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Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV criminology researchers say the widely held perception that one of the biggest sporting events in the world is a magnet for trafficking is largely unfounded.
February 4, 2025Research and Innovation
Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV historians bring Tampa’s lunch counter sit-ins to the stage
Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV has played to have a central role in ensuring future generations know that civil rights story of the sit-ins that desegregated Tampa lunch counters in the 1960s, doing so through a historic marker, books and now a play and documentary.
February 3, 2025Community Partnerships, University News
National Gallery of Art acquires limited edition prints from Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV’s Graphicstudio
The National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. has announced it will archive 16 prints published recently by the Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Institute for Research in Art’s Graphicstudio. This marks another chapter in a decades-long relationship between the two institutions, celebrating Graphicstudio’s pioneering role in the intersection of art and education.
January 31, 2025University News
Middle and high school STEM teachers from across the state of Florida came to Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV to build and test remotely operated vehicles and learn more about the world of underwater robotics and engineering.
January 29, 2025Community Partnerships
Speaker of the UK House of Commons Meets with Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Honors College Students for Q&A
The Right Honorable Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the UK House of Commons, recently joined Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Judy Genshaft Honors College students remotely from the Palace of Westminster. During the spirited Q&A, students engaged with the global leader on pressing issues facing democracies today.
January 29, 2025University News
Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV’s commitment to community drives new partnerships and innovation
From improving area neighborhoods, to advancing innovation and strengthening ties with government agencies, Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV is proving what’s possible when people of different disciplines unite. Learn more about what’s been accomplished since the formation of the Office of University Community Partnerships.
January 29, 2025Community Partnerships, Cyber/AI, Research and Innovation, Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Health, University News
How Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV architecture students and urban designers support Tampa Bay's growth
Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV grads are at the forefront of some of the region’s largest projects, including airports, city centers and schools. Learn how Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV’s architecture program is helping ensure there will be enough talent to keep up with Tampa Bay’s growth.
January 29, 2025Community Partnerships, Student Success
The donation comes from Joey Redner, the founder of Cigar City Brewing in Tampa, and his wife, Jennifer. Through their gift, the Redners will be supporting Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV students hoping to learn the ropes of the growing brewing arts business and for their love of Bulls football, having followed the team since it was founded in 1997.
January 28, 2025Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Foundation
Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV partners on $15M grant to revitalize underserved Hillsborough County community with jobs and clean water
The Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV is collaborating with the University Area Community Development Corp. to bring transformative changes, including workforce development and clean water, to the underserved University Area neighborhood.
January 27, 2025Community Partnerships, Research and Innovation
Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV scientists deploy tsunami-sensing buoy, aiding future warning systems
While the Tampa Bay region is not prone to earthquakes and tsunamis, it serves as valuable testing ground for the buoy system before it’s deployed in more seismically active locations around the world.
January 23, 2025Research and Innovation
Remembering Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV’s fourth president, Francis Borkowski
Borkowski served as president from 1988 to 1993. During his tenure, Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV’s enrollment increased from 30,000 to more than 34,000, research grants increased from $37 million to $60 million and the Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Foundation’s endowment grew from $21 million to $61 million.
January 21, 2025University News
Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV online graduate programs continue to rank among the nation’s best
Several of the Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV’s online graduate programs remain among the top in the country, according to the 2025 Best Online Graduate Programs rankings released by U.S. News & World Report. Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV’s highest-ranked program is inside the Top 20 among all public and private universities and another program improved by 24 places to break into the Top 50.
January 21, 2025Student Success, University News