The Arecibo Observatory and its researchers hosted scientists from around the world this week to discuss the future of research at the Puerto Rican facility under UCF management. Planetary scientists, radio astronomers and atmospheric scientists discussed the status of the facility, what potential upgrades could mean for the future of the site and began mapping […]
UCF’s Board of Trustees accepted the resignation of President Dale Whittaker at an emergency meeting Thursday morning. The Board also appointed Vice President Thad Seymour, Jr. as interim president effective immediately, and voted to engage the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges to assist with a search for an interim president until a […]
Whether you’re watching television, reading news articles or scrolling through your social media feed, it seems a new story about vaccines pops up daily. Earlier this month, Newsweek shared a 2018 report by the American Public Health Association that showed social media bots and Russian trolls spread misinformation and propaganda against vaccinations. Individual cases of […]
No matter how much you plan your life out, things are not always going to go as you planned. You may think you know what you want to do in your life, but dreams and passions change and it is important to know that is okay. At the beginning of my senior year at the […]
Leadership is about making choices. As a leader, you hope the choices you make do the most good for the most people. Though the issues surrounding Trevor Colbourn Hall have been complicated, knowing the right thing to do has been easy. Find the problems. Fix them. And, in all things, tell the truth. We have […]
Xiaofeng Feng has been named a Sloan Research Fellow, the first for the University of Central Florida. The award recognizes early career scientists that demonstrate high promise. Past Sloan Research Fellows have gone on to do big things. Collectively they have received 47 Nobel Prizes, 17 Fields Medals in mathematics, 69 National Medals of Science […]
Despite widespread infection, some frog populations are surviving a deadly disease that is the equivalent of mankind’s Ebola virus. The reason —genetic diversity. That’s the finding of a new study published this week in the journal Immunogenetics. Anna Savage, an assistant professor of biology at the UCF, is the lead author of the study. The […]
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.