Observatory Releases Next Puzzle for New Arecibo Message – Global Challenge

The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico marked Earth Day on Monday by releasing its second puzzle challenge as part of the New Arecibo Message – Global Challenge. Dozens of teams from...

Graduate Student Research Honors at the State Level

Successful UCF graduate students from this year's Graduate Research Forum and 3-Minute Thesis Competitions presented their research and competed for top honors in the state this week at the Statewide...

Three UCF Professors Headline Orlando’s First Taste of Science Festival

Orlando will host its first Taste of Science Festival on April 22-23 as part of an annual national event geared at encouraging public discourse about science and its impact on...

UCF Develops New Method to Explore What Happens Inside Fires and Explosions

The inside of a fire might be the last place one would explore, but a new University of Central Florida method to do just that could lead to advances in...

Engineering Chair to Receive Two International Awards

Sudipta Seal, an engineering professor and chair of UCF’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering, will receive two international awards in the coming months for his contributions to materials science research....

Department of Defense Announces $9 Million in Grants for UCF

Researchers at the UCF have been awarded almost $9 million from the Department of Defense this month. Enrique del Barco, a physics professor and associate dean in UCF Department of Physics,...

UCF, Ford Advance in National Contest to Make Driving Safer

A team of UCF researchers has become a finalist with Ford Motor Co. in a national competition to improve traffic safety, having beaten out more than 50 other teams in...

UCF Marks 1st Year at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico

UCF celebrates its first anniversary this month of operating the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. The observatory is the first national research center that UCF has led. It is home...

GSA Elections Results

Please join us in congratulating the following graduate students for being elected to the Graduate Student Association Executive Board for 2019-2020. President - Diane Lieu Vice President - Michael Riley...

UCF Researchers Develop Way to Control Speed of Light, Send It Backward

UCF researchers have developed a way to control the speed of light. Not only can they speed up a pulse of light and slow it down, they can also make...