The University of Central Florida awards more than 18,000 degrees annually — the most among Florida public universities and among the most nationally — and strives to set the pace for advancing student success in higher education.
Tue Feb 22
Lake Lindo ’19 grew up minutes from the UCF College of Medicine campus where he now studies, inspired by his physician mother who provides psychiatric care to the community’s children. Today, in his third year of medical school, he has taken that inspiration, a love of science, and his community service to lead efforts to make…
Mon Feb 21
Revolutionary rocket engine technology developed by students in an engineering lab at the University of Central Florida landed a $10,000 grand prize at the UCF Technology Ventures Symposium, a day-long virtual event on Feb. 17 connecting Orlando’s innovators, entrepreneurs and investors. Hosted by the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science, UTVS 2022 was organized…
Mon Feb 21
For the third year in a row, UCF physical therapy graduates have achieved a 100% pass rate on their first attempt on the National Physical Therapy Examination. That makes UCF one of only 15 programs in the nation to achieve such outstanding exam performance in back-to-back years, putting the program among the top 6% in the nation for grad exam…
Mon Feb 21
Nursing PhD alumna Suzanne Hyer is passionate about health promotion – to positively influence people’s health knowledge and behavior. Now as the UCF College of Nursing’s first postdoctoral fellow, Hyer is able to extend her passion and make a greater impact by advancing her research. Hyer recently received the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service…
Fri Feb 18
Ricardo Bustos Ramirez, Ph.D., was selected recently for the student spotlight in LIA Today. The feature in the November/December 2021 issue includes an interview with Ramirez. Click here to view the original article. (Reprinted with permission.) When you were you first introduced to photonics/electro-optics? “I was introduced by a friend from college who was doing a MSc…
Wed Feb 9
The Florida Nursing Student Association (FNSA) recently awarded the Student Nurses’ Association (SNA) at the University of Central Florida Orlando a 2022 Diamond Chapter Award – the highest recognition in the state for a student nurses’ association chapter. This is the seventh time the UCF Orlando chapter has received the prestigious award since 2014. The Diamond Chapter…
Tue Feb 8
UCF’s new Kinesiology Ph.D. degree program will prepare students for careers as clinical researchers, sports scientists, university professors, and professional leaders in one of the nation’s fastest growing fields. Approved by the Florida Board of Governors in November 2021, UCF will begin offering the new doctoral degree program in Fall 2022. The new program in kinesiology explores…
Thu Feb 3
The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) selected UCF as part of its new Transfer Student Success and Equity Intensive. The inaugural cohortsinclude 30 institutional teams comprised of two-year and four-year institutions. The purpose of the collaboration is to ensure students from communities disproportionately impacted by…
Tue Feb 1
UCF Moot Court teams had a strong showing at the American Moot Court Association’s National Championship Tournament, with one breaking into the top 16 nationwide. Four two-person teams from UCF qualified to compete in the national championship tournament January 21-23, which was held virtually. Three of the four teams made it to the elimination rounds…
Mon Jan 31
Shalece Kohnke, who is pursuing a doctoral degree in exceptional education, is one of 15 scholars nationwide named a 2022 DRK-12 (Discovery Research PreK-13) U.S. National Science Foundation CADRE Fellow. The Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE) fellowship program, funded by the NSF, provides professional growth opportunities for students whose work focuses on diversity,…
Mon Jan 31
Aunique new academic-industrial alliance between UCF and ficonTEC, a global leader in photonics manufacturing, is expected to bring a boost to the region and provide access to sophisticated industry production tools for students and faculty researchers. ficonTEC, a German-based company with locations in Europe and the Far East, is expanding to Central Florida — joining UCF’s…
Mon Jan 31
UCF’s Paige Borden ’95MBA ’00EdD has joined a new Council for Student Success of the Association of Governing Boards and Colleges (AGB) launched to provide higher education boards with insights and strategies to boost student outcomes. Borden, who President Alexander N. Cartwright recently promoted to chief analytics officer at UCF, oversees the Division of Analytics and Integrated Planning. The…
Thu Jan 27
Nearly a month after its launch on Christmas 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope reached its destination 1 million miles from Earth Monday. The observatory will provide insight into some of the earliest astronomical events in the universe. Named after the administrator of NASA from 1961-1968, the James Webb Space Telescope orbits the sun at…
Thu Jan 27
Beginning in March 2020, when COVID-19 was discovered in the United States, the federal government stepped up to help colleges and universities make significant pivots in their operations to protect the health of their campus communities and continue helping students achieve their academic goals. The Higher Education Emergency Relief Act (HEERF) has provided institutions throughout…
Wed Jan 26
Agroup of six University of Central Florida students and alums from a range of fields designed and won the Best Technical Poster award as finalists in NASA’s recent Lunar Dust Challenge. They received the honor after NASA’s 2021 Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-Changing (BIG) Idea Challenge Virtual Forum in November 2021. As part of NASA’s BIG…
Tue Jan 25
Robert Grimming, a full-time graduate student studying under Professor Ron Driggers, Ph.D., earned his degree in electrical engineering from West Point Military Academy prior to attending UCF. Grimming spent time working multiple positions in the Army, including logistics, explosive ordnance disposal and nuclear operations. One of his proudest moments was becoming an assistant professor at…
Tue Jan 25
Three UCF-HCA Healthcare psychiatry residents recently matched into some of the nation’s top sub-specialty programs. The three physicians care for patients at the Orlando VA and Osceola Regional Medical Centers. Dhara Shah, a member of UCF’s inaugural class of psychiatry residents, matched at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston for a consultation-liaison fellowship, a subspecialty that…
Fri Jan 21
“Taking opportunities to bear witness to the lives of people for whom the healthcare system is failing, and being able to help my fellow healthcare workers know better and do better is how I continue to practice nursing,” says Aislinn Woody, who worked as a registered nurse in Tampa before becoming a full-time student in…
Thu Jan 20
Students, alumni, and faculty members will represent the Division of Physical Therapy at the annual American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting, which will be held February 2 – 5 in San Antonio, Texas. Here are all the UCF presentations that will take place during the conference: Thursday, February 3 8 a.m.– 10 a.m. Therapists’ and Students’ Experiences and…
Tue Jan 18
For the first time ever, two individuals with UCF affiliations have been awarded the Charles B. Rangel Graduate Fellowship and the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship in the same year. These are both highly coveted fellowships that give the recipients the opportunity to work as a Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. Department of…