UCF Graduate Programs Reach New Heights in U.S. News Rankings Through Research Excellence, Impactful Community Engagement
UCF’s emergency management program ranks No. 1 in the nation, and programs in education and public affairs climbed in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools rankings...
53 Faculty Scholars Honored at 4th Biennial Faculty Authors’ Celebration
This year’s celebration recognized faculty from across eight colleges, the library and the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning...
Quality and Flexibility: UCF Online Programs Rank Among Top 10 in Nation by U.S. News for 2024
Rising in the national rankings, UCF’s faculty-led, innovative online programs position students for success...
UCF Researchers Study Effects of Personalized Adaptive Learning on Student Success
The team’s project focuses on finding whether personalized learning tools and resources have a positive impact on student outcomes in undergraduate mathematics courses...
UCF Graduate Programs Climb in U.S. News Rankings, Highlighting Research Excellence and Community Impact
UCF’s emergency management program ranks No. 2 in the country, and graduate programs in education, engineering and nursing climbed in this year’s U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools...
Advanced Air Mobility Conference Takes Flight at UCF
The NSF-funded conference on Friday will explore how laws could lift or ground the use of autonomous, uncrewed aircraft to move people and goods...
Rising in U.S. News Rankings, UCF Advances Florida’s Workforce Through High-quality Online Programs
Nine UCF programs rank in the top 10 nationally, providing flexibility and increased opportunities for students to succeed in critical, high-wage jobs...
UCF Researchers Awarded NSF Grant to Establish Local Resiliency Hubs
The $50,000 award allows the university’s team to develop the project with government and community partners...
UCF Recognizes 6 Top Scholars as 2022 Luminary Award Winners
The honor is designed to recognize some of UCF’s brightest stars who shine a positive light on UCF and on their respective fields...
Noyce Fellow Represents UCF on National Science Foundation Panel
Shane Wiggan served as a panelist to share his experience as part of the Robert Noyce Master Teaching Fellowship program...
UCF Alumna Named First Hispanic Superintendent of Orange County Public Schools
Maria Vazquez ’95MEd ’10EdD has served as the district’s deputy superintendent since 2018...
24 Faculty Members Receive Promotion
Two dozen faculty members from the College of Community Innovation and Education were approved for promotion effective Aug. 8...
Knights Do That: The Psychology of Creating Change
Program Coordinator and Professor Michele Gregorie Gill shares a few of her favorite things that have helped her with cueing and rewarding new behaviors...
New Habits for the New Year
Program Coordinator and Professor Michele Gregorie Gill shares a few of her favorite things that have helped her with cueing and rewarding new behaviors...
UCF Alum Advocates for Education Research That Centers Community Homegrown Ideas
EdD alum DeShawn Chapman collaborates with communities to build educational access from early childhood to adulthood...
Faculty Members Honored with UCF Incentive Awards
Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the 2021 UCF Teaching Incentive Program and Research Incentive Award...
25 Faculty Members Receive Promotion
In recognition of their commendable performance in assigned teaching, research and service, 25 faculty members from the UCF College of Community...
UCF Professor’s 10-Year Educational Partnership with Botswana Builds Global Citizenship
After more than 50 years of research and teaching abroad, Professor Karen Biraimah guides UCF's global engagement in new role...
UCF Education Professor Creates Women’s History One Student at a Time
Michele Gill makes an impact on the present and future by making student success and support her top priority...
2021 Women’s History Month Honorees
Recognized by Faculty Excellence, the 2021 honorees have not wavered in their commitments as mentors, role models, friends, researchers and teachers...
UCF Faculty Partner with Alumni to Create STEM-Focused Video Game to Teach Students Fractions
UCF faculty team up with alumni to create a fraction video game for elementary students...
College of Community Innovation and Education Student Wins UCF 3MT Research Competition
Ten finalists competed for scholarships. Graduate students from the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the College of Sciences rounded out the top spots...
LIFE at UCF Honors 3 Women Faculty Members for Impactful Initiatives
The Learning Institute for Elders (LIFE) at UCF each year celebrates successful projects of UCF women faculty members that advance student success...
10 Commandments of Teaching
In the push to improve schooling, I think we often lose sight of the fundamentals of having a kind, safe, respectful atmosphere in which to learn...
UCF Researcher’s AI Tutoring Tool Targets Improving Student Studying Skills
The tutoring tool developed by a UCF researcher uses artificial intelligence to help students learn more effectively by monitoring their learning activities, facial expressions, eye movements and interactions with avatars...
Let’s Stop Glorifying Tribalism—It Doesn’t Serve Us Well
Yet again, one of my Facebook groups has erupted into an often mean-spirited debate about whether someone really is (fill in the blank). For instance, a chronic fatigue group has become sharply...
It’s Time to Push for Schools to be Places of True Excitement for Our Kids
In this era of classrooms saturated with testing, we are missing the overall end of education: What do we want our students to be like as a result of their...