Pythons, Lionfish and now Willow Invade Florida's Waterways

Foreign invaders such as pythons and lionfish are not the only threats to Florida’s natural habitat. The native Carolina Willow is also starting to strangle portions of the St. Johns River. Biologists at the University of Central Florida recently completed a study that shows this slender tree once used by Native Americans for medicinal purposes, [...]

  • Coral Research May Aid Gulf Oil Spill Recovery

    Coral living off the coast of Puerto Rico may provide researchers valuable information about the potential impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. University of Central Florida biologist John Fauth, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists and non-governmental agencies are studying the threatened Elkhorn Coral in the Vega Baja area of Puerto Rico. [...]

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  • Track: UCF Now No. 7 in Nation

    One week after cracking into the top 10 of the outdoor season’s national rankings for the first time in program history, the UCF track and field team climbed even higher on Monday. The Knights rose two spots to No. 7 in the USTFCCCA poll. UCF is the lone Conference USA team present in the national [...]

  • Haines City Gains Power Advantages

    Students, teachers and the community of Haines City will reap multiple benefits from the new 10,000-watt photovoltaic (PV) system at Haines City High School. The PV system with battery backup will provide emergency power during an outage, reduce daily electricity costs to the school, and serve as a learning resource. The Florida Solar Energy Center [...]

  • UCF College of Business Announces Capstone Competition Winners

    A team of five students, known as “Advance Business Solutions,” won the annual Great Capstone Case Competition by proposing a plan for a smartphone wellness app. Team members Salome Messam (leader), Brett Hannum, Juliana Restrepo, Justin Roszkowiak and Laureen Ramsey developed a smartphone app that would provide people with an interactive platform to better manage [...]

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UCF50: Promised Land

UCF Celebrates its 50th Anniversary.