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DeSantis Orders Florida Universities to End H-1B Visa Hiring, Sparking National Debate on Immigration

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis orders state universities to end H-1B visa hiring, affecting nearly 400 foreign workers. The controversial move aligns with Trump administration immigration reforms and sparks debate over specialty occupation visas in higher education.

International Business Times

Record-breaking piles of sargassum seaweed wash up on Caribbean beaches, with more on the way

Record amounts of sargassum are floating in the Caribbean Sea and ending up on beaches from Puerto Rico to Guyana — but scientists aren't sure why there's so much of it in the first place.

LiveScience

Language AIs in 2024: Size, guardrails and steps toward AI agents

I research the intersection of artificial intelligence, natural language processing and human reasoning as the director of the Advancing Human and Machine Reasoning lab at the University of South Florida. I am also commercializing this research in an AI startup that provides a vulnerability scanner for language models.

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AI brain map could help demystify Alzheimer’s and autism

Florida scientists use AI and virtual reality to create 3D renderings of brain formations of mice, whose neuron types are like humans’

The Guardian - US

A professor worried no one would read an algae study. So she had it put to music

Professors and students at the University of South Florida mapped pitch, rhythm and duration to data about algae blooms and depletion of coral reefs to create an original composition.

WEKU

SRM University-Andhra Pradesh inks pact with University of South Florida to promote research and cultural engagement

The SRM University-Andhra Pradesh has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of South Florida (USF) to promote collaborative research, student exchange programme, faculty interactions and cultural engagements between the two institutions.

The Hindu

Campus diversity will be a struggle without race-based admissions, history shows

States that have tried to enroll more Black and Hispanic students in state universities without using race-based admissions policies have seen the numbers of those students slip — especially at elite institutions.

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76 days and counting underwater, Florida professor breaks world record, for science

Joseph Dituri set out to live underwater back in March as part of a project to see how the human body changes living under extreme pressure.

WEKU

AI-generated spam may soon be flooding your inbox -- and it will be personalized to be especially persuasive

Each day, messages from Nigerian princes, peddlers of wonder drugs and promoters of can’t-miss investments choke email inboxes. Improvements to spam filters only seem to inspire new techniques to break through the protections.

The Conversation

Medieval Swahilis and Persians paired up 1,000 years ago in East Africa, ancient DNA reveals

A new ancient DNA study help confirm, but also "contradict and complicate" the historical narrative that Swahilis paired up with Persians 1,000 years ago in East Africa.

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