Anthropology 2021 Founder’s Day Honorees BY ALLISON HURTADO ’12 The Founders’ Day Awards celebrate the outstanding academic achievements of our faculty members and students. As we recognize these achievements, we… Biology UCF Biologist Awarded Grant to Unlock Plant Defenses, Improve Food Supplies UCF Biologist Chase Mason today was awarded a $450,000 grant from the Foundation for Food & Agricultural Research to turn around “audacious” food and agricultural… Biology National Goldwater Scholarships Go to Four UCF STEM Students Four UCF STEM students were selected from a pool of 1,256 nominees across the nation and will receive 2020-21 Goldwater Scholarship Awards. Only 410 college… Biology Florida Academy of Sciences Names UCF Biologist as 2021 Medalist The Florida Academy of Sciences today named UCF Biology Professor Linda Walters its 2021 Medalist during its annual conference. The Academy, which is an affiliate… Biology 23 Students to Receive UCF’s Highest Honor UCF has named 23 students as recipients of the Order of Pegasus, the university’s most prestigious student award. The 2021 recipients were selected from a… Biology UCF Funds Second Round of $1 million SEED Initiative to Support Faculty Research Thirty-seven UCF teams will split $1 million in UCF SEED funding to conduct preliminary research the university hopes will lead to bigger individual grants from… Anthropology UCF Hosts Spring Graduation Celebration, April 30 to May 9 UCF is excited to offer spring graduates and their families the opportunity to choose one of two in-person options to celebrate their achievements. Recognitions of… Biology UCF Genetics Expertise Extends to the Land Down Under The genetic expertise of University of Central Florida researchers is extending all the way to the land down under in a new study of a… Biology New UCF Study Examines Leeches for Role in Major Disease of Sea Turtles in Florida University of Central Florida researchers are homing in on the cause of a major disease of sea turtles, with some of their latest findings implicating… Biology UCF Engineering and Biology Researchers Collaborate to Aid Coral Reef Restoration Florida’s threatened coral reefs have a more than $4 billion annual economic impact on the state’s economy, and University of Central Florida researchers are zeroing… Read more stories
