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...
WUCF Receives Funding to Help Children Prepare Better for Emergencies
$250,000 from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will help expand the station’s Meet the Helpers project into a national model...
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 divided since one of its key members is now “cured,” so many are saying she never really had CF in...
Welcome Six Leaders to their New Roles in College Leadership
We are pleased to announce several leadership updates at the College of Community Innovation and Education. These individuals bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to these positions and we look forward to working with them in these new roles...
Fellows Advocate for Minority Voices in Mental Health
July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, when we turn our attention to the mental health needs of racial and ethnic minorities who face disparities in treatment and unique challenges related to behavioral health. Three students from our counselor education program focus their efforts on this need, and because...
UCF Grad Aims to Improve Mental Health in West Indian Cultures
A few years ago, Shainna Ali ’10 ’12MA ’16PhD was studying some statistics when the mental health clinician came across something shocking –– in 2016 Guyana had the highest suicide rate across the globe and it was nearly triple the global average. During that year the global average was 10.5...
