Press Coverage

  • USF Researchers Help with Hurricane Recovery Efforts

    September 26, 2019 - Bay News 9

    University of South Florida researchers are helping with the recovery efforts are Hurricane Michael and Dorian hit the Bahamas. The school's mapping technology allows recovery crews to see before and after aerial photos of the hardest hit areas in the Bahamas which lets them know which spots to visit first.

  • High-tech Efforts Underway to Remap Bahamas After Dorian

    September 25, 2019 - Fox 13 News

    Researchers at the University of South Florida are using high-tech data to remap areas that seemed all but lost, where homes and potentially hundreds of lives are buried beneath a mountain of rubble. “In this case, it’s really important because what’s on the ground today is not what was there subsequent to the storm,” said Lori Collins, director of the Digital Heritage & Humanities Collections.

  • Developing Digital Tools to Help Hurricane Dorian Recovery Efforts

    September 25, 2019 - USF Newsroom

    Just days after Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas, researchers with the USF Libraries Digital Heritage and Humanities Collection (DHHC) were working to develop digital tools to aid in the recovery efforts across some of the hardest hit areas.

  • A Digital Archaeologist Helps Inaccessible Collections to Be Seen

    September 19, 2019 - The Conversation

    Davide Tanasi is a digital archaeologist at the University of South Florida. He creates highly detailed 3D scans of archeological artifacts that can be viewed online or used to create 3D printed replicas.

  • BestFit: HS Students in Tampa Team Up To Help Others Get Dressed for Success

    August 26, 2019 - ABC Action News

    Local high school students are on a mission to help underprivileged students find clothing needed to succeed. The BestFit Foundation helps low-income students by providing them formal clothing needed to succeed. They were stationed just outside the USF Tampa Library.