University Beat

Three weeks ago, USF Jewish students gathered to mourn the lives lost during the Hamas attacks and send prayers to soldiers of IDF. At least two of those soldiers are or were USF students.

Senate Bill 266 prohibits public colleges in Florida from funding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs or initiatives. Despite that, USF is maintaining its efforts to work with minority-owned businesses and vendors.

State University System Chancellor Ray Rodrigues sent a letter to Florida university presidents with instructions to "deactivate" a pro-Palestine student group on campuses.

They described efforts to deactivate chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine on at least two campuses – including the University of South Florida – as an aggressive and likely unconstitutional application of a terrorism law because it would limit students' rights to protected speech.

WUSF News is hiring paid interns for spring and summer 2024.

The Missing in Florida Day event is dedicated to helping families find their missing relatives and providing resources to update older cases of missing persons.

TGH is investing $4.4 million over six years to support the planning and implementation of the USF College of Nursing Simulation Lab.

The changes come after lawmakers, led by Gov. Ron DeSantis, targeted the state university system during the recent legislative session.

The display uncovers findings about more than 40 lost burial grounds in the Hillsborough County region. Over half of them were used as sites for "colored" people in the era of segregation.

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo took to social media to suggest a link between two basketball players' cardiac arrests and the COVID-19 vaccine. But one expert said public health officials carry a responsibility to be careful about what they say.

The state Department of Health documented nearly 3,000 more cases per week over the two weeks ending July 20 compared with the prior five weeks. Health officials say waning immunity could be the reason.

Among the items approved in Florida's 2023-24 fiscal year budget are a new Environmental and Oceanographic Sciences Research and Teaching facility on the USF St. Petersburg campus.