Register by April 30th to participate on May 17-19! Tampa VA, along with VHA Innovation Ecosystem, Microsoft, and MIT are launching the first-of-its-kind Veterans Health Hackathon, hosted at the USF Morsani College of Medicine, to design solutions to the top challenges facing Veteran health care. You are invited to apply to participate!. . . . Calling all innovators, makers, design-obsessives, scientists, nurses, doctors, entrepreneurs, programmers, engineers, researchers, artists, UX and CX designers, health care futurists and more. Join us in making a difference for Veterans. This event brings top minds together from VA, academia, and public and private sectors to reimagine Veteran health care. Experienced mentors join subject matter experts to guide “hackers” through this opportunity to revolutionize the care we provide for Veterans.. . . . More info and the application to participate can be found at https://www.innovation.va.gov/ecosystem/views/veteran-health-mit-hacking-medicine-2024/Meeting Link: https://www.innovation.va.gov/ecosystem/views/veteran-health-mit-hacking-medicine-2024/ --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1957627

The Marshall Student Center transforms into the Study Center from April 22 - 28. In addition to all of the amenities offered every day, Study Center includes food specials to fuel your body, wellness sessions to renew your mind, and faculty-lead review sessions to boost your brainpower.. . . . View the calendar of events at usf.edu/study-center --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1957445

The Marshall Student Center transforms into the Study Center from April 22 - 28. In addition to all of the amenities offered every day, Study Center includes food specials to fuel your body, wellness sessions to renew your mind, and faculty-lead review sessions to boost your brainpower.. . . . View the calendar of events at usf.edu/study-cente --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1957446

The USF Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is proud to host an art exhibit this semester, Quilting Our History: An Exhibit of Quilts by Lauren Austin, which will open on Monday, February 12. . . . . Lauren Austin is a Florida-based storytelling artist who has worked for over 30 years in the medium of quilts. Austin’s work merges her own life story with that of Black history and cultural memory. Her quilts are large-scale mixed media pieces, incorporating photographic processes, stone lithograph, beading, hand-stitching, and hand-dyed fabrics.. . . . There is an open house reception on 2/12 from 2:00-3:30pm in CMC 202. Additionally, there will be two free companion events – a fabric artbook workshop on February 21 and a public lecture on February 22. More information about the exhibit and events can be found at: https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/womens-gender-studies/news-and-events/austin.aspx.. . . . To schedule an appointment to see the exhibit, both for individuals and groups, email us at cas-wgs@usf.edu. --- Event Details: https://bullsconnect.usf.edu/rsvp?id=1954803