UCF Director of Space Medicine Advises Others: Fly High, Reach the Sky!

From sleeping on her apartment floor as an early career physician to preparing astronauts for spacewalks, Esther Beltran has never given up following her passions. Her advice to others: Never...

Florida Academy of Sciences Names UCF Biologist as 2021 Medalist

The Florida Academy of Sciences today named UCF Biology Professor Linda Walters its 2021 Medalist during its annual conference. The Academy, which is an affiliate of the American Association for...

Sensor Testing Company Expands, Graduates Out of UCF’s Business Incubation Program

UCF’s Business Incubation saw one of its high-tech clients graduate and move to a bigger location this month, where it expects to grow and hire half a dozen employees with...

A First-of-its-Kind Camera to Investigate the Moon’s South Pole

A thermal infrared camera aboard a lunar lander scheduled to head to the moon as early as 2022 could help determine which regions on the lunar surface have water trapped...

Polarization: From Better Sunglasses to a Better Way of Looking at Asteroid Surfaces

Using the same principles that make polarized sunglasses possible, a team of researchers at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico have developed a technique that will help better defend against...

OSIRIS-REx Mission to Take a Few More Pictures Before Heading Home

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft that collected a sample from an asteroid 200 million miles from Earth in October, is going to take one final look at the collection site before heading...

Coastal Changes Worsen Nuisance Flooding on Many U.S. Shorelines, Study Finds

Nuisance flooding has increased on U.S. coasts in recent decades due to sea-level rise, and new research co-authored by the University of Central Florida uncovered an additional reason for its...

UCF Hosts Spring Graduation Celebration, April 30 to May 9

The Spring 2021 celebration provides this semester’s graduates with the option of participating in a more intimate Grad Walk or a smaller-than-normal commencement ceremony with regalia, speakers, and degree conferral....

Alert, Temporary Change in Office of Academic Support Services, Progress, and Graduation

 College of Graduate Studies Associate Dean Barbara Fritzsche is serving as Interim Director of Academic Support Services, Progress and Graduation while the college seeks to fill the position. Below is...

Toy Telescope Launches Career Hunting for Life on Exoplanets

It all started with an inexpensive toy telescope Theodora Karalidi’s father gave her when she was five years old. “I looked through it and I was wowed,” says Karalidi, an...