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› How Tampa children’s hospital nurses, doctors handle high-intensity jobs
St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital isn’t the largest of its kind. It boasts 219 beds, employs more than 550 people and handled more than 37,000 emergency room visits last year. However, compared to other children’s hospitals across the country, staff there say the Tampa facility enjoys a workplace culture that fosters better collaboration among employees. And that improves efficiency and makes the high-intensity environment less stressful.
› FAU Tech Runway unveils its next Venture Program cohort
An AI college assistance platform. A startup that connects young people with trade companies looking for workers. As a cross between LinkedIn and crowdfunding, an app that allows college students and college-bound students to collect donations and more. These are a few of the 13 companies recently accepted in the FAU Tech Runway’s 13th cohort of its Venture Program.
› onePulse dumps tax bill on Orange County
The onePulse Foundation left Orange County a parting gift when it went belly up: an unpaid property tax bill. The $50,000-plus obligation accompanied a piece of land on 438 W. Kaley St. that the group seeking to commemorate the Pulse nightclub manager bought with a county grant of tourist tax funds, and then handed over to the county in late 2023 when it announced its inability to build a promised museum on the site.
› USF research lab receives nearly $3 million in federal support to build and enhance anti-trafficking tools
The University of South Florida’s Trafficking in Persons Risk to Resilience Research Lab will create added resources to combat human trafficking and aid victims, after receiving nearly $3 million from the 2024 federal spending package. The funds will go towards the development of a statewide database to assist law enforcement in human trafficking investigations and the expansion of an online platform to provide critical resources to survivors, such as housing and mental health, as they transition into a new life.
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