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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…

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…

New UCF Nanotech Gives Boost to Detection of Cancer and Disease

Early screening can mean the difference between life and death in a cancer and disease diagnosis. That’s why University of Central Florida researchers are working…

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…

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…

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…

Chemistry Student Chosen for Internship at Storied National Laboratory

An upcoming internship at one of the most storied laboratories in the world represents a big first step into a career as a nuclear scientist…

Lab Work by Chemistry Student Sets Up Future Success Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Recent UCF graduate, Michael Greenberg ’20, is the recipient of the January Distinguished Undergraduate Research Award for his work on functionally engineered deoxyribozymes and their…

NASA Selects UCF Honeybee-inspired Spacesuit Material Design for Further Development

NASA has selected a University of Central Florida nanotechnology team as one of seven university groups from around the country tasked with developing ways to…

DNA Analysis From Chemistry Lab Provides Water Insights for Orange County, Orlando

Chemistry Assistant Professor Melanie Beazley, Ph.D., and her team have developed a groundbreaking biochemical analysis to identify excess contaminants and nutrients in Orlando’s local lakes…