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University Of Central Florida Students Awarded Fellowships to Further Huntington Disease Research
UCF was awarded three of The Huntington’s Disease Society of America’s six national fellowships this year.
The students work in the research lab of Amber Southwell, a College of Medicine expert on Huntington’s Disease (HD), who also…
UCF Shares 14 Tips to Prepare for Hurricane Season
Hurricane season begins in June and continues through November, with Florida is at risk every year.
UCF Professor Christopher Emrich, an expert in hazard science, social vulnerability, disaster recovery and community resiliency, has…
UCF Expands Space Medicine Research and Curriculum to Enhance Health of Space Travelers
CF’s College of Medicine has hired an internationally recognized space medicine expert to expand research into how spaceflight affects humans and create a space medicine curriculum for students across the university.
Emmanuel Urquieta…
University of Central Florida: 13 Knights Honored Among OBJ’s 40 Under 40 for 2024
Recently, Orlando Business Journal celebrated its 2024 40 Under 40 honorees, which include 13 Knights
Meet the alumni, students and staff who are making an impact in their industries and across The City Beautiful.
Zac Alfson
Senior…
UCF Partners with Space-Edge Accelerator to Propel Biomedical Innovations and Businesses Forward
The space economy is taking off, and UCF has joined an initiative powered by industry and academic leaders to propel innovators and businesses into new realms of opportunity. The Space-Edge Accelerator is an educational collaboration…
University of Central Florida: Monotype Joins Readability Consortium to Advance Global Readability…
Monotype, one of the most recognized names in the world of fonts and typography, has teamed up with The Readability Consortium (TRC), a group of engineering, psychophysics, and design researchers focused on discovering what makes text…
UCF’s First Mission to the Moon Achieves Two Critical Milestones
In the spring of 2024, NASA’s Lunar-VISE, or Lunar Vulkan Imaging Spectroscopy Explorer, mission passed through two critical milestones on its continued successful path to the Moon in 2027. Lunar-VISE is a NASA Payloads and Research…
UCF Computer Science Professor to Be Inducted into XR Hall of Fame
Virtual reality pioneer Carolina Cruz-Neira, Agere Chair Professor at the UCF Department of Computer Science, has been inducted into the inaugural Augmented World Expo (AWE) XR Hall of Fame. With her induction, she joins an elite…
University of Central Florida: Distinguished UCF Optics and Photonics Professor Inducted into…
Peter Delfyett, a UCF distinguished professor, was inducted into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame for his groundbreaking inventions in optics and photonics.
Delfyett, who also serves as the director of the Townes Laser Institute and is…
Distinguished USDA and WSU Scientist Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
Tim Paulitz didn’t grow up in an agricultural family or area, but that didn’t keep him from pursuing a career helping farmers and growers.
“I was always curious about plants and constantly growing them in the backyard as a child,”…