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Two Knights Awarded 2022 Foreign Affair Fellowships

A current student has earned the Rangel Graduate Fellowship and a recent alum was awarded the Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship — both of which will prepare the individuals for future careers in the U.S. Foreign Service.

UCF’s Historical Graduation Ceremony is Also Personal

Sharon Park ’19 ’20MS is one of 1,700 UCF graduates expected to return to campus for the in-person milestone they missed in 2020. Her reason for coming home illustrates precisely why it matters.

From Playing Music in Miami to Studying Neuroscience at MIT

The first in his family to earn a college degree, Bryan Medina ’21 graduated this semester with a bachelor’s in computer science and will pursue a doctorate in neuroscience at the prestigious Cambridge school.

From Myth to Reality

Until George Walters-Marrah ’20 went into a UCF lab for the first time, he didn’t know if scientists existed. The first-generation college graduate will continue being one at Stanford this fall.

15 UCF Students Named National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows

Selected students have the potential to make significant impacts in their fields of study.

Student Researcher Developing VR to Help Students Tour Graduate Schools

Digital media meets computer science to help low-income and first-generation students who may not be able to visit schools.

UCF Alumna to Begin Training for U.S. Foreign Service

For Stephanie Parenti, the dream of entering the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service is just a few months shy of reality. Parenti, who graduated…

McNair Scholars Program at UCF Goes ‘Above and Beyond’

Although Congress this year cut about a third of the more than 200 universities participating in the McNair Scholars Program, UCF this month continued its…

‘Dr. G’ To Inspire First-Generation Students

Jan Garavaglia, probably best known for her feature role in the hit Discovery Health show, “Dr. G: Medical Examiner,” will speak at 6:30 p.m. in…

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UCF Expert on Executive Order for States to Prepare for Natural Disasters

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UCF’s Greg Autry Nominated for NASA’s CFO, Keen on Mars Exploration

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SpaceX’s Fram2 Mission to Take First-Time Astronauts to Earth’s Polar Regions

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How Central Florida Healthcare Providers Are Balancing Innovation with Human Oversight, Patient Safety

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