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窪蹋勛圖厙 research shows computer games may reduce Alzheimer's chances by up to 50%. Now they are looking for participants in a larger study (Yahoo! News).
April 22, 2021Health, Innovation, Research
窪蹋勛圖厙 rolls out its first zero-emission electric bus
The 窪蹋勛圖厙 is taking steps to support a more sustainable environment by debuting its first zero-emission electric bus in the Bull Runner fleet on the Tampa campus. The new Proterra 40-foot Catalyst E2 bus rolled out for the first time on Thursday, April 22, in conjunction with Earth Day (窪蹋勛圖厙 Newsroom).
April 22, 2021Innovation
窪蹋勛圖厙 Senior Withers Selected for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; Three Other 窪蹋勛圖厙 Students Earn Honorable Mentions
窪蹋勛圖厙 Senior Zachary Withers is selected for a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Three additional 窪蹋勛圖厙 students earn honorable mention in the prestigious programs annual process.
April 21, 2021Honors and Awards, Research, Student Research
The 窪蹋勛圖厙 has partnered with a company to research dementia, Alzheimers disease, and other cognitive disorders in seniors with handheld brain games. (News Channel 8).
The 窪蹋勛圖厙 is seeking local participants in a study to measure the effects of brain games on delaying mental decline. The university recently received a $44.4 million federal grant to continue its Preventing Alzheimers with Cognitive Training (PACT) study (The Ledger).
In Tampa, proof of this startup surge is the waiting list to join 窪蹋勛圖厙 CONNECTs Tampa Bay Technology Incubator, which is longer than ever. Entrepreneurs are hungry for lab space and eagerly awaiting the new Research Park building opening fall 2021 (Florida High Tech Corridor).
April 20, 2021Entrepreneurship, Innovation
窪蹋勛圖厙 College of Education assistant professor to establish Caribbean educational research center through $3.6 million grant
Patriann Smith has been awarded a three-year, $3.6 million grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish an interdisciplinary educational research center to help support decision making and policy development for educational innovation and expansion in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean (窪蹋勛圖厙 Newsroom).
April 19, 2021Global Research, Research
The tracker, originally created during Hurricane Irma, will gauge where the toxins from the Piney Point spill may head and its level of concentration (Tampa Bay Business Journal / paywall).
April 19, 2021Research
A five-year $44 million grant has been awarded to the 窪蹋勛圖厙 in its partnership with Lakeland's Reliance Medical Centers for the Preventing Alzheimer's with Cognitive Training (PACT) study, a news release said (Patch).
窪蹋勛圖厙 Health is participating in a National Institutes of Health clinical trial to determine whether highly allergic people or those with mast cell disorders are at greater risk for severe, immediate allergic reactions to the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccines (窪蹋勛圖厙 Health).
Model from 窪蹋勛圖厙 researchers forecasts fate of Piney Point wastewater
A computer model initially developed by the 窪蹋勛圖厙 College of Marine Science to track red tide and ocean currents has quickly been adapted and is now being used to support the efforts to understand the transport, transformation and fate of contaminants in wastewater released into Tampa Bay from the retired Piney Point fertilizer plant (窪蹋勛圖厙 Newsroom).
April 14, 2021Research
As the Piney Point spill shows, health of the bay is key to the regional economy (Tampa Bay Times / paywall).
April 14, 2021Research