Cited Researchers

Two ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ faculty were named to the 2023 Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list released today: Faizan Ali in the School of Hospitality and Tourism, Muma College of Business; and Fred Mannering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering.

November 15, 2023Honors and Awards

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ among three AAU universities funded by the USDA to understand disease transmission

The ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ is one of three members of the Association of American Universities awarded a grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate the transmission drivers of infectious diseases.

November 13, 2023Research