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...
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...
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...
School of Public Administration Professor Receives Richard P. Nathan Public Policy Fellowship
Staci Zavattaro will serve as a research fellow through August 2023. ...
Public Affairs Doctoral Student Awarded Fellowship for Hispaniola Dissertation Research
As a Mellon Fellow, Ruth Kessa will receive financial, technical and mentorship support to aid in her dissertation research...
UCF Public Administration Assistant Professor Named National Center for Atmospheric Research Early Career Faculty Innovator
Yue ‘Gurt’ Ge will be studying how partnerships between weather forecasters and critical infrastructure operators can enhance systems’ resilience to hurricanes and other disasters...
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 — including all of Florida, and parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana...
Finding Your Passion at UCF Through Research
Annaliese Bullock expects to graduate this May with a master’s degree in educational leadership with a track higher education/student personnel track...
College of Community Innovation and Education 2022 Founders’ Day Honorees
Each year, UCF recognizes outstanding faculty and student accomplishments during the annual Founders’ Day Honors Convocation. Here are the College of Community Innovation and Education's 2022 honorees...
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 year’s honorees are using research to help create a brighter...
Student Research Week: The Impact of Disaster Migration on Receiving Communities
Graduate student Ashley Steen is looking at the impact of the Puerto Rican migration to the Central Florida community following damage caused by Hurricane Maria in 2017...
A Childhood of Travel Shapes Professor’s Passion to Ensure Quality Care Access for All
Associate Professor Latarsha Chisholm aims to improve quality of care and reduce disparities while implementing innovation in her field...
UCF Professor’s Research Helps Inform Policy, Laws Surrounding Intimate Partner Cyber Abuse
Erica Fissel, assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, shares her passion for helping women affected by cyber abuse in honor of Women’s History Month...
UCF Researchers to Identify Decision-making Factors in Courts Regarding Medications for Opioid-use Disorder
The team’s findings will be used by the Office of the State Courts Administrator to develop trainings and guidelines for problem-solving courts to use when making decisions about treatment options...
Recipients of the 2022 Seed Funding Program Announced
The program awarded a total of $1 million to 32 teams. This is the third year the program has been available to UCF faculty and researchers...
UCF Professor to Study Couples-based Intervention for Latina Breast Cancer Survivors
Working with researchers from other Florida universities, a UCF associate professor will help adapt and test the online program...
UCF Education Student 1 of 15 in the Nation Selected for NSF CADRE Fellowship
The honor provides professional growth opportunities for educators whose work focuses on diversity, inclusion, equity and justice in PreK-12 STEM education...
New NSF-Funded Survey Aims to Understand Gender Inequity in STEM Fields
What’s learned could help build a model to improve equity in higher education nationwide...
3 Faculty Honored for Advancing Research, Creative Works
The 10th Women of Distinction Awards recognize faculty who excelled in scholarship amid challenges from the pandemic...
UCF Public Administration Pegasus Professor Selected to Join the National Academy of Public Administration
Naim Kapucu will be inducted as a 2021 fellow in early November...
UCF’s Brightest Shine During Luminary Awards
15 faculty members were honored for being academic leaders, bettering lives and shining a light in the world...
New Study Examines Political Socialization at Historically Black Universities
The NSF project will examine culturally relevant messaging and political socialization of historically Black college and university students and how those factors influence political interest and participation...
New UCF Co-led Study Will Focus on Keeping Intimate Partner Violence Survivors Safe
The researchers will create evidence-based, intimate partner violence pretrial safety assessment guides for judges to use when considering pretrial release in intimate partner violence cases...
UCF Researchers Awarded Grant to Study Impacts of Culturally Relevant Political Messaging
Amanda Wilkerson will serve as principal investigator as her team examines how such messaging influences students at historically black colleges and universities...
UCF Professors Awarded NSF Grant to Empower Orange County K-8 Mathematics Teachers
Researchers in collaboration with Orange County Public Schools and City Year Orlando launch a program that includes creating a new doctoral specialization...
UCF Researchers Work with Public Agencies to Examine Pandemic Efforts, Effects
From predicting COVID-19 infection rates to the pandemic’s influence on domestic violence, UCF experts contribute to national and international knowledge...
UCF Student Seeks to Shine a Light on the Pandemic’s Effects on Nonprofits
Tiffany Chinwuba will be presenting her research during UCF’s virtual Student Scholar Symposium later this month...
UCF Professor Helps Elevate the Discussion and Inform Policy About Violence Against Women
Bethany Backes, assistant professor of criminal justice and social work, reflects on her path to academia for Women’s History Month...
UCF Teacher Education Professor Named American Council on Education Fellow
Eleazar “Trey” Vasquez is one of 52 fellows selected to participate in the ACE Fellows Program during the 2021-2022 academic year...
Chinese Adults Face “Alarming” Barriers to Cancer Screenings, UCF Study Finds
Although cancer is the leading cause of death for Chinese adults, few get screenings that could save lives...