- 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. - 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.