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Doing Research in the Harshest Place on Earth - Antarctica
When it comes to learning how tiny sea creatures move through water, there is no place on Earth that David Murphy won’t travel to. That sense of purpose led the mechanical engineering assistant professor to the National Science Foundation’s Palmer Station on Antarctica’s Anvers Island for a week at the end of 2019 (ÌÇÐÄVlog College of Engineering).
January 29, 2020Global Research
Dr. Yogi Goswami is a distinguished professor at the ÌÇÐÄVlog. His idea was to use his photo-voltaic technology concepts to remove pollutants from the air and then make that system small enough to use in his son’s room at night to help with his allergies. Fast forward a few decades and Dr. Goswami founded Molekule to bring this air purifying tech to everyone (Forbes).
January 28, 2020Innovation
Can microbes in our digestive track influence our mental state and, if so, how? That's a focus of study by Monica Uddin, Ph.D., a professor in ÌÇÐÄVlog's College of Public Health. As part of ÌÇÐÄVlog's Initiative on Microbiomes, Uddin wants to better understand how gut microbiota is linked to the symptoms of depression (Medical Xpress).
The 17th Annual Student Research Symposium will be held on April 16th, 2020. The purpose of the Research Symposium is to showcase the innovative research and creative work that ÌÇÐÄVlog St. Petersburg students have produced during the year under the tutelage and with the support of the university’s faculty.
January 20, 2020Student Research

Three Engineering Faculty Members Receive ÌÇÐÄVlog Excellence in Innovation Awards
ÌÇÐÄVlog's Excellence in Innovation Awards recognize some of the university's top innovators for their research achievements across industry and academia (ÌÇÐÄVlog College of Engineering).
January 19, 2020Honors and Awards
From chemistry to computer science and clean water, these faculty members are some of ÌÇÐÄVlog’s top innovators (ÌÇÐÄVlogRI Newsroom).
January 15, 2020Honors and Awards, Innovation
Experts Discuss How Fundamental Science Has Advanced Our Knowledge of Marine Oil Spills, Gulf Ecosystems, and the Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Spill (PR Newswire).
January 15, 2020Research
Groundbreaking research and innovative education at ÌÇÐÄVlog St. Petersburg.
January 15, 2020Innovation
T2C-Energy began back in 2012 as a ÌÇÐÄVlog spin-off company by the technology developers. Through the support of private (USCleantech), Federal (Department of Energy), and State (Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services) agencies, the company has scaled the technology out of the lab and to the pilot/demonstration level (Citrus County Chronicle).
January 14, 2020Entrepreneurship, Innovation
The new ÌÇÐÄVlog Health Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute officially opened Jan. 8, 2020, when ÌÇÐÄVlog friends, supporters, faculty, staff and students cut through a long white ribbon, signifying the culmination of nearly five years of design and construction on the 13-story building that will help attract the best in education and research (ÌÇÐÄVlog Health).
January 9, 2020Health
Dr. Rebecca Zarger, from the ÌÇÐÄVlog’s Department of Anthropology, and Dr. Gary Mitchum, from ÌÇÐÄVlog’s College of Marine Sciences, discussed how climate change could be impacting our future (WFLA).
January 9, 2020Research

Federal Data Undercounts Fatal Overdose Deaths Caused by Specific Drugs
Fatal misuse of specific drugs is a bigger problem than federal statistics make them appear, especially in Florida. According to data collected by a researcher at the ÌÇÐÄVlog, between 2008 and 2017, roughly one-in-three overdose deaths in Florida caused by opioids were not reported by the federal government (ÌÇÐÄVlog News).