Campus roundup: UTampa honors veterans and hosts animation festival; USF tests self-cooling roof paint

TAMPA - Tampa's universities reported a busy week on campus, according to news releases from the University of Tampa and the University of South Florida.

UTampa salutes its veterans

UTampa held a Veterans Day luncheon and cake-cutting ceremony Wednesday. The campus has 160 student veterans and 50 veteran staff and faculty, and nearly 600 military-connected members counting the Reserves and National Guard, said Bridgette Shipley, coordinator of veteran student services.

Animation festival screens 119 films

The third Tampa Animation Festival ran Nov. 5-8 at UTampa with 119 animated films. Alumnus Brad Schiff, head of animation at LAIKA Studios, presented three of the studio's features and taught a student masterclass.

Sales students reach national finals

Six students from UTampa's Southard Institute for Sales Excellence competed against 80 universities at the International Collegiate Sales Competition in Orlando, reaching the speed-selling finals and the role-play quarterfinals.

USF paint cools roofs below air temperature

A white roof paint from Professor Yogi Goswami's USF lab reflects up to 98% of sunlight and cooled test surfaces as much as 13.5 degrees below the air during 28 days of testing in Tampa, USF said. The lab is working toward commercial sale.

Source: UTampa News: veterans luncheon, animation festival, sales competition; USF News: self-cooling paint.