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New This Year
The Fall 2019 semester is right around the corner and Bulls are going to be seeing some big changes across the Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app campus. Whether you’re looking for a fresh place to grab something to eat or spotted some of the changes to campus streets, there’s plenty of new things to see, eat and experience around campus. This is your inside look at some of the latest and greatest from across Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app.
August 20, 2019University News
Religion Associated with HPV Vaccination Rate for College Women
It’s been more than a decade since a vaccine was introduced to prevent contraction of human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common sexually transmitted disease in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends patients start receiving the vaccine between ages 11 and 12, with catch-up vaccination recommended for certain groups through age 26. However, a new study conducted at the Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app found many female college students have not been inoculated and religion may be a contributing factor.
August 19, 2019Research and Innovation, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Health
Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Announces $10 Million Gift to Name the Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Health Taneja College of Pharmacy
The Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app announced today it has received a $10 million gift from Taneja Family Foundation to name the Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Health Taneja College of Pharmacy.
August 16, 2019Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Health, University News
Latino Scholarship Program Provides Financial Aid to Nearly 150 Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Students
The dream of pursuing a college education will continue for 140 Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app students, who will be awarded financial assistance this week through the Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Latino Scholarship Program. The group of students will receive more than $278,000 in scholarships for the 2019-20 academic year, made possible through generous gifts to the Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Foundation.
August 14, 2019University News
Making Microbes that Transform Greenhouse Gases
Researchers at the Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app are harnessing the power of human physiology to transform greenhouse gases into usable chemical compounds – a method that could help lessen industrial dependence on petroleum and reduce our carbon footprint.
August 13, 2019Research and Innovation
National Academy of Inventors Selects Five Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Faculty as Senior Members
Five Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app faculty members whose innovative work spans neurosciences to clean energy to engineering and pharmaceutical chemistry have been named by the National Academy of Inventors to its new class of Senior Members.
August 13, 2019Honors and Awards, Research and Innovation, University News
When Andrea Prospect graduated the Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app College of Public Health (COPH) with her BSPH on August 3, she walked away with more than a diploma.
August 12, 2019University News
Hearing Loss May Be Preventable with Development of New Drug
The first ever medication to treat age-related hearing loss could potentially receive FDA approval through a comprehensive study being conducted at the Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app.
August 12, 2019Research and Innovation
Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app College of Public Health undergraduate students were able to get out of the classroom and into the field this summer as they served some of Hillsborough County’s most vulnerable communities to help residents in building their hurricane preparedness plans.
August 12, 2019Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Health, University News
Advanced ovarian and uterine cancers are deadly diseases. Ovarian cancers, in particular, present with vague symptoms common to other diseases, and often are not diagnosed until a late stage when cancer has spread throughout the abdomen.
August 8, 2019Research and Innovation, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Health
Undergraduate Student Researchers Highlight Experience During National Conference
Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app undergraduate students were part of the inaugural cohort of student leaders presenting at the national Council on Undergraduate Research's Undergraduate Research Programs Division Conference 2019, held in Columbus, OH in June.
August 8, 2019Research and Innovation, University News
Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Health and Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Athletics partnered on an implementation of an independent medical model that supports the physical and psychosocial welfare of student-athletes. Under the new model, physicians will have increased contact with athletic trainers and student-athletes within the Selmon Athletic Center Athletic Training Clinic, where they care for more than 450 student-athletes.
August 8, 2019Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Athletics, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Health