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USF Board of Trustees approves financing for new on-campus stadium

The approved plan includes financing for an estimated 35,000-seat facility that is scheduled to open by fall 2026. Thestadiumwill be builton the east side of the Tampa campus on a site known as Sycamore Fields, providing synergy with the ongoing expansion of the USF Athletics district.

June 13, 2023USF Athletics, University News

This gift from James “Jay” Nault will name the center in his honor and enhance opportunities for the next generation of business builders.

June 9, 2023USF Foundation, University News

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USF to enhance skillset of soaring tech workforce with new AI certificate program

Tampa Bay has become a magnet for tech start-ups – an industry growing more quickly than the talent pool, especially in artificial intelligence. In response to this demand, the has launched a graduate certificate program in AI for working professionals in the technology sector interested in enhancing their skillset.

June 5, 2023Research and Innovation, Student Success, University News

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Tampa Bay business leaders, community partners share excitement in USF’s AAU membership

The world’s brightest faculty, staff and students are historically known to gravitate to AAU universities located in metropolitan areas. Tampa Bay business and community leaders applaud the extraordinary economic benefits that this will bring to the region.

June 2, 2023University News

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accepts invitation into the Association of American Universities

USF joins a prestigious group of the 71 leading research institutions in the United States and Canada. It is the first public university in Florida to be invited to join the AAU in nearly 40 years and is now one of two institutions from the State University System of Florida to serve as an AAU member.

June 1, 2023University News

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AAU membership to bring extraordinary benefits to USF, Tampa Bay and state of Florida

The historic invitation will provide new federal funding opportunities for USF research, strengthen its role in meeting workforce demands and attract the brightest faculty, staff and students to Tampa Bay.

June 1, 2023University News

The innovative program provides young adults with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to experience higher education and campus life, learning social skills and career training along the way.

May 15, 2023University News

Board of Trustees Chair Will Weatherford, Judy Genshaft Honors College Dean Charles Adams, President Rhea Law, President Emerita Judy Genshaft, Steve Greenbaum and former Board of Trustees Chair Jordan Zimmerman

USF unveils historic new Judy Genshaft Honors College building

The five-story, 85,000-square-foot facility will serve USF’s most accomplished and talented students from every undergraduate college and strengthen the university’s position to attract the top talent within the state of Florida and beyond.

May 12, 2023USF Foundation, University News

Portrait of Andrew Devendorf sitting in his office at the Tampa campus.

Doctoral candidate challenges clinical psychologists to improve patient care by recognizing their own mental health

Andrew Devendorf addresses how societal stigmas impact mental health outcomes and he’s finding new ways to help broaden conversations.

May 11, 2023University News

Roger, Catherine and Mary stand together smiling while Catherine holds a framed photo of their moms sitting together.

The dreams of three mothers live on through student research scholarship

Three emeritus professors from the USF College of Behavioral and Community Sciences are honoring their mothers by providing students a gift that was unavailable to most women of their mothers’ generation – the gift of education.

May 9, 2023University News

Hosea Simon, Don and Stephanie Schoenberg

Alumni and diverse business owners star in the construction of the Judy Genshaft Honors College building

Since its groundbreaking in late 2020, nearly 80 businesses have worked on the five story, 85,000-square-foot building – about half are diverse-owned with an estimated spend on contracts exceeding $11 million.

May 8, 2023University News

President Law (centered) is surrounded by students on the Florida House floor

State budget includes significant new funding for USF operations and several major projects

The Florida Legislature reached agreement on a state budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year that includes transformational increases in recurring operational funding and new investments in several significant projects for the . The budget builds on last year’s record-breaking legislative session for USF.

May 3, 2023University News

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