Whether trying to assess risk, preventing criminals from laundering money, or simply making sure that a business complies with the many rules and regulations applied to today's corporations, job-seekers who have the analytical and critical-thinking skills they can apply to these problems are in high-demand. That's why USF is announcing a new certificate program in compliance, risk, and anti-money laundering. Applications for the program are being accepted now. Read more.

A USF undergraduate mathematics major won $10,000 Thursday for having an innovative healthcare idea: the ability to manage disease pathology using cloud-based computer analysis. Fifteen students from four universities -- USF, the University of Florida, Florida International University, and Rollins College -- pitched their ideas for innovations in healthcare at the University of South Florida at USF Connect. Read more.

Business students will manage a student-run financial services center and earn college credit as part of a partnership between the University of South Florida Muma College of Business and the USF Federal Credit Union. The new student-managed Marshall Student Center Branch will be one of the first credit unions on a university campus to offer students a paid internship opportunity while they earn course credit. Read more.

Yi-Hsiang Liao, who graduated from USF's MS in Entrepreneurship program in 2014, recently opened a tea lounge in Temple Terrace. Liao, who is originally from Taiwan, wanted to bring Taiwanese tea culture to Tampa Bay. Click here to watch a video about his company by INTO USF.