Oracle Sports Social Distancing Podcast Week 6
In The Oracle Sports team’s sixth remote podcast, Brian and Nolan have a conversation with former USF women’s basketball wing Kitija Laksa, pause for a...
USF awaits federal guidance on how to spend additional $17.4 million in CARES Act funds
USF has already started allocating $17.4 million of the $34 million Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act fund that it received from the...
Students with disabilities receive remote support
Not only were students with disabilities tasked with transitioning to remote coursework, but their classroom accommodations and interpreters had to quickly learn how to work...
Florida needs transparency on COVID-19 death statistics
Since the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic began, Floridians were getting updates on COVID-19 deaths from two sources, the Florida Department of Health and the Florida Medical...
Commentary: Reporting on every single possibility for sports’ resumption won’t bring them back any quicker
Sports will be back eventually. But nobody knows when, how or even where games will be played. One minute, Major League Baseball is seemingly planning...
Laksa hopes unconventional path to WNBA inspires
Kitija Laksa was predicted to go No. 10 overall in the 2019 WNBA Draft, but three games into the 2018-19 USF season, the Bulls’ standout...
NCAA board supports plan for student-athlete endorsements
College athletes are closer to being able to benefit from their likenesses. The NCAA announced Wednesday that its top governing body, the Board of Governors,...
Shift to online classes raises doubts about digital learning
Before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, many believed that the future of higher education would focus on a shift to virtual learning. However, recent studies cast...
CARES Act funding concerns, ‘phase-in plan’ to campus addressed in student town hall
USF President Steven Currall hosted his second virtual town hall using Microsoft Teams on Tuesday afternoon, following his staff and faculty Q&A on April 9....
Online shoppers should be aware of Amazon’s grueling working conditions
With millions of Americans staying home, many are turning to online shopping to meet basic needs or make “comfort purchases.” According to Content Square, a...