A couple of computer scientists are getting ready to take the DNA testing technique that made Ancestry.com family trees possible to a whole new level, which may give doctors a powerful new tool against hereditary diseases such as breast cancer, diabetes and autism. The National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health […]
A College of Medicine researcher has earned a $2.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to understand how Lyme disease is able to escape the body’s immune system. Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks. Approximately 30,000 cases are […]
Sunday won’t be the first Father’s Day Marlon Gutierrez ’11 celebrates, but this one will hold its own special milestone. This Father’s Day will be the first for his all-inclusive fatherhood community, Orlando Dads Group. “I wanted to be there just as much as my wife was there for our daughter.” The UCF College of […]
On his most rewarding days at UCF, Police Chief Richard Beary ’04MS was protecting football fans at Spectrum Stadium, interacting with K-9s or swearing in UCF’s newest police officers. On his worst, he was evacuating threatened students from Tower 1 residence hall. But through his 41 years in law enforcement, there’s been one constant for […]
I’m so excited to work with you when I become your president on July 1. The past few months have reminded me that UCF is a special place because of you: our students, faculty, staff, alumni and partners who work so hard to achieve greatness. Since April, I’ve been developing plans that focus on UCF […]
“Live Like Bella,” a new Florida Department of Health pediatric cancer initiative, is bolstering efforts of a College of Medicine researcher who is seeking treatments for a debilitating childhood tumor disorder. Dr. Cristina Fernandez-Valle received a $200,000 grant for her research into Neurofibromatosis type II, a genetic condition that causes tumors to grow in the brain […]
Bartenders and cooks have long recognized the value of an orange twist, but thanks to researchers at the University of Central Florida, squeezing oranges may give us a new way to deliver medicine or to detect bridge failures before they happen. Engineering Assistant Professor Andrew K. Dickerson and graduate student Nicholas M. Smith have figured […]
The “Hearts for the Homeless Orlando” movement was born when the three honors students learned that hypertension is one of the leading causes of death among homeless people. Every Monday and Tuesday evening, they set up tables, chairs and blood-pressure monitors in a parking lot behind downtown’s St. George Greek Orthodox Church, where more than 50 homeless people regularly gather there for meals provided by Straight Street Orlando and other charitable groups.