Paul Guzzo

2 weeks ago | usf.edu | Paul Guzzo

By Paul Guzzo, University Communications and Marketing As a former Hillsborough County teacher and school principal, Marlee Strawn takes pride in her openness to new technologies that enhance the classroom experience. “Leveraging new technology is a passion of mine,” said Strawn, who graduated from USF in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in social science education.

2 weeks ago | usf.edu | Paul Guzzo

By Paul Guzzo, University Communications and Marketing When walking the Tampa campus, it seems nearly impossible not to stumble upon a Student Green Energy Fund project that has become an integral part of University of South Florida life. Since its inception on the Tampa campus, more than 60 projects have been funded for about $20 million.

3 weeks ago | usf.edu | Paul Guzzo

By Paul Guzzo, University Communications and Marketing Chase Cooper hopes to one day work for a sports agency. The first-year master’s student in the USF Muma College of Business’ Vinik Sport & Entertainment Management Program acknowledges it’s a competitive field. But an ongoing partnership between the University of South Florida and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers has enabled Cooper and other students to get their foot in the sports industry door.

3 weeks ago | usf.edu | Paul Guzzo

By Paul Guzzo, University Communications and Marketing In the 1980s, a visionary professor of computer science and engineering at the University of South Florida joined forces with his ambitious doctoral student to explore a technology that was still in its infancy. They taught an artificial intelligence system to identify a chair. Today, such work may seem rudimentary. However, at that time, it was groundbreaking for global artificial intelligence research and for USF.

1 month ago | usf.edu | Paul Guzzo

By Paul Guzzo, University Communications and Marketing Egmont Key is best known as a popular boating destination, a Florida State Park and national wildlife refuge. But, for more than a century, it’s also quietly been home to a village of cottages where harbor pilots have stayed while awaiting the call to guide large cargo and passenger ships throughout Tampa Bay’s channels, including to and from Port Tampa Bay, Port St. Pete, SeaPort Manatee and dozens of private terminals.