A USF Honors College class takes on an issue that has troubled politicians for decades—reforming the United States healthcare system.

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For more information:
Dr. Steve Freedman,Professor emeritus, Pediatrics & Political Science/
President, SAF, LLC
Email: safllc@tampabay.rr.com
Resources: Journal of the American Medical Association

or Mark Schreiner (email: mschreiner@wusf.org) University Beat Producer

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For more information:
Dr. Thomas Sellers, Director, Moffitt Research Institute
Email: Thomas.Sellers@Moffitt.org
Phone: (813) 745-1315

or Mark Schreiner (email: mschreiner@wusf.org) University Beat Producer

The College of Business Administration recently held a two-day seminar on “business sustainability,” hoping to help small and medium-sized business identify and implement practices that are more environmentally friendly, while being cost-effective at the same time.

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For more information:

Sharon Hanna-West, Exide Distinguished Lecturer of Ethics & Sustainability,
USF College of Business Administration
Email: hannawe@coba.usf.edu                     
Phone: (813) 974-6893

or Mark Schreiner (email: mschreiner@wusf.org) University Beat Producer

The Second Annual Suntrust Miles for Moffitt, features a one mile run/walk, and 5K and 5 mile competitive races. All funds raised will benefit research at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center on the Tampa campus of USF.

EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO WILDFIRE SMOKE

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For more information or to register for event:
Web: www.MilesforMoffitt.com
Phone: (813) 745-2006

To form a Milestones Team, contact:
John DeMuro
Phone: (813) 745-1527

or Mark Schreiner (email: mschreiner@wusf.org) University Beat Producer

USF’s Center for Jazz Composition is wrapping up the 2006-07 season of its Jazz Masterworks Series with a tribute to the late Grammy award-winning saxophonist and composer Michael Brecker. The three concerts, April 21st through 23rd, will feature Michael’s brother, Randy, accompanying the Center’s resident jazz orchestra, The Jazz Surge. Listen now

Concerts:

• April 21, 7:30 p.m., Palladium Theater, 253 Fifth Ave. N., St. Petersburg;
727-822-3590; www.mypalladium.org

• April 22, 7:30 p.m., Rollins College, Orlando; 407-646-2000; www.rollins.edu

• April 23, 8 p.m., USF Theatre 1, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa; 813- 974-2323

If you would like more information on this subject:
Website: www.michaelbrecker.com

USF Center For Jazz Composition
http://centerforjazzcomp.arts.usf.ed
Phone: 813-974-3310

or Mark Schreiner (email: mschreiner@wusf.org) University Beat Producer

Students and teachers from a number of USF schools are part of a multi-disciplinary, multi-institute research consortium studying natural resource conservation and community development efforts on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Listen now

Links:
Course website:
http://shell.cas.usf.edu/mexicanmangroves
Earthwatch Institute:
www.earthwatch.org/site/pp2.asp?c=dsJSK6PFJnH&b=1147607

If you would like more information on this subject, please contact:

Mark Rains,Assistant Professor, USF Department of Geology
Phone: 813-974-3310
Email:mrains@cas.usf.edu 

or Mark Schreiner (email: mschreiner@wusf.org) University Beat Producer

USF’s Huntington Disease Center of Excellence, along with the Honors’ College “Co-Sign” group, is holding a fund-raiser featuring three live bands, “Moving and Grooving for H-D” on April 29th at the USF Botanical Gardens. Funds raised will help send children of Huntington’s families to the Huntington Disease Society of America’s Convention in June in Oklahoma City.
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If you would like more information on this subject, please contact:

Jana Jones, USF Huntington's Disease Center of Excellence
Phone: 813-974-6022
Email: jjones2@health.usf.eduwebsite: http://huntingtondisease.tripod.com/usfhdcenterofexcellence

or Mark Schreiner (email: mschreiner@wusf.org) University Beat Producer

USF’s College of Business Administration recently hosted Microsoft’s “DigiGirlz Day,” where about 50 girls from Hillsborough County high schools met with female executives to find out more about careers in the high-tech business world. Listen now

If you would like more information on this subject, please contact:

Dr. Steven Baumgarten, Director of MBA Programs, USF’s College of Business Administration
Phone: 813-974-4517
Email: sbaumgar@coba.usf.edu

DigiGirlz website: www.microsoft.com/digigirlz

or Mark Schreiner (email: mschreiner@wusf.org) University Beat Producer

A one day conference, “Science in Humanities-Humanities in Science,” recently brought together USF students and professors from both fields to talk about the similarities and differences between the subjects, as well as what each group can learn from one another. Listen now

If you would like more information on this subject, please contact:

Dr. Alex Levine, USF Associate Professor of Philosophy
Phone: 813-974-5508
Email: alevine@cas.usf.edu

CONFERENCE WEBSITE: www.humanitiesscience.org

or Mark Schreiner (email: mschreiner@wusf.org) University Beat Producer

Research at USF’s de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute shows that patients with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia can be kept out of nursing homes for a number of months thanks to a group of drugs that diminish cognitive impairment. Listen now

If you would like more information on this subject, please contact:

Dr. Marion Becker, Professor, Mental Health Law & Policy, de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute
Phone: (813) 974-7188
Email: becker@fmhi.usf.edu

More about FDA-approved cholinesterase inhibitors: www.alz.org/Resources/TopicIndex/cholinesteraseinhibitors.asp

or Mark Schreiner (email: mschreiner@wusf.org) University Beat Producer

A part of USF’s College of Arts and Sciences, the John Scott Dailey Florida Institute of Government remains one of six satellite offices around the state that links government agencies with the university system—in this case, USF, its experts, and their work. Listen now

If you would like more information on this subject, please contact:

Teralynn Patterson, Training Coordinator
John Scott Dailey Florida Institute of Government
Phone: (813) 974-2345           
Email: tpatters@cas.usf.edu

Florida Institute of Government Web Site

Report on Conversational Symposium, 8/2/06

or Mark Schreiner (email: mschreiner@wusf.org) University Beat Producer

The USF College of Business Administration is taking over the floor of a residence hall to set up a “living and learning” environment for 32 incoming freshmen. In addition to a place to live, the Bulls Business Community will give the students “in-dorm” support and advice as they learn how to become business professionals. Listen now

If you would like more information on this subject, please contact:

Bulls Business Community
Phone: (813)974-4290            
www.coba.usf.edu/bbn
Information: www.coba.usf.edu/network/BBC.pdf
Brochure/Application: www.coba.usf.edu/bbn/BBNBrochure.pdf

or Mark Schreiner (email: mschreiner@wusf.org) University Beat Producer

USF’s School of Physical Education is now the home of the XRKade Research Lab, where researchers will look at interactive video games like “Dance Dance Revolution” and similar technology-based interactive activities to see what kind of effects they have on children’s physical fitness. Listen now

If you would like more information on this subject, please contact:

Professor Steve Sanders, Director, USF School of Physical Education, Wellness
& Sports Studies
Phone: (813)974-4871
Email: sanders@coedu.usf.edu

or Mark Schreiner (email: mschreiner@wusf.org) University Beat Producer

A USF Mass Communications Professor has received a tremendous honor, as he’s been named to the Promotional Products Association International’s Hall of Fame. Doctor Dan Bagley, who has taught at USF for almost 30 years, is just the sixty-fourth person—and second academic—named to the Hall. Listen now

If you would like more information on this subject, please contact:

Dr. Daniel Bagley, Associate Professor, USF’s School of Mass Communications
Phone: (813)974-6788
Email: bagley@mail.usf.edu

or Mark Schreiner (email: mschreiner@wusf.org) University Beat Producer

Thirteen-hundred USF students from about one hundred university organizations took part in the recent Second Annual “Stampede of Service.” On an early Saturday morning, the students visited one of forty locations around the Bay area to “give back” to the community. Listen now

If you would like more information on this subject, please contact:

Volunteer USF
Phone: (813)974-5053
Email: vservices@admin.usf.edu

Maxon Victor, Student Coordinator/Co-Founder, Stampede of Service
Email: mvictor@mail.usf.edu

Andrew Kirkland, Program Coordinator, Stampede of Service
Email: akirkland@mail.usf.edu

or Mark Schreiner (email: mschreiner@wusf.org) University Beat Producer

USF is entering a new world of research and service with its new In Vitro Fertilization Program at Tampa General Hospital. The goal, according to medical director, Dr. Shayne Plosker, is to set up a state of the art Assisted Reproductive Technology Program that provides comprehensive infertility and reproductive endocrine care for the Bay area. Listen now

If you would like more information on this subject, please contact:

Dr. Shayne Plosker, Medical Director, USF Health’s In Vitro Fertilization
IVF Office: (813)259-8500
Email: splosker@health.usf.edu

or Mark Schreiner (email: mschreiner@wusf.org) University Beat Producer

Researchers at USF Health are working closely with local and state officials to address the obesity epidemic. The first step is a pair of upcoming workshops that will help medical professionals recognize and treat the problem better; the eventual goal could see comprehensive treatment centers for obesity set up around the state and maybe even the country. Listen now

If you would like more information on this subject:

Michel M. Murr, M.D. Associate Professor of Surgery, College of Medicine
Phone: (813) 844-7473
Email: mmurr@hsc.usf.edu

To register for the 1/20 and 3/31 workshops: http://cme.hsc.usf.edu/earlyobesity
Continuing Professional Education Office
Phone: 813-974-4296

or Mark Schreiner (email: mschreiner@wusf.org) University Beat Producer

Wake up and smell the coffee! Animal tests performed by a USF researcher have shown that the caffeine found in five cups of coffee has a tremendous effect on Alzheimer’s disease—both in preventing it and possibly even “curing” it. Listen now

If you would like more information on this subject:
Dr. Gary Arendash, Research Professor, Byrd Alzheimer's Center
& Research Institute
Phone: 813-974-1584
arendash@cas.usf.edu

or Mark Schreiner (email: mschreiner@wusf.org) University Beat Producer