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UCF Graduate Programs Top 2021 Best Graduate Schools Rankings

Twenty-seven of UCF’s Graduate Programs were nationally ranked in the top 100 of their fields by U.S. News & World Report, in the publication’s 2021 Best Graduate Schools edition. The rankings measure the...
students creating a motion capture video
Around Campus Prospective Students

UCF Named No. 1 Graduate School for Video Game Design

UCF’s graduate game design program is No. 1 in North America, according to The Princeton Review and PC Gamer magazine. Read more about it here.
Order of Pegasus Medal
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A Most Prestigious Award

UCF announced this week twenty-four students that will be inducted into the 2020 Order of Pegasus. These students are recognized for their exemplary performance and breadth of accomplishments. Seven graduate...
Adrienne Dove, Jim Cooney, Josh Colwell
Around Campus Faculty and Staff Spotlight Research

UCF Professors’ Space Podcast Leads to Radio Show Invitation

About 5,000 people a month around the world tune into a space-related podcast launched by three University of Central Florida professors. What started out as conversations while walking to get...
3MT Fall Participants
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The second 3MT Winner is…

Frogs on fire, copper versus silicon, motivating volunteer combat fighters and lithium car batteries were just a few of the topics at the Second UCF Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition...
Ph.D. students Ryan Girts and Kylie Harmon record a walking speed test in UCF’s Neuromuscular Plasticity Laboratory.
Around Campus Research

Think Big Muscles are the Key to Better Movement in Older Adults? Not so Fast!

Slowing down may not just be an aging thing. Quite literally, walking slower could be an indicator of health problems in your golden years, even more than muscle mass. That’s...
Researcher holding up forms.
Around Campus Faculty and Staff Spotlight

Study Finds State Disability Forms Not Complying with Federal Plain Language Act

With school in full swing, parents are signing the inevitable permission slips and forms covering everything from field trips to after school care. However, for parents of children with special...
UCF Grad Fair
Around Campus Events and Announcements Prospective Students

UCF Achieves Another Strategic Goal – Helping Graduate Students

UCF welcomed more than 10,000 graduate students to campus this fall, a first in the university’s history. A total of 10,173 students are working toward a graduate degree this semester,...
Jonathan Beever (left) and Stephen Kuebler (right)
Around Campus Events and Announcements

UCF Launches Center for Ethics

UCF has launched a new Center for Ethics, the culmination of several years of work by dedicated faculty in the College of Arts and Humanities with the support of the...
Anastasia Salter
Around Campus Faculty and Staff Spotlight Research

NEH Grant to Help Faculty Learn to Explore, Document Digital Cultures and Their Impact on Society

YouTubers and trolls on social media can teach us a lot about our culture and societal shifts that are coming or already underway. While anthropologists might study society through artifacts...
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