Clara Garcia

1 week ago | wusf.org | Clara Garcia |Clara García

A new survey shows most Floridians are still reluctant about using artificial intelligence to help with their mental health concerns. University of South Florida and Florida Atlantic University researchers created the survey to analyze 500 participants’ experiences with AI in health care. Among the researchers is Stephen Neely, an associate professor in the School of Public Affairs and a faculty fellow for the Global and National Security Institute at USF.

1 week ago | health.wusf.usf.edu | Clara Garcia |Clara García

A new survey shows most Floridians are still reluctant about using artificial intelligence to help with their mental health concerns. University of South Florida and Florida Atlantic University researchers created the survey to analyze 500 participants’ experiences with AI in health care. Among the researchers is Stephen Neely, an associate professor in the School of Public Affairs and a faculty fellow for the Global and National Security Institute at USF.

2 weeks ago | wusf.org | Clara Garcia |Clara García

Spirit Airlines and JetBlue Airways will cut almost 130 flights that were supposed to leave Tampa International Airport this summer. An analysis examined how airlines adjusted summer flight schedules at TPA between April and May. There have been a total of 165 flights axed since then — most of them by the two bargain airlines — according to a national airline analysis in the Tampa Bay Business Journal. Nationwide, other cities will see even larger cuts.

3 weeks ago | wusf.org | Clara Garcia |Clara García

There is a wave of sargassum coming from the Caribbean, and it is already breaking records this summer. It means coastal areas on the East Coast and the Keys will see more algae than usual. West Florida residents and visitors, on the other hand, will not see the algae this summer. USF professor Brian Barnes works at the school's Optical Oceanography Laboratory. He said the general trajectory of the sargassum belt keeps it from impacting the west coast of Florida.

3 weeks ago | news-bulletin.com | Clara Garcia |Clara García

BELEN — More solar panels coming to the Hub City means more benefits to the community. The Belen City Council unanimously approved a special use overlay permit for a new solar array that is planned just south of Sun Ranch Solar on Rancho Cielo land, west of Interstate 25. The new, proposed solar farm, Star Light Energy Center, will be a 100 megawatt solar facility, with a 100 megawatt, four-hour storage facility.