University of Central Florida

Prolific University of Central Florida inventor Swadeshmukul Santra is developing new technologies that hold promise not only for sustainable agriculture, but also for improved medicine. Santra, a professor associated with UCF’s …

The University of Central Florida is part of a new $22 million project to help understand the future of the Mississippi River delta and ways to combat land and ecological losses. The work is through a five-year grant awarded to the…

UCF and HCA Florida Healthcare are starting their first residency program in internal medicine at HCA Florida Ft. Walton-Destin Hospital, and are also adding the consortium’s first gastroenterology (GI) fellowship with the Orlando VA…

The University of Central Florida is strengthening its commitment to help people live life to the fullest, thanks to two gifts from Florida Blue Foundation totaling more than $1 million. The funds will leverage the power of nursing to …

Five UCF medical students have matched into highly competitive urology and ophthalmology residencies — programs that pick their applicants before National Match Day, this year on March 15. Nicholas Buchanan and Emily Schofield will…

University of Central Florida Florida Space Institute researchers are part of a team of scientists who have found evidence of geothermal activity within icy dwarf planets in our solar system. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, the…

The tool is an algorithm that identifies gaps and incomplete information in digital health records and is the latest research collaboration between Varadraj Gurupur, associate professor in UCF’s School of Global Health Management and…

What started as a way to educate students and the public about the circumstances along the U.S.-Mexico border has led to additional critical acclaim, as documentaries created by the UCF Center for Distributed Learning (CDL) won four…

With UCF set to launch an MBA program with an emphasis in risk management and insurance in Fall 2024, Ronald Piccolo has been named associate dean for strategic initiatives in the College of Business, executive director for the new risk…

Limbitless Solutions, a research facility in the University of Central Florida’s research enterprise, was featured at the 2023 Adobe MAX conference, which drew over 10,000 attendees in-person in Los Angeles and 130,000 online at…