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USF System
Modernizing Math
| USF News
A digital math program that uses computer applications, Web resources, an interactive SMART Board and group collaboration is helping middle school math students in Pinellas County master key concepts in algebra and geometry. Now, thanks to a $500,000 grant from the NEXT Generation Learning Challenges collaboration, the program is expanding to more teachers and students.
Lights, Camera, Learn!
| USF Sarasota-Manatee
In one of the only ventures of its kind in the nation, USF Sarasota-Manatee and Sarasota-based Sanborn Film and Television Institute have teamed up to offer a new master of business administration degree with a concentration in film and TV production.
The program, launched in the fall, will teach students the knowledge and skills needed to successfully develop, market and finance film and television productions.
Hi-Tech Tracking
| USF Polytechnic
Tracking and tracing a cancer pain medication could get more efficient thanks to research under way at USF Polytechnic.
Researchers at the university are working with Cephalon, Inc. to implement and optimize radio frequency identification (RFID) technology for the crucial drug. The technology includes a device that uses radio waves to exchange data between a reader and a small electronic tag attached to the packaging.