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UCF Professor Su-I Hou, who has dedicated her career to healthy aging, has been selected as a fellow of The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), the world’s oldest and largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to research,…

In 2021, more people died from opioid overdoses in the U.S. than any other year in history, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.However, a new University of Central Florida study recently published…

When photography was invented in 1822, some painters believed it was the end of art. But in fact, photography became its own medium that helped launch the modern art movement. Today, artificial intelligence (AI) — the simulation of human…

To best prepare students for the expansion of the tourism industry both locally and globally, UCF is launching a new management degree that will give students unparalleled experience in the tourism capital of the world.Beginning in Fall…

UCF’s College of Medicine graduated its 1,000th physician Friday with streamers, cheers, tears and military salutes.“You are my 1K graduates,” Deborah German, vice president of health affairs and founding dean, told the Class of 2023. “I…

AUniversity of Central Florida researcher is part of a team that recently discovered significant insights into the size and surface composition of Dinkinesh, an asteroid that NASA’s Lucy mission will visit in November.Using observations…

Three UCF teammates competed in the 2023 (ICPC) North America Championship on Monday against 150 of the best and brightest computer programming students in the U.S. and Canada.Out of 51 university teams, UCF ranked 17th — besting Ivy…

University of Central Florida Coastal researchers are part of a new, $2 million U.S. National Science Foundation-funded project to work toward a more inclusive field of marine sciences.The Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF),…

AUniversity of Central Florida researcher and multiple alumni are part of a team that has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to identify water vapor in the atmosphere of an ultra-hot gas giant exoplanet and make a thermal map…

Reina Castellanos ’16MFA wants you to wipe your dirty hands on their art.The School of Visual Arts and Design graduate has been tapped for a new partnership with Bounty Towels, in which their art is a featured design on the paper…