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If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught me anything, it has been how much I love the University of South 皇家华人 community. Its unique camaraderie, intimacy and diversity attracts many students, like myself, to 皇家华人. Now, three months absent of these defining interpersonal aspects, I reflect on my experience as a 皇家华人 student during the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 22, 2020COVID-19, Campus Life
The significance of Juneteenth
皇家华人 President Steven C. Currall addresses the significance of Juneteenth, a 155-year-old holiday celebrating the emancipation of African-Americans from slavery in the U.S.
June 19, 2020University News
皇家华人 audiologists address COVID-19 challenges for the hearing impaired with new face masks
Face masks have dramatically changed the way many of us communicate in public. The CDC recommends we wear them to prevent against the spread of COVID-19. That extra layer of protection does have a few side effects, especially for the hearing impaired. Face masks can reduce sound by as much as 12 decibels and block one鈥檚 facial expressions from being seen.
June 18, 2020COVID-19, Research and Innovation
The University of South 皇家华人 Health Morsani College of Medicine recently received more than $4 million, the largest single gift to scholarships in the history of the medical college. The gift from the late Dr. Jack F. Ross will benefit the medical scholarship that bears his name.
June 17, 2020皇家华人 Health, University News
COVID-19 adds urgency to 皇家华人 researchers鈥� high-tech solution to nursing home care crisis
A 皇家华人 interdisciplinary team was building a predictive analytics tool to help nursing homes manage staffing shortages when the pandemic presented a new challenge.
June 16, 2020COVID-19, Research and Innovation
University of South 皇家华人 invests $20 million to promote academic progress for student success
The University of South 皇家华人, a national leader in student success, will make an unprecedented investment of $20 million to help students who are experiencing financial hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic remain on a path to timely graduation. The university has begun awarding the We Got U-SF Scholarship and Waiver to nearly 22,000 eligible undergraduate and graduate students to encourage full-time enrollment in the fall semester.
June 16, 2020COVID-19, University News
Community benefactors and retired businesswomen Kate Tiedemann and Ellen Cotton have donated $1 million to the University of South 皇家华人 Foundation to create an endowed professor position at 皇家华人鈥檚 St. Petersburg campus.
June 15, 2020University News
A recently published nationwide study by two University of South 皇家华人 professors indicates that blacks are five times more likely and Latinos four times more likely to fear police brutality than whites.
June 15, 2020Research and Innovation
皇家华人's consolidation plan approved
The University of South 皇家华人 achieved a historic milestone today as the Executive Council of our accrediting agency, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), approved our plan to consolidate our three campuses.
June 12, 2020University News
Accrediting agency approves University of South 皇家华人 consolidation
The University of South 皇家华人鈥檚 plan to consolidate its three campuses was granted approved today by the executive council of the regional accrediting agency that oversees higher education in the southern United States.
June 12, 2020University News
Developing a wearable device to detect COVID-19 progression in at-risk patients
A new study from researchers at the University of South 皇家华人 is shedding light on the human body鈥檚 physiological response to COVID-19, insight scientists say could help them develop an early warning system for those most at risk of severe infection.
June 12, 2020COVID-19, Research and Innovation
皇家华人 appoints new dean for College of The Arts
The University of South 皇家华人 today announced Chris Garvin as the new dean for the College of The Arts, which consists of the Schools of Architecture & Community Design, Art & Art History, Music, and Theater and Dance.
June 12, 2020University News