UCF Graduate Programs Rank Among the Best in the Nation

The University of Central Florida is one of more than 800 institutions with graduate schools surveyed by U.S. News on an annual basis. The first ranking listed encompasses all universities....

UCF Counselors Offer Tips for Managing Stress During Difficult Holiday Season

Even in the best of times, the holidays can be a stressful period. The global pandemic and all the disruptions it has caused in 2020 have made it even more...

UCF Researcher Awarded NASA Grant to Study Little Understood trans-Neptunian Objects

Florida Space Institute Planetary Scientist Estela Fernández-Valenzuela has been awarded a $315,700 NASA grant to use modern-day technology to analyze one of the oldest and least understood objects of our...

Reopening Our Research Enterprise

UCF research community, COVID-19 has impacted all of us in some way. The disruptions shut down most of our research operations in March, and I know you have been eagerly...

UCF Researchers Are Digitally Preserving Florida’s Architecture Before It’s Gone

With an ever-changing landscape, Florida’s rich architectural history can quickly vanish in a blink of an eye, but a University of Central Florida research team is working to digitally preserve...

UCF Postdoctoral Researcher Detects Satellite Orbiting a Small Body in Solar System

A University of Central Florida postdoctoral scholar has detected hints of a satellite orbiting an object beyond Neptune. Estela Fernandez-Valenzuela, a postdoctoral research associate at UCF’s Florida Space Institute, was the...

Fellowship Opportunity

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is now accepting applications for the 2020 Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs. The Ford Foundation aims to increase the diversity of the country’s...

UCF to Help Researchers Seeking to use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

The University of Central Florida soon will become a resource for researchers in Florida, Puerto Rico and Latin America seeking an opportunity to use the new James Webb Space Telescope...

Funding Available to Help Hire Postdoctoral Scholars

The College of Graduate Studies has money to help faculty researchers hire postdoctoral scholars who are new in this role at UCF. The program is called the Preeminent Postdoctoral Program...