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A Gift for Working With Differences Inspires Professor’s Career In Exceptional Education

Janice Seabrooks-Blackmore prides herself on working with — rather than around — people’s uniqueness. Ever since childhood, she has made the most of her ability to help people learn. And...

New Clinical Research Will Test Brain’s Ability to Adapt to Advanced Bionic Limbs

Anew, first-of-its-kind clinical trial will examine how the brain adapts to advanced, bionic arms in children born without a limb, with the ultimate goal of improving children’s control of their...

Recipients of the 2022 Seed Funding Program Announced

Thirty-two teams representing colleges across the university and several centers were selected for 2022 Seed Funding awards, the third year the program has been available to faculty. The program, a...

UCF and NASA Researchers Design Charged ‘Power Suits’ for Electric Vehicles and Spacecraft

Like the charged power suit worn by Black Panther of Marvel Comics, UCF researchers have advanced NASA technologies to develop a power suit for an electric car that is as...

UCF Pegasus Professor Emerita Receives U.S. Department of State Sponsored Fulbright Specialist Award

A University of Central Florida researcher will be training and assisting in the improvement of waste management services and processes for the city of Bishkek in the Kyrgyz Republic. The...

Faculty Honored at UCF’s 3rd Authors Celebration

David “Jamie” Poissant kicked off UCF’s third Authors Celebration with a story about how he hated reading as a child and eventually became an associate professor of English and published...

UCF Lecturer’s Life Work: Using the Stage to Break Stereotypes, Build a Better Society

Roberta Emerson’s life work revolves around her identity and how people make assumptions about her based on the color of her skin. The UCF visiting lecturer and director of New...

UCF Expert on Emergency Management: It’s All About Helping People

Managing large disasters involves having robust plans and moving resources quickly to the right place. Often, it also means giving people a way to find closure. After the 2010 earthquake...

Readability Consortium Forms at UCF to Push Reading Research Boundaries

The one-size-fits-all approach may work in some situations, but not with reading, according to research out of the University of Central Florida. Beyond the familiar problem of text that is...

Making a Difference in the Next Generation of Nurses in the Caribbean and Florida

Nurses play an important role in public health, which is the basis for UCF Associate Professor Jascinth Lindo’s research. Lindo grew up in Jamaica and says her interest in public health...