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How the FinTech|X Accelerator is reshaping the future of finance and technology in Tampa Bay
Approaching its fourth year, the Fintech|X Accelerator program has drawn startup founders from across the United States and around the world who have gone on to generate millions in revenue while creating hundreds of jobs.
May 21, 2025Campus News, Community Partnerships, Research and Innovation
Spies, robots and dorm life: USF set to welcome record number of summer campers
USF’s record-breaking lineup of 56 week-long educational summer camps provides hands-on experiences in robotics, virtual reality, culinary arts, archaeology, LEGO engineering, filmmaking, hospitality and emergency response.
May 20, 2025Campus News, Community Partnerships
Florida students operate underwater vehicles, learn STEM skills at regional competition
More than 100 middle and high school students traveled from across the state to compete in a remotely operated vehicle competition at USF St. Petersburg where they designed and operated underwater robots for real-world missions.
May 14, 2025Campus News, Community Partnerships
Bulls In the Burg: May 2025 Community Relations Roundup
This community roundup series highlights the ways that USF St. Pete faculty, staff, students and administration are active in the community.
May 13, 2025Campus News, Community Partnerships, Events
USF’s Keys Marine Laboratory welcomes 1,050 coral babies to help restore Florida’s reef after bleaching event
Florida’s Coral Reef experienced significant damage during a mass bleaching event in 2023, but recovery efforts led by biologists and volunteers from The Florida Aquarium working with the Keys Marine Lab and partners are underway to restore this vital ecosystem.
May 12, 2025Campus News, Community Partnerships, Research and Innovation, Sustainability
Before USF St. Petersburg, merchant marines trained for World War II on campus grounds
Eighty years after World War II ended in Europe, we look back at the U.S. Maritime Service Training Station that once stood on campus grounds. The facility trained 25,000 merchant marines who provided critical logistical and transportation support for the war effort.
May 8, 2025Campus News
Determined USF grad student overcomes rare cancer to earn degree
Beginning her master’s degree in 2022, Kylie Culver could never have predicted just how challenging, frightening and ultimately rewarding the journey would become. About a year into her studies and shortly after a study abroad experience in Spain, she was diagnosed with cancer.
May 5, 2025Campus News
Sibling startups: Sisters graduate and blaze separate entrepreneurial paths
Some students leave college with a tight-knit circle of friends, others with impressive resumes. Twin sisters Cherish and Unique Alston are walking away with that – plus thriving startups and thousands of dollars in awards to fuel their journeys.
May 5, 2025Campus News
USF confers more than 7,700 degrees during commencement ceremonies
The group features 131 undergraduate students earning a perfect 4.0, 197 student veterans and graduates from 105 countries, 46 states and six U.S. territories.
May 5, 2025Campus News
How educators are using AI to enhance, not replace, experiential learning
USF is helping educators build the skills they need to effectively utilize AI-driven technology and enhance experiential learning in their daily instruction.
May 1, 2025Campus News, Research and Innovation
Five years strong: USF students improving health outcomes and reducing isolation among older adults
At the height of the pandemic, two programs launched to connect people across generations. Five years later, Health Buddies and TelePals have connected hundreds of older adults with USF students, reducing loneliness and increasing access to health information.
April 25, 2025Community Partnerships
Composting initiative to reduce food waste and support urban agriculture in St. Petersburg
A new partnership between USF and the city of St. Petersburg will bring an industrial-sized composter to campus, with the goal of reducing tons of food waste from landfills and creating compost for community gardens and urban farms.
April 21, 2025Community Partnerships, Sustainability