UCF Student Receives Women in Aerospace Awards Scholarship The organization will recognize mechanical engineering student Lauren Bansberg ’20 for her academic merits and promising leadership abilities this Thursday at an awards dinner.
Unrest Across Iran Continues Under State’s Extreme Gender Apartheid Haidar Khezri, an Kurdish-born scholar and assistant professor of Middle Eastern studies at UCF, shares insight into the unrest in Iran following the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was arrested for improperly wearing her hijab.
UCF Podcast: Destigmatizing Mental Health, Improving Education for Professionals Associate lecturer and Uzbekistan native Gulnora Hundley ’04MA ’08PhD shares why she’s provided free teletherapy sessions to Ukrainian mental health professionals, the importance of culturally competent mental health education and practices.
Arecibo Observatory-led Team Discovers Large Near-Earth Asteroid Has Changing Rotation The discovery is an example of progress in global efforts to characterize potentially hazardous asteroids and shows planetary defense programs at work.
UCF Forms Multidisciplinary Team to Create Undergraduate Program to Address Gulf Coast Challenges The UCF Gulf Scholars Program will begin accepting applications from UCF undergraduate students in Spring 2023, and interested students are encouraged to join the program’s inaugural forum this month.
U.S. Forecast: Pasta Bowl Recession Should Help Squash Inflation The Pasta Bowl Recession began with a whimper and will end the same way in 2023, predicts Sean Snaith, director of UCF’s Institute for Economic Forecasting.
19+ Events UCF is Hosting for Homecoming 2022 From Concert Knight and Spirit Splash to events for UCF Alumni, here’s all the gatherings you can expect for Homecoming Week, which takes place Oct. 22-29.
UCF is Developing Materials to Stop Hydrogen Leaks Like Ones Delaying Artemis Launch The work will have applications in hydrogen-based turbines for electricity production, space travel and storage and transportation of hydrogen.
Meow Wolf Partners with UCF Themed Experience for Writer’s Workshop Throughout the hybrid workshop series, themed experience graduate students and alumni will create new realms with one of the industry’s most innovative leaders.
