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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 ...
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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 — ...
Sean Farrell

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

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 ...
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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

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 ...
Founder of Nonprofit to Assist Homeless LGBTQ+ Youth

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 ...
Thomas Bryer

Lithuania Honors UCF Professor with National Award for Global Leadership

Thomas Bryer received the Global Lithuanian Award for contributions to scientific progress in Lithuania ...
Doug Goodman

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 ...
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UCF Public Administration Faculty Named President and President-Elect of the Southeastern Conference for Public Administration

Jeremy Hall, a professor of public administration and academic program coordinator for the public affairs doctoral program, was appointed by ...
M Concha

UCF Center for Public and Nonprofit Management Announces New Director

Maritza Concha, a lecturer in the School of Public Administration, has been named the next director of the UCF Center ...
Naim Kapucu

Building Resilient Cities: UCF Public Administration Faculty Member Awarded Fulbright

Naim Kapucu will travel to Australia to teach and conduct research on urban resilience to disasters ...
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Knights Do That Podcast with Claire Connolly Knox

The latest episode features one of UCF’s emergency management experts ...
Aislinn Stone

“I am Graduating Especially for the Working Mothers Who Think They Can’t.”

A master’s student reflects on her second try at graduate school while enduring challenges with motherhood, losing loved ones, COVID-19 ...