Reach for the Stars Award Recipients Use Technology to Change Lives

Three faculty members who use the power of technology to make the human experience better were recognized today with Reach for the Stars awards during this year’s UCF Founders’ Day...

Students Wow in UCF’S First-Ever 3 Minute Thesis Competition

A presentation about the future of medicine and the possibility of diagnosing diseases from human breath took the top prize at UCF’s Inaugural Three-Minute Thesis competition on April 27. The...

Student Research Week Kicks Off April 1

A record-breaking 800 plus students will be sharing their work during Student Research Week this year. For more than a decade, UCF has celebrated the endeavors of undergraduate and graduate students...

Cash up for Grabs for Best Student Elevator Speech About Research

Imagine earning cash for delivering an epic elevator pitch about your research. No need to imagine. Come check out UCF’s first 3MT Competition. Ten UCF students pursuing their doctoral degrees...

Asteroid Bennu Gives NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Team Lots of Surprises

Sometimes the unexpected is more exciting than finding exactly what you thought you’d find, and this is indeed the case for the science team involved in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid-sample mission....

A New Battle: Veterans More Likely to Have Heart Disease, UCF Study Finds

After the war is over, veterans face a new threat. They are more likely to have heart disease at a younger age than nonveterans, and this could herald a new...

Victimized Employees Don’t Get a Break, UCF Study Shows

As if being picked on wasn’t bad enough, victims of workplace mistreatment may also be seen as bullies themselves, even if they’ve never engaged in such behavior. Adding insult to...

UCF Research Laying Groundwork for Off-World Colonies

Before civilization can move off world it must make sure its structures work on the extraterrestrial foundations upon which they will be built. University of Central Florida researchers are already...

Researchers Develop First Supersymmetric Laser Array

A team of University of Central Florida researchers has overcome a long-standing problem in laser science, and the findings could have applications in surgery, drilling and 3D laser mapping. Using...

Women’s Data Science Conference Scheduled For UCF, Stanford

Big data is reshaping industries from healthcare and aerospace to finance and cyberspace, and UCF is helping prepare some of the workforce that will help map the way. On March...