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USF rises in new research rankings, outpacing many peer institutions in growth
With $522 million in research expenditures in fiscal year 2024, USF ranks No. 47 among the nation鈥檚 public universities 鈥� and a growth rate higher than 90% of members of the Association of American Universities.
January 13, 2026Research and Innovation, University News
USF Health researchers seeking better, safer alternatives to current opioid drugs
USF Health researchers are making dramatic strides in understanding how new opioid compounds work inside the body to provide pain relief, offering greater hope that new classes of these drugs may eventually be used to relieve pain without potentially deadly side effects.
December 18, 2025Research and Innovation, USF Health
USF Health, TGH surgeon performs nation鈥檚 first fully robotic microsurgery with FDA-cleared NanoWrist庐 instruments
This innovation allows surgeons to perform delicate tissue dissection and vessel preparation with unmatched control, marking a new era in minimally invasive care for patients living with lymphedema.
December 11, 2025Research and Innovation, USF Health
National Academy of Inventors welcomes three USF inventors into its 2025 class of fellows
USF Provost and Executive Vice President Prasant Mohapatra and Professors Christian Br茅chot and Chandrakant Patel听have been selected as 2025 Fellows to the听National Academy of Inventors听鈥� considered the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors.
December 11, 2025Honors and Awards, Research and Innovation
USF study finds widespread rule-breaking in whale shark tourism hotspot
One of the world鈥檚 busiest whale-shark destinations is struggling to manage a boom in ecotourism. A new USF study finds the world鈥檚 biggest fish may be paying the price.
December 10, 2025Research and Innovation
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
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
USF students compete to launch experiments aboard the International Space Station
Thirty-five USF students are competing to design experiments that will launch aboard the International Space Station. This is the first time USF is participating in the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program, representing multiple colleges across the university.
November 24, 2025Research and Innovation, Student Success
USF doctoral student is creating an AI tool to turn complex cancer reports into clarity
Inspired by a guest speaker鈥檚 message about creating impact through research, Rushitha Mamidala is developing an AI tool that helps patients and doctors by making cancer diagnoses more accurate and easier to understand.
November 20, 2025Cyber/AI, Research and Innovation
New study suggests accounting, not aliens, explains Peru鈥檚 mysterious 鈥楤and of Holes鈥�
New research published in Antiquity reveals the first scientific evidence that Peru鈥檚 puzzling 鈥淏and of Holes鈥� 鈥� once featured in Ancient Aliens 鈥� was part of a sophisticated Indigenous network for storing and recording goods.
November 18, 2025Research and Innovation
From laboratory innovation to cancer care, USF-born technology offering pet owners hope
Decades of federally funded research at USF have led to a breakthrough device that uses gentle heat and electrical pulses to deliver cancer treatment directly to tumors. Now in veterinary trials, the technology promises safer, more precise treatments 鈥� and could soon transform human cancer care.
November 10, 2025Research and Innovation
USF professor and son team up to integrate artificial intelligence into cancer research
Distinguished University Professor Dmitry Goldgof and his son, Dr. Gregory Goldgof, are combining AI and medicine 鈥� automating bone marrow analysis to improve the speed and accuracy of blood cancer diagnoses.
November 10, 2025Cyber/AI, Research and Innovation