5 Things to Know About UCF This Week – Jan. 31, 2020 Edition From ranking among the nation’s best to researching new methods to prevent Alzheimer’s disease, here are the top stories to know this week
UCF/HCA Announce New Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency The program, based at West Florida Hospital in Pensacola, has received initial accreditation and is seeking immediate applicants to begin training in 2021.
Student Research: Developing New Tools to Detect Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s By tracking dopamine through blood tests, a biology student is working on a method that may make it easier and cheaper to diagnose brain diseases.
English Faculty Member Named 2020 NEA Creative Writing Fellow Micah Dean Hicks earned the competitive honor for his second novel, Break the Bodies, Haunt the Bones, and is one of 36 fellows selected out of 1,700 applicants.
Biomed Student Presents Autism Research at State Capitol Aseela Samsam’s work potentially links the consumption of processed food during pregnancy with the likelihood of autism.
To Win at Sports, You’ve Got to Get in the Game – and Don’t Give Up After lacing up my Nike sneakers last Saturday morning, I headed to the nearest neighborhood courts to play my favorite sport: tennis. It was a…
Vasu Receives $200,000 Microsoft Investigator Fellowship The UCF researcher and his team will use the funding to analyze and identify the unique molecules found in opioids to make them easier for first responders and the military to detect them.
Lapchick Named Recipient of Dan Rooney Award DeVos Sport Business Management director to be honored ahead of Super Bowl for his work to increase the NFL’s diverse- and inclusive-hiring practices.
UCF Florida Prison Education Project to Offer Online Courses Research has shown that people in prison who participate in correctional-education programs are 40 percent less likely to end up behind bars again one day.
