UCF Researcher’s AI Tutoring Tool Targets Improving Student Studying Skills

Effective studying is a skill, but it’s one students sometimes don’t learn despite years of schooling. A University of Central Florida researcher has developed a computer-based, artificial intelligence tutoring tool...

New Frog Species Named after UCF Professor

UCF student Veronica Urgiles has just helped describe two new frog species she discovered in Ecuador and named one of them after one of her professors. “Frogs are by far...

For Those Who Dream of Space, UCF is the Place

Space university – who wouldn’t want to go there? The same year that the United States’ Apollo 8 mission first sent humans to orbit the moon, the University of Central...

Apollo 11 Shaped UCF Scientist, Nation and World’s Love Affair with Space

If the Apollo 11 mission had never happened, UCF scientist and alum Phil Metzger ’00MS ’05PhD may never have pursued a career that today has him working on ways to mine water from the...

UCF Engineering Chair Named Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry

Sudipta Seal, PhD, an engineering professor and chair of UCF’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been named a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, one of the oldest...

NASA Awards $7.5 Million to UCF’s Center for Lunar and Asteroid Surface Science

NASA awarded a $7.5 million grant to UCF’s Center for Lunar and Asteroid Surface Science (CLASS), helping secure the next five years of the center’s bright future. “This win goes a long...

UCF Method Could Make More Light Wavelengths Available for Scientific Tools

A new technique from researchers with the University of Central Florida could make more light wavelengths available for a number of scientific applications, including biochemistry, metrology, and spectroscopy. Their findings...

UCF Research Impact: U.S. Virgin Islands Ban Harmful Sunscreens

The U.S. Virgin Islands Tuesday became the first American jurisdiction to ban sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate effective Dec. 31, to help restore its coral reefs and marine ecosystems. Hawaii...

NASA’s New Horizons Mission: It’s Only Getting More Mysterious

NASA’s New Horizons mission continues to fly toward the outer edges of our solar system, now more than 4.1 billion miles from Earth with a cruising speed of 33,000 mph....

College of Graduate Studies Makes Funds Available to Help Students Publish their Journal Articles

The College of Graduate Studies has launched a pilot program to help students and postdoctoral scholars get their research published in open access journals. Awards of up to $1,500 are...