USF Receives $1.5 Million Gift from ReliaQuest to Advance AI and Cybersecurity Education

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The University of South Florida today announced a $1.5 million investment from ReliaQuest that will benefit students in the Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing. The gift expands AI cybersecurity programming, establishes the new college’s first-ever endowed professorship and creates a study track within the ReliaQuest Labs program focused on AI-supported software engineering. Made through the USF Foundation, the gift will establish the ReliaQuest AI and Cybersecurity Professorship and expand the ReliaQuest Labs experiential learning program, strengthening the college’s ability to attract top talent and prepare workforce-ready graduates.