2008 News Archives


Longo Installed as President of Police Organization
December 19, 2008

Annual MLK, Jr. Celebration Jan. 12-19
Thursday, December 18, 2008

New Interim Regional Chancellor for USF St. Petersburg
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

New Bachelor of General Studies Degree for Adult Learners
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Jan. 17 Event Benefits Kids Who Stutter
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Rottenberg Featured on BBC Radio About Research on Crying
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

USF Takes Home "Emerging Research Park of the Year" Award
Friday, December 12, 2008

Is Crying a Good Thing? Maybe. Sometimes.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008

USF System Commencement Exercises Dec. 13 - 15
Monday, December 08, 2008

Selvie Becomes USF’s First Two-Time All-American
December 5, 2008

Architecture Students Exhibit Creative Ideas for Tampa
Friday, December 05, 2008

Genshaft Named to Tampa Bay Business Hall of Fame
Thursday, December 04, 2008

Panel Discussion: "The New Latin Voter" Dec. 4
Thursday, December 04, 2008

Kroncke Selected to be Associate Dean for College of Business
December 3, 2008

Batsche and Curtis Awarded $2.27 Million Grant
December 2, 2008

Students Observe Florida From 100,000 Feet
Tuesday, December 02, 2008

USF's School of Accountancy Ranks Among Nation's Best
Tuesday, December 02, 2008

USF Completes Successful Exchange Visit to Thailand
Monday, December 01, 2008

Research Makes the World a Better Place
Monday, November 24, 2008

USF Mourns Loss of Trustee Robert Dressler
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Student Wins Scooter for Eating on Campus
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

It's a Small World After All
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Comedian Vickie Shaw Headlines Scholarship Event
Monday, November 17, 2008

USF Student’s award-winning design creates the ultimate porch for a Florida home
Thursday, June 5, 2008

Njoh Contributes to United Nations Report
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Professor Authors Archeology for Dummies
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Unlikely Break Dancer Presents "Breaking the Crutch of Disability" Nov. 20
Thursday, November 06, 2008

Women's Studies Offers Talks by Nation's Leading Feminists

Researcher Uses Cactus Mucilage to Clean Water
Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Renowned Choreographer Donald McKayle Speaks Nov. 8
Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Glass Menagerie Cast Talks Back Nov. 13
Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Annual Fall Dance Concert in Progress
Tuesday, November 04, 2008

USF Researcher Links Agricultural Chemicals to Amphibian Declines
Wednesday, October 29, 2008

USF Celebrates ResearchOne
Monday, October 27, 2008

USF Researchers Evaluate Climate Change and Amphibian Decline Links
Monday, October 27, 2008

Local Students' "Go Green" Films Premier at USF Nov. 5
Monday, October 27, 2008

College Basketball's Dick Vitale Visits Oct. 27
Friday, October 24, 2008

Expert Insights for Entrepreneurs and Start-Ups Oct. 27
Thursday, October 23, 2008

Professor Shares Discovery of Washington's Boyhood Home Nov. 10
Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Draper 2008 Technology Expo Oct. 21-22
Friday, October 17, 2008

An Evening with Award-Winning Author E. L. Doctorow
Friday, October 17, 2008

Momberg Appointed Vice President of Advancement and CEO of the USF Foundation
Thursday, October 16, 2008

Bringing Politics Alive for High School Students
Thursday, October 16, 2008

Busch Entertainment chosen for USF's College of Business Free Enterprise Award
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Libraries Provide Access to Holocaust Interview Archive
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Researcher, Colleagues Discover New Class of Waves
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Behavioral Neuroscientist Seeking Cure for PTSD
Monday, October 13, 2008

New Trauma Diagnostic Device Will Aid Troops, Accident Victims
Monday, October 13, 2008

USF Professor Elected to Prestigious British Academy
Friday, October 10, 2008

Students' Giant Canned Food Sculptures Will Feed Tampa's Hungry
Thursday, October 09, 2008

Florida Water Atlas Features New Web Sites
Thursday, October 09, 2008

Bulls-Eye View Series Begins Oct. 9 with "Faces of America"
Wednesday, October 08, 2008

USF Recognized for Supporting Underserved, College-Bound Students
Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Two USF Marine Geologists Earn Major Awards
Wednesday, October 08, 2008

USF Architecture Lecture Series Set
Thursday, October 02, 2008

USF Botanical Gardens Hosts Plant Festival Oct. 11 & 12
Wednesday, October 01, 2008

USF Participates in National Accountability Project
Friday, September 26, 2008

USF Researchers Help Hillsborough County School Gardening Programs Plow Ahead
Friday, September 26, 2008

New Mailer Review Features Tributes From Noted Writers, Celebrities
Friday, September 26, 2008

$1.24M Federal Research Grant Addresses Latino Health Disparities
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Farewell to the Marshall Center Sept. 24
Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Doris Kearns Goodwin to Speak at USF Fundraiser
Friday, September 19, 2008

Hyatt Appointed Senior VP for Business and Finance
Friday, September 19, 2008

College of Education Faculty Receive $1.29 Million Award
Friday, September 19, 2008

USF Opens New Southeast Florida Recruitment Office
Thursday, September 18, 2008

USF Announces Name of Newly Formed College
Thursday, September 18, 2008

USF Homecoming Celebration Set for Oct. 13-18
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

USF's Graduate Entrepreneurship Program Ranked #5 in the Nation
Thursday, September 11, 2008

USF Research Funding Tops $360 Million
Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Head of U.S. Central Command to Address ROTC Students Sept. 11
Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Grad Student's Quest to Clean Environment of Heavy Metals Nets High-Tech Internship
Thursday, September 04, 2008

USF Researchers' Study Seeks "Brain Fitness" for Elders
Wednesday, September 03, 2008

USF Among Nation's Top "Up and Coming Universities" in U.S. News & World Report
Wednesday, August 27, 2008

USF Tampa Library Now Offers Self-Service Check-Out With "Check-a-Bull"
Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Robert F. Kennedy Kicks Off USF Lecture Series Sept. 4
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Academic Quality Highlights USF's New School Year
Monday, August 25, 2008

Wilcox Remarks to Faculty: USF to Dip into Reserves to Preserve Education
Monday, August 25, 2008

USF Strengthens Campus Safety
Friday, August 22, 2008

Interim Director Named for Institute for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean
Thursday, August 21, 2008

Study Reveals Pros and Cons of Being a Political Underdog
Thursday, August 21, 2008

New "ConservaBull" Program Will Make Residence Halls Greener
Thursday, August 21, 2008

New Marshall Student Center Opens
Thursday, August 21, 2008

USF Appoints Leading Researcher to Develop Global Initiatives
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

USF Kinship Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

USF Chemists Get SMMARTT Thanks to Their MOMs
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

USF's Latino Scholarship Program Event Aug. 20
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

"Girl in the Window" Reflects Light on Child Development
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Tools to Catch Online Predators Focus of USF Workshop This Week
Monday, August 11, 2008

USF Home for Senator Martinez's Expanded Gulf Coast Office
Monday, August 11, 2008

USF's Summer Graduation Ceremonies Set for August 9
Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Tampa Electric, USF Partner with Lowry Park Zoo on New Renewable Energy Project
Monday, August 04, 2008

USF Featured in 2009 Princeton Review "Best 368 Colleges"
Wednesday, July 30, 2008

USF Survey Tests Tampa's "Best Community" Ranking
Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Crist Announces Draper Deal Including R&D Center at USF
Monday, July 28, 2008

Research Interns Conduct Community Survey
Wednesday, July 23, 2008

New Software Aids Special Needs Bus Riders
Wednesday, July 23, 2008

USF Raises Record Total in Private Gifts
Friday, July 18, 2008

Million Dollar Grant Will Help USF Students STEP Ahead
Wednesday, July 16, 2008

International Whaling Commission Commends Dean
Wednesday, July 16, 2008

USF Takes Next Step in Environmental Commitment
Wednesday, July 09, 2008

USF Geologist and Colleague Receive Major EPA Award
Tuesday, July 08, 2008

USF Conference Featuring SEC Commissioner Atkins to be Rescheduled
Monday, July 07, 2008

USF Professor Leads the Way to George Washington's Long-Sought Boyhood Home
Thursday, July 03, 2008

USF Expert on Hurricane Preparedness Conducts Research and Offers Help
Wednesday, July 02, 2008

USF Awarded $8.75 Million as Part of Renewable Energy Research Consortium
Friday, June 27, 2008

Pinellas Archaeology Treasure Gets New Life
Thursday, June 26, 2008

USF Biotechnology Spin-Off Raises $25 Million
Wednesday, June 25, 2008

USF Professor Appointed to Presidential Commission's Disaster Mental Health Subcommittee
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Engineering Professor's Commentary on American Ingenuity Appears in Tampa Tribune
Monday, June 23, 2008

USF College of Business Earns Dual AACSB Accreditation
Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Rehab Engineering professor and students featured on Fox News
Tuesday, June 17, 2008

USF robotics professor named AUVSI Foundation’s 2008 "Outstanding Contributor"
Thursday, June 12, 2008

New tracking device could keep dementia patients safer
Wednesday, June 11, 2008

USF experts to lead workshop at Mayor’s Symposium on Community Trees and the Urban Forest
Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Pre-Census program at USF finds possible 100,000 new Hillsborough residents
Thursday, June 05, 2008

USF Grad Student’s Greener Internet Ideas Win Award
Wednesday, June 04, 2008

USF Experts Available for Upcoming Hurricane Season
Friday, May 30, 2008

Read how engineering professor Stephen Sundarrao is starting a business called "Rehab Ideas" selling products that students create in his class
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

USF Patel Center hosts UNESCO Water Institute students June 2 - 3
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Renewable-energy project launched at two St. Petersburg sites
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Community leaders will launch new renewable-energy system
Friday, May 23, 2008

Professor Robin Murphy profiled in the St. Pete Times on her latest grant from Microsoft
Monday, May 19, 2008

USF robotics professor Murphy gets Microsoft grant to study human-robot interactions
Friday, May 16, 2008

Help Save a Diver! - Media Ride-Along
Friday, May 16, 2008

USF Mourns Pop Art Pioneer Robert Rauschenberg
Thursday, May 15, 2008

USF's Transportation Center (CUTR) takes over EPA's BEST WORKPLACES FOR COMMUTERS program
Tuesday, May 06, 2008

FLDOE and USF "Healthy Schools Project" receives $385,800 for HIV/AIDS and Tobacco Prevention; Nutrition Education
Monday, May 05, 2008

USF graduates top 4,900 - a new record
Friday, April 25, 2008

USF’s CUTR helps celebrate National Bike Month
Thursday, April 24, 2008

Nobel Laureate in Chemistry at USF May 1
Wednesday, April 23, 2008

USF Students in Free Enterprise Team Wins Regional Competition
Wednesday, April 8, 2008

USF School of Mass Communications Honors Top Media Execs
Wednesday, April 22, 2008

Top Venezuelan Diplomat to Speak at USF Today
Tuesday, April 23, 2008

This week on University Beat: "Digital Media in Health Care"
Monday, December 08, 2008

USF Golden Bull Awards Honor Student Spirit and Values April 23
Monday, April 21, 2008

USF Rehabilitation Engineering Center demonstrates new hi-tech mobility equipment
Monday, April 21, 2008

USF's Patel Center featured on "Higher Education Goes Green"
Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Natasha Trethewey at USF April 17
Monday, April 14, 2008

USF President Signs Historic Environmental Commitment
Saturday, April 12, 2008

USF Autism Center’s 3rd Annual Fiesta by the Bay at Gaspar’s Grotto April 18
Friday, April 11, 2008

USF Faculty Awarded Prestigious Fulbright, Guggenheim and Getty Grants
Thursday, April 10, 2008

Estonian Head of State to Visit USF
Tuesday, April 07, 2008

Science Students Produce Video Feature on Protein Synthesis
Friday, April 04, 2008

Engineering Students to Help Provide Water to Caribbean Village
Friday, April 4, 2008

USF Expert's Top Ten Things to Know About People with Autism
Tuesday, April 01, 2008

USF Lecture Series Presents NFL Stars Ronde & Tiki Barber
Tuesday, April 01, 2008

USF Updates Transfer Admissions Policies
Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Prof. Talks Hammerheads on National Geographic TV
Monday, March 31, 2008

Grad Programs Ranked by U.S. News & World Report
Friday, March 28, 2008

Free USF Forum Asks: Can the Book Survive the Information Age?
Thursday, March 27, 2008

Mumas Give $3 Million to USF Basketball
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Prejudice, Everyday Bigotry and Hate Crimes are Target of NCBI Training at USF
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Black Neighborhoods and Churches Focus of USF Institute on Black Life April 9 Symposium
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Gift of Honduran Artifacts Returned by Anthropology Dept.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Microsoft, USF to Host DigiGirlz Conference
Tuesday, March 24, 2008

Going Green -- Expo and Spring Plant Festival Tomorrow
Friday, April 11, 2008

DigiGirlz Technology Camp Encourages IT Careers for Young Women
Friday, March 21, 2008

USF Offers Scholarship For Non-Profit Leaders To Earn Executive MBA
Friday, March 21, 2008

Civility in Democracy - Election Year Lectures, Classes and Workshops -- Podcast
Monday, March 17, 2008

Anonymous Gift Plus State Match Provides USF $10 Million
Monday, February 29, 2008

Backdating, Cooking the Books, and Misbehaving Managers: Experts in Corporate Governance to Speak at USF
Wednesday, March 12, 2008

SCUBAnauts Watch as Shuttle Carries Banner into Space
Wednesday, March 12, 2008

USF Joint Military Leadership Center Spring 2008 Symposium
Friday, February 29, 2008

Junior ROTC Drill Teams Compete at USF Saturday
Friday, March 07, 2008

Grace Allen Memorial Ceremony Friday, March 7 at 10 a.m. in Traditions Hall
Thursday, March 06, 2008

USF Confucius Institute Opening Ceremony - Video
Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Brian Aldiss Headlines USF Sci Fi Symposium at MOSI March 18
Tuesday, March 04, 2008

USF Center for Hellenic Studies Hosts Annual Forum March 7 - 8
Tuesday, March 04, 2008

USF students use alternative spring break to help others
Tuesday, March 04, 2008

$5.9 Million to USF for Historic Math/Science Partnership
Monday, March 03, 2008

Deadline March 15 for Oceanography Camp for Girls
Thursday, February 28, 2008

Confucius Institute Opens with Colorful Ceremony
Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Robots Break Ground for Search and Rescue Test Facility - Video Highlights
Friday, February 22, 2008

Two USF Business Programs Among Best in U.S. Says Women 3.0 Magazine
Thursday, February 21, 2008

Kasturi Named Computer Society President
Thursday, February 21, 2008

Considering College? Access USF Shows How to Get In and Succeed
Monday, February 18, 2008

Video - Iraq Veteran Meets USF Student Pen-Pals
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Gift from Helios Education Foundation will Help Under-represented Students
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Ex-CIA Agent Valerie Plame-Wilson at Sun Dome Tonight
Thursday, February 07, 2008

Shark Expert to Appear on Today Show Tuesday
Thursday, February 7, 2008

JMLC Auditorium Named in Honor of Kokolakis Family
Friday, January 25, 2008

$1 Million Awarded to USF's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Tuesday, January 29, 2008

USF’s Black Emphasis Month - A Variety of Scholarly and Entertaining Events
Monday, January 28, 2008

USF Joins National Focus on Global Warming Jan. 31
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Jerry Springer Speaks at Sun Dome Tonight 8 PM
Tuesday, January 22, 2008

USF and Mote Marine Explore New Partnership
Thursday, January 17, 2008

MLK Week Kick-off Today With Ugandan Children's Choir
Tuesday, January 15, 2008

USF Named a Top Value by Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Wednesday, January 09, 2008

$468,878 to USF College of Education for Innovative Reading Research Program
Tuesday, January 08, 2008

2,000+ Students Charged Up for Stampede of Service on Saturday
Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Maya Angelou Speaks at USF Tonight
Monday, January 07, 2008

Policy Brief from ENLACE FLORIDA on Higher Ed Tuition, Access, and Affordability
Wednesday, January 02, 2008