University of Central Florida

Is empathy something that’s just nice to have or is it essential to providing quality care? That’s the question Karenna Thatcher ’17MSN asked a few years ago at the start of her doctoral program at UCF. The answer, she found out, is…

You know the holiday traditions, whether you practice them or not. The music and decorations. The baking of cookies and consumption of said cookies. Grabbing the remote to search for a movie. But not just any movie — the right movie for…

Abrother’s near-fatal fatal injuries from a bonfire accident set Christopher Ngo ’20 ’23MS‘s path to medicine — a journey that continued Friday with his graduation after a UCF career that included research advancing NASA’s mission to…

The University of Central Florida saw another record year in research funding for fiscal year 2023, with more than $217 million in total sponsored awards. This is the eighth consecutive year of increased research funding for the university.…

UCF graduate Sara Parsons ’23 differed from most of her peers at the Friday ceremonies. A double major, she walked across the stage at Addition Financial Arena to receive her bachelor’s in mechanical engineering in the morning and will…

Jason Eichenholz ’95MS ’98PhD, courtesy faculty member in CREOL, the UCF College of Optics and Photonics and co-founder and chief technology officer of Luminar Technologies is among 162 academic inventors who will be inducted in the 2023…

Two years ago, Amanda Wilkerson ’16EdD was preparing to dive into her National Science Foundation-funded study on the political socialization of and impact of culturally relevant messaging on historically black colleges and university…

When the Blue Origin space flight blasted off on Dec. 19, it carried three UCF-led research studies aimed at keeping astronauts and equipment safe, and understanding the formation of our solar system. This is the sixth time UCF has had…

Adrien Bouchet has been named the Richard & Helen DeVos Foundation Endowed Chair and Eminent Scholar of the DeVos Sport Business Management Program at UCF. Bouchet joined UCF last year as director of the globally ranked DeVos Sport…

UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science assistant professors Kenle Chen, Zhaomiao (Walter) Guo and Luigi Perotti have been named 2023 U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development program (CAREER) award…