Graduate Students Share New Discoveries to Treat Disease “It is a great feeling when you know that you’ve provided knowledge that can help bring us one step closer to treating a disease,” UCF Ph.D. Candidate Nasser Yousef says.
Improving Patient Care Through Better Communication As part of the UCF College of Medicine’s commitment to improve healthcare for all, the college is launching a first-of-its-kind program to prepare medical students to better communicate health information with patients whose primary language is Spanish.
UCF Honors Faculty with 2025 Founders’ Day Awards More than 240 faculty, including Pegasus Professors and Reach for the Stars honorees, were recognized for their commitment to excellence during the annual Founders’ Day celebration.
How UCF Researchers Are Playing Key Role in Discovering Health Impacts of Space Travel College of Medicine Professor Michal Masternak and two graduate students are processing health samples last Saturday from Fram2, the latest commercial spaceflight and the first crewed flight to orbit Earth over its polar regions.
UCF Expert on Fram2 Mission Bringing Historic Opportunities for Space Medicine Discoveries As space travel advances, missions such as Fram2 provide space medicine experts like Emmanuel Urquieta of the College of Medicine with opportunities to study its effects on human health.
Research in 60 Seconds: Enhancing Electronic Medical Implants Biomedical sciences student Nicholas Rose’s research focuses on identifying plant-based polymers with energy-converting capabilities, which could be groundbreaking for medical devices.
Healthier Through Technology The Salow family has made a $1 million gift to foster medical technology that will improve physician education, research and patient care.
2025 Order of Pegasus, Student Awards Celebrates UCF’s Best and Brightest During the April 2 Founders’ Day event, 37 students will receive UCF’s highest student honor, which recognizes those who exemplify excellence in academic achievement, leadership and service.
Conway-Welch Family Foundation Gift to Grow Virtual Reality Education and Research at UCF’s College of Nursing Opening in Fall 2025, the Dr. Colleen Conway-Welch Virtual Reality Learning Studio in the Dr. Phillips Nursing Pavilion will provide dedicated space to innovate nursing education and improve patient care
7 UCF Health Professions Faculty Inducted to National Academies of Practice Seven faculty members in the College of Health Professions and Sciences were inducted into the NAP for exemplary interprofessional research, practice and scholarship.
Spotlight: UCF Celebrates the Arts Elevates Collaboration of Arts and Tech Central Florida Public Media
‘National leader’: UCF Graduate Programs Get Recognition in U.S. News & World Report Florida Politics
