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...

Reach for the Stars Award Recipients Use Technology to Change Lives

Three faculty members who use the power of technology to make the human experience better were recognized today with Reach for the Stars awards during this year’s UCF Founders’ Day...

Students Wow in UCF’S First-Ever 3 Minute Thesis Competition

A presentation about the future of medicine and the possibility of diagnosing diseases from human breath took the top prize at UCF’s Inaugural Three-Minute Thesis competition on April 27. The...

Graduate Student Association Elections

The following candidates want to represent you. Voting begins Monday, April 1 - April 3 for the Graduate Student Association Executive Board. Take a few minutes to learn about them...

Student Research Week Kicks Off April 1

A record-breaking 800 plus students will be sharing their work during Student Research Week this year. For more than a decade, UCF has celebrated the endeavors of undergraduate and graduate students...

Cash up for Grabs for Best Student Elevator Speech About Research

Imagine earning cash for delivering an epic elevator pitch about your research. No need to imagine. Come check out UCF’s first 3MT Competition. Ten UCF students pursuing their doctoral degrees...

Asteroid Bennu Gives NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Team Lots of Surprises

Sometimes the unexpected is more exciting than finding exactly what you thought you’d find, and this is indeed the case for the science team involved in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid-sample mission....

Researchers Developing Sensor to Detect Brain Disorders in Seconds

Using nanotechnology, UCF researchers have developed the first rapid detector for dopamine, a chemical that is believed to play a role in various diseases such as Parkinson’s, depression and some...

A New Battle: Veterans More Likely to Have Heart Disease, UCF Study Finds

After the war is over, veterans face a new threat. They are more likely to have heart disease at a younger age than nonveterans, and this could herald a new...