UCF in the News

Researchers with UCF are gathering data to create artificial intelligence that will help teach autistic children about emotions and elating to people on a social and emotional level.

Chrysalis Wright, a psychology professor with the University of Central Florida who studies misinformation says memes and videos posted about the COVID-19 vaccine on social media can contain false information and ignore facts.

Kim Anderson, professor in the School of Social Work and Public Affairs, shares tips on how to find gratitude during hard times and some ways to control how we react to things we cannot control.

UCF's new president Alexander Cartwright expects to focus on things including investing strategically in UCF’s faculty and academic programs, boosting diversity initiatives for staff and the student body, and assembling his leadership team.

UCF psychology student Shacree Webb works two jobs but has found a way to give back by providing free breakfast to children and families in her community three days a week.

Over the past few years, University of Central Florida historians together with students have spoken to hundreds of Central Florida veterans about their experiences and time in the service through the Veterans History Project. Now, despite the pandemic they're finding success in continuing their collection of oral histories.

A recent study analyzed nearly 400 colleges for their affordability and academic quality. UCF was one of six universities to make the "Best Colleges of the South" List.

Alicja Copik, a UCF professor of medicine, and her team of researchers have been working with natural killers, or NK cells, to develop new therapies to treat the coronavirus.

Hispanic Serving Institutions, or HSIs, are colleges and universities where Hispanic students comprise at least 25 percent of the full-time equivalent student body. In 2019, the U.S. Department of Education formally designated UCF an HSI institution.