Profound, Innovative, Analytical and Resilient: Meet UCF’s 2025 Reach for the Stars Honorees The 2025 Reach for the Stars award recipients are recognized for conducting highly successful research and fostering creative activity that has a national or international impact.
UCF Partners with Nonprofits to Help Veterans Find Leadership Roles Through Public Service Education As the only pilot site in the southeast for the new Service to Service initiative, UCF is poised to help prepare veterans transitioning into civilian life find new ways to serve their communities through public service education.
UCF Researchers Collect Critical High-water Mark Data Following Hurricane Ian Emergency management professionals are already reaping the benefits of the team’s labor, as their data will become part of the official USGS database for immediate access by anyone interested in undertaking flooding, hydrology or storm surge modeling.
New Tool from UCF-led Team Shows Homeowners and Renters the True Cost of Disasters The tool can provide disaster readiness reports for 13.3 million addresses in 196 counties along the Gulf of Mexico — including all of Florida, and parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas.
“I am Graduating Especially for the Working Mothers Who Think They Can’t.” A master’s student reflects on her second try at graduate school while enduring challenges with motherhood, losing loved ones, COVID-19 and work before completing her degrees.
Easing Solar Power Restrictions May Benefit Florida’s Economy and Environment, Study Finds Current state regulations are not conducive to allowing power purchase agreements for solar energy production in Florida, according to the new study.
UCF Project Will Study Smart Tech to Improve Risk Communication in Central Florida The NSF-funded, $1.2 million project also involves developing community partnerships and building a regional data-sharing platform to help with emergency responses.
UCF Adds 1st Public Policy Graduate Program in State University System The Master of Public Policy will help fill the need for public-service leaders who are well-versed in program evaluation and policy analysis.
4 Honored as Pegasus Professors for Impact, Career Achievements Josh Colwell, Naim Kapucu, Tison Pugh and Martine Vanryckeghem have been selected for the highest academic award a professor can receive at the university.
27 UCF Graduate Programs Ranked Among the Top 100 in the Nation Emergency management, nonprofit management and counselor education among the top programs included in U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 guide to the Best Graduate Schools.
