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Faculty and Staff Spotlight Research

New UCF Project Will Explore Using AI to Improve Telehealth

Telehealth offers the convenience of remote consultations with healthcare professionals, which aids patients who live far from their physician’s office or who may have trouble traveling. It’s also become even...
Autumn Shackelford
Research Student Spotlight

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...
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Faculty and Staff Spotlight Research Student Spotlight

UCF Has More Than a Dozen Research Projects Aimed at Returning the U.S. to the Moon

When the U.S. returns humans to the Moon in the coming years, there’s a good chance that University of Central Florida research will have played a role in the return,...
Perla Latorre-Suarez
Research Student Spotlight

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...
Justine Tigno-Aranjuez, retrieving a clean lab coat.
Around Campus Research

Free Lab Coat Cleaning Service Available to UCF Researchers

Beginning Wednesday, Oct. 6, faculty, students, and staff who work in a research lab at UCF can say goodbye to washing their own lab coats. Those working in a lab...
James Webb Space Telescope (artist's rendering)
Around Campus Events and Announcements Faculty and Staff Spotlight Research

UCF Celebrates World Space Week All October Long

Today kicks off World Space Week, the largest annual space event that spans the globe. The United Nations designated the week in 1999 to help build enthusiasm for the space...
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Faculty and Staff Spotlight Research

New Study Examines Political Socialization at Historically Black Universities

Historically Black Colleges and universities have produced leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr., former U.S. Representative John Lewis, and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, but the political makeup of...
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Faculty and Staff Spotlight Research

UCF Researcher is Part of New $20 Million NSF Megalopolitan Coastal Project

A University of Central Florida researcher is part of a new, nearly $20 million award from the U.S. National Science Foundation that will develop a Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub. The...
Neptune and Triton as seen from a 4-inch telescope
Events and Announcements Research

Neptune Celebrates the 175th Birthday, Still, a Mystery Worth Solving

Students and community members got a nice view of the planet Neptune and its biggest moon Triton during one of September’s Knights Under the Stars events hosted at UCF’s Robinson...
Owen Thome, Jessica Peña and Nicholas Vail
Featured Funding Opportunities Research Student Spotlight

Three UCF Graduate Students Awarded National Scholarships, More Than Any Other Institution in the Nation

The Directed Energy Professional Society (DEPS) recently awarded three UCF graduate students scholarships worth up to $10,000 to continue their work in the area of directed energy. The students, Jessica Peña...
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