Without additional doses given by hospital partners or the state, USF Health suspended the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine to the USF community after exhausting its supplies.  The latest decision will halt the scheduling of new appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine until a new batch of doses is received. All […]

USF administration seemed hopeful during a COVID-19 town hall Thursday afternoon about eventually resuming normal university activity in the summer or fall as long as vaccination distribution and mitigation efforts go as planned.  Under a Q&A format, most of the questions asked by students, faculty and staff regarded COVID-19 vaccinations […]

As more COVID-19 vaccines are developed and distributed across the country, USF students may be able to get the vaccine as early as April or May, according to USF Health experts.  Most students will be able to get the vaccine during Phase III of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ vaccine distribution plan, […]

Not even a pandemic was able to prevent large crowds from gathering this holiday season, posing a risk of promoting an even larger surge in the number of daily cases in the upcoming weeks, according to USF Health experts. As a result of holiday gatherings and travel, experts at the […]

With continuously increasing amounts of cases in Hillsborough and other surrounding counties, the USF COVID-19 Task Force’s mitigation measures are being slightly amped up for the spring semester as a way to more effectively mitigate COVID-19 spread. USF will be moving into the spring semester still in Phase II of […]

New strains of the COVID-19 virus have been identified all over the world, but even if these strains spread across the Tampa Bay area, USF’s plans for an in-person Summer B course schedule should not be affected, according to USF Health experts. Known as B.1.1.7, the coronavirus variant strain was […]

The university received the green light Thursday morning from the Hillsborough County Department of Health to begin administering the COVID-19 vaccine for free to “eligible” faculty and staff across all three campuses. A limited supply of the vaccine will be offered to people age 65 and over through USF Health. […]

Returning home or taking a vacation this winter break may seem like an ideal relief to the stresses that the pandemic has posed throughout the semester, but increasing COVID-19 numbers will throw a wrench in the works.  The winter is expected to bring a whole new set of concerns into […]

Even with a substantial decline in activity on campus, the Student Green Energy Fund Council (SGEFC) is moving ahead with funding new projects meant to evaluate how the USF community can take more environmentally conscious steps forward. Among the approved projects, one focuses on reporting commuter greenhouse gas emissions on […]

While hopes for a COVID-19 vaccine could soon become a reality, some USF professors believe it will take more than a vaccine to stop the spread of the coronavirus. As a result of a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases, the U.S. is walking down the path toward a […]