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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

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 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

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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

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