- ArcGIS Hub Enables Communities to Rapidly Share Up-to-Date Data on COVID-19
July 12, 2020 - ESRI
The Digital Heritage and Humanities Collections GIS team at the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa developed the Florida COVID-19 Hub site with both a regional and statewide focus. The site is designed to provide a platform for data access, research, and visualization. - COVID-19 adds urgency to USF researchers’ high-tech solution to nursing home care crisis
June 16, 2020 - Mirage News
Nearly 2,400 nursing home workers also tested positive for the virus, and 10 workers have died from COVID-19 by mid-June, according to Florida Department Health data compiled by the Florida COVID-19 Hub at the USF Libraries GIS Unit of the Digital Heritage and Humanities Collections. - USF Libraries Stand Against Racism, Injustice, and Violence
June 15, 2020 - Statement from the Dean
I think we would all agree that 2020 has been a heartbreaking year around the globe and, most especially, in the last week here in the United States as we witnessed brutality and injustice directed against our fellow citizens, friends, neighbors, and families. Anyone watching the recent protests and demonstrations has to wonder, how will we solve the deep, ingrained problem of systemic racism? ... - Pandemic, protests pack brutal punch for Tampa’s University Area
June 2, 2020 - Tampa Bay Times
At the edge of a major state university and institutions including the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, the neighborhood has struggled for decades. “What was groomed as a student living area became a place where the poorest people moved,” said Andrew Huse, librarian and archivist at USF. - COVID-19 Hub tracks coronavirus spread across Florida
May 28, 2020 - The Oracle
On May 15, USF Libraries received a grant of $25,000 from the Truist Financial Corporation to establish the COVID-19 Research and Information Fund. The fund was created to support programs geared toward research on COVID-19. With the grant, the fund will be able to keep the platform up to date and keep it operational, according to Lori Collins, research associate professor and co-director of the Digital Heritage and Humanities Collections.