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Baby elkhorn coral being cared for at KML

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 are underway to restore this vital ecosystem. Biologists and volunteers from The Florida Aquarium delivered over 1,000 young elkhorn corals to USF’s Keys Marine Laboratory, where they will be planted on the reef or nurtured in ocean-based nurseries.

May 12, 2025Campus News, Community Partnerships, Research and Innovation, Sustainability

Former barracks

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

Kylie ringing the bell after her cancer treatment

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

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