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UCF Students Complete Ph.D.s over Zoom

By: Graduate Studies on April 17, 2020

Students adapting to a new format in today’s COVID-19 environment are defending their theses and dissertations over Zoom. Read more here: https://www.ucf.edu/news/ucf-students-complete-ph-d-s-over-zoom/.

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