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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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Adminovators: The People Driving Discovery

Jul 30, 2026

At the intersection of law, ethics and innovation, Assistant Vice President for Research Compliance Ashley Guritza plays a critical role in...

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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Colleges & Campus

UCF Researchers Receive NEH Grant to Preserve Noah Webster’s Dictionaries Online

The project will engage undergraduate and graduate students to transform the dictionaries into searchable digital editions, preserving the texts that helped define and document American…

Research

UCF Researchers Study a Centaur Transforming Into a Comet

Astronomers at UCF are using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and the Gemini Observatory to study a distant icy object that may offer a rare…

Health & Medicine

Med Student Driven to Create Hope Through Cancer Research Earns Inaugural Award

The winner of the inaugural Dean Deborah C. German, M.D. FIRE Impact Award came to UCF because of the College of Medicine’s focus on research.

Colleges & Campus

UCF Scientist to Explore Precise Treatment Targeting Weak Spots in Lyme Disease Bacteria

Through her third consecutive NIH grant renewal, Mollie Jewett aims to “starve” Borrelia burgdorferi, preventing the tick-borne bacteria from spreading in humans and causing Lyme…

Colleges & Campus

8 UCF Faculty Members to Be Inducted in Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida

UCF faculty were recognized for their advancements and impact in artificial intelligence, medical diagnostic technology, computer science, energy and manufacturing, and coastal resiliency.

Colleges & Campus

UCF Researcher to Support DOE Project Using AI to Accelerate Scientific Discovery

Assistant Professor Haonan Ling will explore virtual solutions to biomanufacturing for the Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission, which aims to strengthen America’s energy industry and…

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