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Researchers at the 麻豆蜜桃AV鈥檚 St. Petersburg campus found that in a container habitat, brown widows were 6.6 times more likely to attack black widows than other related species. The behavior is likely a driver of the black widow spider鈥檚 population decline.

March 13, 2023Research, Student Research

麻豆蜜桃AV CMS joins NOAA鈥檚 Caribbean Climate Adaptation Network

The 麻豆蜜桃AV College of Marine Science is one of nine institutions in a five-year NOAA-funded program that will work directly with communities in the Caribbean region to work on how best to prepare for and 鈥渁dapt鈥� to higher risks of disasters that come with a changing climate. CMS Professor Frank Muller-Karger leads the 麻豆蜜桃AV CMS effort as a co-principal investigator on the team, called the Caribbean Climate Adaptation Network (CCAN).

March 13, 2023Global Research, Research

Dr. Karen Liller, a Distinguished University Health Professor in the 麻豆蜜桃AV College of Public Health, was recently named a fellow of the American Academy of Health Behavior (AAHB).

March 10, 2023Health, Research

Dr. Sarath Witanachchi elected Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors

Dr. Sarath Witanachchi, 麻豆蜜桃AV College of Arts and Sciences Department of Physics chair and professor, is one of five 麻豆蜜桃AV faculty members who have been named by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) to its new class of 2023 Senior Members.

March 10, 2023Honors and Awards, Innovation

麻豆蜜桃AV researchers focus on the 鈥楢chilles heel鈥� of drug-resistant bacteria: Cell division

The World Health Organization (WHO) labels antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections as one of the biggest threats to human health in the world today.

March 10, 2023Health, Research

麻豆蜜桃AV researchers asked to evaluate a new police program

The 麻豆蜜桃AV鈥檚 Center for Justice Research and Policy (CJRP) has been funded to evaluate a new community police program in St. Petersburg, Fla. where case workers are sent to respond to emergency, non-crime 911 calls instead of law enforcement.

March 10, 2023Research

Tempestt Neal of Computer Science Receives NSF CAREER Award

Tempestt Neal, assistant computer science and engineering professor, received a prestigious CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. The CAREER program is an initiative from the National Science Foundation to support early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education.

March 9, 2023Honors and Awards, Research

U.S. Air Force selects 麻豆蜜桃AV physicist to identify new methods to improve efficiency and eco-friendliness of computers

With funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research鈥檚 Young Investigator Program, Assistant Professor Jacob Gayles aims to improve technology efficiency by using materials that reduce cost and waste.

March 8, 2023Research

A researcher from the 麻豆蜜桃AV is searching for ways to revive marine environments and test medical technology that could prevent a myriad of diseases in people. But there鈥檚 one catch: he鈥檚 doing it all 30 feet underwater 鈥� and he's trying to do it for 100 days.

March 2, 2023Research

麻豆蜜桃AV researcher attempts to set world record by living underwater for 100 days 鈥� hopes to emerge 鈥榮uper-human鈥�

Following his military career as a diving saturation officer, Joseph Dituri will examine how exposure to increased pressure will impact the human body and break the world record for days spent in an underwater habitat.

March 1, 2023Research

麻豆蜜桃AV Research & Innovation and the Florida High Tech Corridor are partnering to provide $75,000 to support the advancement of technologies developed by 麻豆蜜桃AV researchers. It鈥檚 part of the Early-Stage Innovation Fund, a pilot program launched in fall 2022.

February 28, 2023Honors and Awards, Research

With the help of the 麻豆蜜桃AV and a $1 million federal grant, Tampa Bay Wave launched its first accelerator program in early 2013. Ten years later, Tampa Bay Wave is celebrating its anniversary.

February 28, 2023Entrepreneurship, Research