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State Funding Increase to Drive Growth in Community Partnership Schools

Statewide, nearly 50,000 students and their families benefit from services such as tutoring, healthcare and mentoring...
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6 Faculty Named CCIE Research Fellows for 2024-25 Academic Year

Faculty members representing six of the college’s academic units were selected based on their proposals for interdisciplinary research to address major policy or community challenges...
Erin Blackwell and Naim Kapucu with UCF student holding award

Five Minutes with a UCF Research Administrator

Erin Blackwell, Associate Director for the Research Administration Services Team in the College of Community Innovation and Education, shares how the research administration graduate program has enriched her career...
Earlisha Whitfield

Reading Education Assistant Professor Receives Emerging Leader Award

The Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education honored Earlisha Whitfield with the Emerging Leader Award at the National Technology Leadership Summit...
Su-I Hou

UCF Professor Awarded Fulbright Grant to Conduct Brain Health Research in Finland

As a Fulbright Program Distinguished Chair award recipient, Su-I Hou will conduct brain health research in Finland...
Pegasus Professor Naim Kapucu and colleagues on his Fulbright trip

Pegasus Professor Returns from Fulbright Specialist Trip to Kazakhstan

During his recent visit, Naim Kapucu spent three weeks lending his expertise and building a relationship between UCF and Nazarbayev University...
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CCIE Hosts 2024 Research Impact Showcase

Each year, the College of Community Innovation and Education’s Research Impact Showcase provides graduate students and faculty with the opportunity to share and discuss their research...
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UCF Graduate Scholars to Teach Students with High-intensity Needs in Language, Literacy

A specially developed graduate certificate program is preparing health and education students at UCF for roles as intervention specialists in local schools...
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UCF Research Team Moves to Build Mobile Resilience Hubs for Local Neighborhoods

The team, led by Kelly Stevens, will take its designs and data from Phase 1 of the project and implement them into fully built and tested trailers that will serve...
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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...
Amanda Wilkerson and Rebecca Entress

UCF Assistant Professor Publishes Rutgers Report on Political Socialization of Black Youth Voters

In the report, Amanda Wilkerson and postdoctoral scholar Rebecca Entress discuss findings and recommendations for optimizing civic engagement efforts for young Black voters...
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8 Faculty Selected as Inaugural CCIE Research Fellows 

The UCF team traveled to Atlanta to compete in the National Association of Health Services Executives 28th Annual Everett V. Fox Student Case Competition...
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UCF Professor, Aviation Lawyer on the Future of Flying Vehicles

Associate Professor Tim Ravich, who specializes in research regarding the regulation of new technologies like advanced air mobility, discusses what a world with flying taxis could look like...
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New UCF Study Examines Insurance Barriers to Access Opioid Addiction Medication

While insurance coverage of some forms of buprenorphine has improved over the years, researchers say coverage of new, more effective forms of the medication is lacking...
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Global Health Management and Informatics Professor Awarded Gerontological Society Fellowship

Su-I Hou has traveled across the globe to study aging and how other countries support their older populations...
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New UCF Project Works to Help Keep Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Safe

The goal is to create a screening tool that can be used by student health services and beyond, including in college athletic training settings or in college counseling centers...
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UCF Researchers Pave the Way to Better Understand and Treat PTSD

In honor of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month, here are some efforts focused on helping those affected by this condition...
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UCF-led Research Team to Develop Pandemic Guidelines for Community Supervision Agencies

Criminal justice faculty member Jill Viglione will work with experts to examine best practices and compile evidence-based guidelines for agencies to use in public health crises...
Lee Ross, UCF professor of criminal justice, sits smiling at a table in the library.

UCF Professor Recognized by Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences for Domestic Violence Research, Leadership Initiatives

Lee Ross has dedicated much of his research efforts to examining criminal legal systems’ responses to domestic violence...
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CCIE Hosts Inaugural Research and Impact Showcase

The event gave CCIE faculty and graduate students the opportunity to share their projects while learning about the research interests of peers and colleagues...
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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...
Oliver Edwards

Brief Thoughts on my Experiences as a Researcher

UCF Department of Counselor Education and School Psychology Chair and Professor Oliver Edwards shares his experiences as a researcher and his advice to students as part of our celebration of...
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UCF Researchers Receive $2.6 Million Grant to Equip English-learner Educators, Students for Success

The federal funding will allow the team to implement a three-pronged, research-backed approach to bolster English learners’ academic success and family and community involvement...
Florencio Hernandez, left, will be replaced by Naim Kapucu, right.

Pegasus Professor Naim Kapucu Steps Into Interim Associate Dean of Research and Innovation Role

Kapucu takes the helm following the departure of Florencio ‘Eloy’ Hernandez, who has been the college’s associate dean of research and innovation since July 2020...
Project CENTRAL team

New $1.25 Million UCF Project Addresses State’s Critical Shortage of Special Education Teachers, School Psychologists

Project CENTRAL is funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and will help educators in the state receive enhanced education and preparation...
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UCF Researchers Collect Critical High-water Mark Data Following Hurricane Ian

Emergency management professionals are already reaping the benefits of the team’s labor, as their data will become part of the official USGS database for immediate access by anyone interested in...
Boniesta Melani

Doctoral Fulbright Scholar, Mother’s Research Will Help English Teachers Worldwide

Indonesia native Boniesta Melani’s academic journey will help the next generation of English learners and inspire others to pursue their dreams despite all odds...

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...
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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...
Sejal Barden and Dalena Dillman-Taylor of Project Harmony

Developing and Sustaining Healthy Relationships Through Education

For 18 years, UCF has been helping families stay together by teaching couples research-supported techniques focused on effective communication and listening...