- Up and Comer, Meghan Cook
May 22, 2020 - USF Libraries
Meghan Cook has been a friendly face in the USF Tampa Library since 2018, where she makes up half of the Geosciences Research Platform Team (RPT). As the subject expert for Geosciences, she and her fellow RPT teammate, Matt Torrence, provide support for faculty and graduate students in the USF School of Geosciences in research discovery, publication, grant writing, teaching, and informed collection management. - USF engineers get National Science Foundation grant to study coronavirus
May 21, 2020 - Tampa Bay Business Journal
The National Science Foundation awarded the University of South Florida College of Engineering $200,000 to build a digital tool that will allow health professionals, researchers and government agencies to delve further in the coronavirus pandemic. - Researchers, Lawmakers Demand Answers After State Ousts COVID-19 Data Manager
May 19, 2020 - WUSF News
Lori Collins, a research associate professor with USF Libraries and School of Geosciences, helps manage a coronavirus information hub for USF that serves the Tampa Bay area and said health department data is one of the most important factors in that GIS platform. - Trust Establishes USF Libraries COVID-19 Research and Information Fund with $25,000 Grant
May 15, 2020 - USF Foundation
The University of South Florida Libraries announced today it received a $25,000 grant from Truist Financial Corp. to establish the USF Libraries COVID-19 Research and Information Fund. This fund will support the immediate and long-term technology needs of the Florida COVID-19 Hub, an innovative resource center that provides real-time data and mapping tools for tracking the virus and aggregates news, social media and other related sources of information concerning Florida's response to the pandemic. - Florida Polytechnic University Using 3D Printers to Make Face Shields
May 13, 2020 - Central Florida Health News
The University of South Florida Libraries in Tampa put together a map with live updates showing the number of coronavirus cases and deaths. According to the USF website, the university is compiling statistics into residential status, sex and age. USF partnered with Tampa General Hospital to create 3D printed swabs used to test for coronavirus. Officials there also created a fund with a donation from Sen. Rick Scott to help with research regarding the virus. Like Florida Polytechnic, the USF College of Engineering students, faculty, and staff are working to make 3D printed face shields for medical professionals to wear.