UCF Researcher Develops Safer Method for Electric Cars, Batteries Assistant Professor Yang has a solution that will utilize fuel cells to replace lithium-ion batteries, which can be unsafe. WKMG News 6
UCF Researcher’s Human-on-a-Chip Technology Could Make Human and Animal Testing Obsolete A UCF researcher has designed technology that allows him to study opioid overdose and the antidotes used to reverse it without human or animal testing. WMFE
Dodgertown Elementary Awarded $80,000 UCF Grant that Aims to Bolster Community Partnership The school is one of 10 recently selected by UCF's Center for Community Schools to help students overcome barriers outside of academics. TC Palm
Titusville Native and UCF Senior Christopher Clifford Awarded Prestigious Astronaut Scholarship The UCF student is one of only 52 in the nation recognized for excellence in STEM. Space Coast Daily
What Will Humans Eat on Mars? UCF planetary scientist Kevin Cannon talks about the logistics of feeding a population of one million on the Red Planet. Smithsonian Magazine
UCF Student Bakes Up Spooky-Themed Dessert for Food Network Competition Jarid Altmark, a public relations and advertising major, was the youngest competitor ever on the Food Network's "Halloween Wars." WESH
Valencia, UCF Doing their Part to Help Undergrads Across the Finish Line | Commentary Colleges and universities across the country can learn from the model that Valencia College and UCF have established in Central Florida, says David Kirp, a professor of public policy at the University of California Berkeley. Orlando Sentinel
UCF Hospitality Students Trained to Spot Human Trafficking UCF is teaming up with on-profit United Abolitionist to provide courses that will train students to identify and report sex and labor trafficking. WOFL Fox 35
UCF Picks Up More Federal Cash for PTSD Treatment Center UCF's RESTORES program will receive a $1 million federal grant to continue development of its own enhanced virtual reality software. Florida Politics