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FEATURED: UCF Researchers Measure Size of Elusive Moon

In a newly published breakthrough, UCF postdoctoral scholars Benjamin Proudfoot and Flavia Luane Rommel successfully confirmed their precise predictions of the movements of two distant space objects — a feat that sheds new light on the formation of our solar system and may help guide future NASA missions.

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NSF Florida Semiconductor Engine Hosts Inaugural Powering Prosperity 2025 Conference

Aug 28, 2025

Bringing together more than 250 leaders from academia, government, and industry to chart the future of Florida’s role in the global semiconductor...

UCF Showcases Space Research at Inaugural SpaceU Symposium

May 9, 2025

Nearly 50 faculty, students and administrators shared their varied areas of space research expertise at UCF’s first SpaceU Symposium in April. The...

Tamara Gabrus Honored with Excellence Award for Research Leadership

Apr 29, 2025

As part of the 2025 Founders’ Day employee honors ceremony in April, Gabrus earned this prestigious university-wide award for her continued...

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Ocean Expert Joins UCF as Director of the National Center for Integrated Coastal Research

Ivan Haigh, the new director of UCF Coastal, and plans to establish the center as a globally recognized hub for coastal science.

Arts & Culture

UCF Historians Infuse the Past with Tech to Breathe New Life into Atlantic Migration

An ambitious UCF-led team comprising faculty, students and recent graduates are using advanced digitizing to better visualize 17th and 18th century European religious migration to…

Colleges & Campus

UCF Researchers Aim to Uncover Link Between Age and Breast Cancer Treatment

Materials science researchers Needa Brown and Aleksandra Petelski-Kulik will study the breast cancer microenvironment with support from the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation.

Health & Medicine

UCF Researchers Developing Easy-to-Use Viral Biosensor Test — Giving Patients More Accurate, Immediate Results

An interdisciplinary team of UCF researchers is creating a single low-cost test to detect HIV and Hepatitis B and C simultaneously, which may save lives…

Research

Research Technology Symposium Showcases Cutting-Edge Advances in Computing

The symposium served as a platform for interdisciplinary collaboration and showcased the university’s commitment to advancing research through technology.

Colleges & Campus

UCF Faculty, Graduate Student Develop Organ-on-a-Chip Technology for Industry

This commercialized technology by researchers uses noninvasive methods to measure the electrical resistance of cell layers to help diagnose diseases.

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