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Online Class Revamp Earns Psychology Lecturer Top Marks from UCF

UCF prides itself on the quality of its online learning, but the competition was extra steep in 2020 when digital instruction became the widespread norm.…

UCF Researchers Earn Top Spots in Their Fields in New Ranking of Scientific Impact

Three University of Central Florida researchers are among the world’s top 25 scholars in their field, and 100 are in the top 2%, according to…

UCF Professor Wins Another National Award for his Work in Human Factors

UCF psychology Professor Peter Hancock has been named the Aerospace Human Factors Association’s William Collins Award recipient for 2020. This is the second time Hancock…

UCF RESTORES Starts New Mental Health Services in Orange County for COVID-19

In response to the psychological toll of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Central Florida’s psychological trauma clinic, UCF RESTORES, is working with Orange County…

How Fake News Affects U.S. Elections

The term “fake news” has become so ubiquitous in our society that it’s even become a punchline. But the threat is very real — with…

UN Communications Coordination Committee Taps Psychology Faculty For Board Position

Associate Lecturer Chrysalis Wright, Ph.D., serves as the Honors in the Major program coordinator for the Department of Psychology. She was recently elected to the…

UCF Grad Impresses Magicians Penn & Teller

Of all the majors at UCF that a mentalist could choose, psychology seems like the best fit. Keith Kong ’17 certainly thought so. Kong recently…

UCF Experts Weigh in as Coronavirus Captures Headlines

As the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to dominate daily news cycles, UCF experts in areas ranging from hospitality, tourism, economics and student health services are helping…

College of Sciences Celebrates Summer 2020 Ph.D. Grads

A doctorate degree represents one of the highest honors in academia. The 2020 Summer term’s Ph.D. graduates not only earned this honor, they did so…

Research Team Launches Website To Aid Hospitality Industry

  A new clearinghouse of information for hospitality workers affected by COVID-19 has been compiled by researchers from UCF’s Targeted Research Training Program (TRT). These…