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Renewed Funding Opens Three More Years Of Citizen Science in Belize

Impactful community research in rural Belize will continue for another three years thanks to renewed funding from the National Science Foundation. The $465,000 grant supports…

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…

Sociology Research Project Show Pre-Med Student Human Side of Medicine

Practicing medicine is as much about compassionate, human interaction as patching up broken bodies. Pre-med graduate Emily Vernet ’20 got a firsthand understanding of this…

Sociology Graduate Students Present at MSSA

The Mid South Sociological Association annual meetings provide sessions on the cutting edge of research interests. In addition, each meeting includes round tables and panels…

Smithsonian Internship Enables Grad to Preserve Historical Sites With Data

  A dream internship with the Smithsonian Institute is where non-traditional student Jennifer Larsen ’20 has put her degree in the Integrative Sciences to work.…

Identifying Implicit Bias Today Sets Stage for Future Inclusion Success

In recognition of Black History Month, the College of Sciences asked the Department of Sociology to write a short editorial on its current work to…

New Book Explores Breast Milk Sharing Among Central Florida Women

An in-depth, years-long study into the practice of Central Florida mothers sharing their breast milk to nourish babies other than their own recently culminated in…

Critical Seagrass Mapping Project Continues Uninterrupted Thanks to Remote Instruction

Critical work mapping seagrass beds on the Pacific West Coast continues uninterrupted this fall thanks to innovative thinking from the Citizen Science GIS team. The…

New Research Identifies Motivation for Prescription Stimulant Misuse by Age Group

  By JAYME BLASCHKE New research shows that abuse of prescription stimulant medication by adolescents and young adults is driven by different motivations closely linked…