UCF Emergency Management Professor Inducted as National Academy of Public Administration Fellow
Claire Connolly Knox is the fifth School of Public Administration faculty member to be honored as an academy fellow...
UCF Recognizes Nine Top Faculty at 2024 Luminary Awards
The honor is designed to recognize some of UCF’s brightest stars who shine a positive light on UCF and in their respective fields...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...