A belated kudos to our friends at St. Petersburg College's Collaborative Labs! They celebrated their 20th Anniversary this year, as well as opened a new facility in the SPC Downtown campus. Collaborative Labs has been a partner of the Innovation District from the beginning - facilitating our first strategic planning workshop in 2017 and then conducting a refresh earlier this year. Below are the visual illustrations that were created in those events and have been a powerful tool for articulating our vision.
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article originated in the September 2024 newsletter
visual credit: Collaborative Labs (2024 and 2017 District workshops)
USF St. Petersburg welcomed around 770 students during its 2024 summer semester.
The University of South Florida (USF) has announced its intention to create a college focused on the rapidly evolving fields of artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity and computing, with the goal of positioning the Tampa Bay region and state of Florida as a national leader. USF is the first university in Florida and among the first in the nation to announce plans to create a college dedicated to AI and cybersecurity.
The St. Petersburg Science Festival and MarineQuest celebrated another incredibly successful event. The multi-day program began with a proclamation by the St. Pete Mayor and City Council, included sold out school tours during the week