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USF graduate overcomes brain injury to earn degree
After a severe car accident in 2018 left him with a traumatic brain injury and aphasia, doctors doubted Murren would ever live independently. Through relentless physical and mental rehabilitation, he regained his abilities and returned to college, eventually transferring to USF. He excelled academically, joined honor societies and volunteered with special needs children.
December 8, 2025Student Success
Thousands pack Yuengling as USF women鈥檚 basketball hosts annual Education Day
More than 9,000 elementary and middle school students from across Tampa Bay filled the stands at Yuengling Center as they witnessed USF women's basketball鈥檚 91-58 win against Houston Christian University during Education Day.
December 8, 2025Community, USF Athletics
USF to confer more than 4,100 degrees as President Rhea Law presides over her final commencement ceremonies
The class includes a student who overcame stage 4 Hodgkin鈥檚 lymphoma, along with the first group of graduates from the Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing.
December 8, 2025Student Success
Teen mom鈥檚 20-year journey from the military to graduating from USF
Passionette Jacobs鈥� path to graduation was anything but easy. A mother at 15, she left high school to support her son. She later earned a GED through Job Corps and certifications in medical office technology. She served 12 years in the National Guard, learned trades like welding and plumbing, and even authored a children鈥檚 book.
December 8, 2025Student Success
USF student overcomes cancer to pursue dream of helping Alzheimer鈥檚 patients
Ednecia Nelson was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin鈥檚 lymphoma at age 21, forcing her to pause her education. After enduring surgery and chemotherapy, she entered remission in 2020 and resumed her studies, eventually transferring to USF. Inspired by her grandfather鈥檚 Alzheimer鈥檚 battle, Nelson plans to advocate for dementia patients and hopes to open her own memory care facility.
December 8, 2025Student Success
USF will look to capture a third straight bowl game win as it takes on ODU at Universal Orlando Resort. The game will be televised on ESPN and is one of many fundraising events hosted by the Orlando Sports Foundation that supports cancer research.
December 5, 2025USF Athletics
Study reveals dramatic decline in some historic sargassum populations
Certain populations of sargassum have plummeted during the past ten years, raising alarm for marine ecosystems that depend on the seaweed.
December 4, 2025Research and Innovation
T-Mobile and USF collaborate to provide scholarships to students and enhance on-campus connectivity with Advanced Network Solutions
Through this new program, T-Mobile will provide dedicated on-campus connectivity for USF with its portfolio of Advanced Network Solutions and annual scholarships to benefit undergraduate students pursuing degrees in cybersecurity and other disciplines.
December 4, 2025Campus Life, Student Success, University News
USF engineering research team tackles America鈥檚 hidden sanitation crisis with breakthrough wastewater technology
Building on his success with the NEWGenerator, and with support from the National Science Foundation, Professor Daniel Yeh and his team have developed a solution that can transform how wastewater is managed in homes and small communities nationwide.
December 3, 2025Research and Innovation
Hartline joins USF from The Ohio State University and is widely considered one of college football's rising coaching stars and one of the nation's outstanding recruiters.
December 3, 2025USF Athletics
It's a major milestone for a team that has steadily climbed under head coach Jolene Shepardson. The Bulls put together one of their strongest seasons in recent memory, picking up key wins throughout the year and finishing as one of the top teams in the American Athletic Conference.
December 1, 2025USF Athletics
Inspired by USF coursework, recent graduate champions mental health literacy for children
After discovering in a general education course how profoundly mental health stigma affects communities, Jayden Haggler was inspired to develop a children鈥檚 book and nonprofit organization dedicated to changing that narrative.
November 25, 2025Student Success