
Public Affairs Doctoral Student Awarded Fellowship for Hispaniola Dissertation Research
As a Mellon Fellow, Ruth Kessa will receive financial, technical and mentorship support to aid in her dissertation research ...

UCF Public Administration Assistant Professor Named National Center for Atmospheric Research Early Career Faculty Innovator
Yue ‘Gurt’ Ge will be studying how partnerships between weather forecasters and critical infrastructure operators can enhance systems’ resilience to ...

UCF Associate Professor Receives Award for Exceptional Emergency Management Education
Knox received the Kay C. Goss Innovation & Technology Award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency during its annual higher ...

UCF Alum Named Assistant Director of U.S. Secret Service Office of Investigations
David Smith ’98 ’00MPA has held numerous roles with the U.S. Secret Service over his nearly 21-year career ...

As Hurricane Season Kicks Off, UCF Researchers Working to Make Communities More Resilient
More than a dozen researchers are working on a wide variety of research that looks to prepare, respond, and mitigate ...

When Hurricanes Strike, Social Media Can Save Lives
A UCF study finds social media can be a powerful tool for cities to communicate and to collect information to ...

New Tool from UCF-led Team Shows Homeowners and Renters the True Cost of Disasters
The tool can provide disaster readiness reports for 13.3 million addresses in 196 counties along the Gulf of Mexico — ...

Graduating Nonprofit Management Student Gives Back by Establishing New Scholarship
Sean Farrell and his wife, Valerie, created the Farrell Nonprofit Opportunity Scholarship to help undergraduate nonprofit management students ...

UCF Reach for the Stars 2022 Honorees Are Pioneers in Their Fields of Study
From creating resilient communities that can withstand natural disasters to educating the public through fiction that explains real science, this ...

Celebrating 10 Years of UCF’s Research Administration Program
The School of Public Administration looks back on – and ahead to – the success of one of UCF’s graduate ...

UCF Expert on Emergency Management: It’s All About Helping People
Associate Professor Abdul-Akeem Sadiq works with agencies so they can help families recover after disasters, including finding closure after losing ...

UCF Alum Founds Nonprofit to Assist Homeless LGBTQ+ Youth
Austin Rivers ’20MPA, who was recently featured on the The Kelly Clarkson Show, created Knit the Rainbow to provide handmade ...

Lithuania Honors UCF Professor with National Award for Global Leadership
Thomas Bryer received the Global Lithuanian Award for contributions to scientific progress in Lithuania ...

UCF Public Administration Pegasus Professor Selected to Join the National Academy of Public Administration
Naim Kapucu will be inducted as a 2021 fellow in early November ...

Center For Public and Nonprofit Management Honors Nonprofit Partners with Inaugural Hope Awards
Three local nonprofit partners were honored virtually from UCF Downtown at the 20th Annual UCF Nonprofit Partners Conference on October ...