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UCF Students to Compete in Fast-Talking Research Competition
Ten UCF students pursuing their doctoral degrees in biomedical sciences, engineering, criminal justice, education, and other disciplines are going to try. The competition will be held at 3 p.m. on Nov. 17, in the...![Featured Content image](https://graduate.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2021/11/AdvisoryGroup2-scaled.jpg)
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Students Selected for UCF’s First Graduate Student Advisory Council
Fourteen students from across the university will serve on UCF’s first Graduate Student Advisory Council beginning this month. The students were selected from a pool of more than 150 applicants...![Featured Content image](https://graduate.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2021/10/JumpStartimage.jpg)
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17 Teams Awarded Almost $5 Million in Jump Start Awards
Seventeen faculty and staff projects will receive about $5 million in Jump Start funds to advance UCF’s impact under President Alexander N. Cartwright’s 2021-22 Strategic Investment Program. “I am delighted that...![Featured Content image](https://graduate.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2021/10/research01_for_web.jpg)
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2021 Another Record Year – Five Consecutive Years of Rising Research Funding
Despite a pandemic that slowed the economy; delayed or derailed some federal and private agencies’ spending plans; and frustrated supply chains, UCF generated $212.9 million in research awards — up...![Featured Content image](https://graduate.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2021/10/WEBmainfleshsampling.jpg)
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Clues Emerge: How Harmless Bacteria Go Rogue Turning into Deadly Flesh-eating Variants
For bacteria, like people, lifestyle matters. A new study from the University of Central Florida found that the environmental lifestyle that bacteria possess reveals why some go rogue and turn...![Featured Content image](https://graduate.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2021/10/WebMainAutumn.jpg)
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UCF Grad Student Leaves No Stone Unturned to Advance Space Exploration
This Knight leaves no stone unturned, not even on the moon. Autumn Shackelford is a physics doctoral student studying planetary bodies without atmospheres. Specifically, she is looking at the surface composition of...![Featured Content image](https://graduate.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2021/10/LuminaryMainWeb.jpg)
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UCF’s Brightest Shine During Luminary Awards
The UCF community celebrated the accomplishments of 15 exceptional faculty members at its annual Luminary Awards Night. UCF leadership lauded faculty members for being leaders in their fields and conducting...![Featured Content image](https://graduate.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2021/10/WEBscholarPortal.jpg)
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New Resource Makes It Easier to Find Research Collaborators Across Colleges
The Office of the Provost and the Office of Research have partnered to provide those conducting research and creative works at UCF with a new resource — the Scholar Expertise...![Featured Content image](https://graduate.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2021/10/WEBPerlaLatorreSuarez.jpg)
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Keeping Astronauts Safe While They Explore Other Worlds
When Perla Latorre-Suarez ’21 was a child, she remembers holding her brother’s hand in the mountainous Orocovis region in Puerto Rico where she grew up and looking up on a clear night...![Featured Content image](https://graduate.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2021/10/Weblabcoat.jpg)
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