UCF Associate Professor Receives Award for Exceptional Emergency Management Education
Thu Jul 7
Claire Connolly Knox, UCF School of Public Administration associate professor and founding director of the university’s emergency and crisis management program, received the Kay C. Goss Innovation & Technology Award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)’s Higher Education Program at its annual symposium in June. Named for Goss, the first woman to serve as FEMA associate…
BSW Student Jack Jordan Receives onePULSE Foundation 49 Legacy Scholarship
Thu Jun 30
Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) student, Jack Jordan has been awarded one of the 49 Legacy Scholarships established by the onePULSE Foundation for the Fall 2022 semester. The onePULSE Foundation was established “to create a sanctuary of hope” in the memory of the Pulse nightclub victims and survivors of the June 12, 2016 attack. In honor…
The Performing Arts at UCF Empowers Community Members Living with Aphasia
Thu Jun 30
A partnership between the School of Performing Arts, the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, and the Department of Psychology at UCF is helping improve the lives of people living with aphasia. Aphasia is a condition that stems from a brain injury, most commonly the result of an accident or stroke. People with aphasia may struggle…
UCF Researchers Develop Liquid Biopsy Technique to Help Detect Cancer in Blood
Thu Jun 30
College of Medicine researchers have found a new way to track metastatic cancer cells in the body, which in the future could help identify cancer earlier and give patients more treatment options. In the latest issue of PLOS ONE, Dr. Annette Khaled’s research lab reported using a protein complex called a chaperonin as a new marker…
Knight Vision Launch Coming July 1
Tue Jun 28
After almost two years of intense work on Knight Vision, we are excited to launch later this week. Both Workday and the implementation of our new Service Enhancement Transformation (SET) business services model will go live this Friday, July 1. As the president shared last week, this is an important next step in the Knight…
UCF Women’s Golfer Wins British Amateur
Tue Jun 28
UCF Women’s Golfer Jess Baker is the 119th Women’s Amateur Champion. The junior psychology major from Newcastle, England, took home first place at the “British Amateur” Saturday morning after a brilliant two rounds of match play golf in the final to fend off South Carolina’s Louise Rydqvist, accomplishing what no Knight before has ever done.…
World Uniters: Five Knights Receive 2022 Fulbright Awards
Tue Jun 28
Over the coming months, planes carrying five UCF Knights will land on various runways thousands and thousands of miles from home. The five will stroll off those planes into the purpose of the Fulbright Program for which they’ve been selected: to work, live, and learn with others on the ground. For them, the ground will…
Virtual Parking Permits to Replace Decals, Hangtags on UCF Campuses
Tue Jun 28
beginning July 1, the university community will shift to a new way to park on UCF campuses. New technology will eliminate the need for parking decals, hangtags or any physical permit on vehicles. Instead, license plates will act as virtual parking permits. Parking Services trucks will be equipped with License Plate Readers (LPR) that automatically…
Medical Experts in India and the U.S. Discuss Covid-19 Response
Tue Jun 28
In April 2022, the India Center hosted a discussion on the COVID-19 pandemic response in India and the U.S. Associate Professor Varadraj Gurupur, Ph.D., from UCF’s School of Global Health Management and Informatics led a panel discussion with Dr. Anuradha Pichumani, executive director of the Sree Renga Hospital, and Dr. Amitha Marla, medical administrator of…
Arecibo Observatory Scientists Help Unravel Surprise Asteroid Mystery
Tue Jun 28
When asteroid 2019 OK suddenly appeared barreling toward Earth on July 25, 2019, Luisa Fernanda Zambrano-Marin and the team at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico jumped into action. After getting an alert, the radar scientists zoned in on the asteroid, which was coming from Earth’s blind spot — solar opposition. Zambrano-Marin and the team…
Nursing Assistant Professor Named National Fellow
Tue Jun 28
Frank Guido-Sanz was inducted in the Class of 2022 Fellows of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and is now among 24 distinguished national faculty fellows at the College of Nursing. Recognizing his outstanding achievements in the field, Assistant Professor Francisco “Frank” Guido-Sanz, PhD, APRN, ANP-BC, ’18AGACNP-BC, FAANP, has been inducted into the Fellows of the…
Remembering CREOL alumnus Gabriel Popescu
Thu Jun 23
It is with great sadness that we report the loss of CREOL alumnus Gabriel “Gabi” Popescu â02, who suffered a fatal collision while riding his motorcycle near his home in Romania on June 16. Gabi, who received his PhD in 2002 under the supervision of Aristide Dogariu, was on the faculty at the University of…
3 UCF Faculty Earn 2022 Fulbright Awards
Thu Jun 23
Three UCF researchers have received Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program awards in for the 2022-23 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Craig Crossley, Brooks Dierdorff and Tan Huaixaing are among over 800 U.S. citizens who will conduct research and/or teach abroad for the 2022-2023 academic year through the…
CREOL’s Founding Director, MJ Soileau, Retires from UCF
Thu Jun 23
After devoting over 35 years of his career to UCF, MJ Soileau retired on Friday, June 17, 2022. MJ came to UCF as the Founding Director of CREOL in January 1987 and spent over a decade building CREOL from a foundling research center into one of the major educational institutions for optics in the world.…
UCF Signs Educational Partnership Agreement with U.S. Space Force
Thu Jun 23
UCF, the nation’s Space University, has now entered an agreement with the U.S. Space Force to help develop technology and an agile workforce ready for space. The two organizations recently signed an Educational Partnership Agreement (EPA) after several Space Force officials visited UCF in March. Three members — also known as Guardians — of the…
UCF-BioTech Partnership Helping Improve Autism Treatment
Thu Jun 23
A new diagnostic technology using saliva, developed by a College of Medicine researcher, is helping one company create better treatments and diagnostics for autism spectrum disorder. Dr. Kiminobu Sugaya, professor and head of neuroscience research at the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, is collaborating with Nova Mentis Life Science Corp. to develop the first system…
UCF Joins National Alliance to Expand Hispanic Representation in Higher Ed
Thu Jun 23
UCF has joined 19 of the nation’s top research universities to form a new alliance dedicated to increasing opportunities for historically underserved student populations. The Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities aims to double the number of Hispanic doctoral students and increase the number of Hispanic faculty at member institutions by 20%. The 20 universities…
UCF Professor to Moderate State Department Discussion on Planetary Defense
Wed Jun 22
In June, at least five asteroids — some as large as a Boeing 747 — will buzz by Earth, coming as close as 431,000 miles from the planet. Asteroids are always moving through our solar system. Although none of them pose a serious threat to Earth now, they could in the future. As a civilization…
Research in 60 Seconds: How Physical Activity Can Reduce Health Disparities
Tue Jun 21
Whether it’s solving the world’s biggest problems or investigating the potential of novel discoveries, researchers at UCF are on the edge scientific breakthroughs that aim to make an impact. Through the Research in 60 Seconds series, student and faculty researchers condense their complex studies into bite-sized summaries so you can know how and why Knights plan…
