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A University of Central Florida researcher who started a successful program to keep freshmen in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines is expanding the model to two other universities and adding a component to focus on transfer students. Kimberly Schneider, director of the Office of Undergraduate Research in UCF’s College of Undergraduate Studies, will split a $1.8 million National…