New UCF Study Examines Leeches for Role in Major Disease of Sea Turtles in Florida

University of Central Florida researchers are homing in on the cause of a major disease of sea turtles, with some of their latest findings implicating saltwater leeches as a possible...

NASA Selects UCF Honeybee-inspired Spacesuit Material Design for Further Development

NASA has selected a University of Central Florida nanotechnology team as one of seven university groups from around the country tasked with developing ways to stop the negative effects of...

Student Scholar Symposium Deadline Near

Submissions are open for the Student Scholar Symposium, UCF's largest research event of the year! The deadline to apply to present your research and creative scholarship is Monday, February 8,...

UCF Genetics Expertise Extends to the Land Down Under

The genetic expertise of University of Central Florida researchers is extending all the way to the land down under in a new study of a unique animal of Australia’s waters...

UCF GIS Professor Changes Path of Student, Helps Lead Her to Awesome Job

A great professor really can change a student’s life. Lain Graham, who will be graduating with her doctoral degree in sociology on Dec. 19, can attest to the power a knowledgeable and...

College of Community Innovation and Education Student Wins UCF 3MT Research Competition

Presentations on interrupting the achievement gap of students, technology for cooling devices, and understanding near-earth asteroids received the top prizes this year at UCF’s annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition....

Doctoral Students Recognized for Aerospace Research

Two UCF doctoral candidates are being recognized for their efforts in advancing human space exploration. NASA awarded Yuen Yee Li Sip a three-year fellowship to support her research project on...

Chemistry Student Working to Develop Sustainable Technology to Clean Water Worldwide

Nearly 800 million people are without clean drinking water in the world, and for the environmental chemist and second-year doctoral candidate Lorianne Shultz, this is no small problem. In her...

Where Artificial Intelligence Meets Urban Planning

Before you ever step into a new coffee shop, years of urban planning have gone into building that brick-and-mortar building in your neighborhood. Urban planning is a multi-faceted discipline in...

UCF Graduate Students Land NASA Awards for Unique Experiments

Two physics students just landed two NASA awards that are giving the pair the opportunity to recreate the harsh cosmic conditions found on asteroids and comets in a lab at UCF....