Faculty Excellence News

The 10th Women of Distinction Awards recognize faculty who excelled in scholarship amid challenges from the pandemic.

Naim Kapucu will be inducted as a 2021 fellow in early November.

Professor Peter Delfyett — UCF’s first current UCF faculty member to earn the honor — will be inducted during a livestreamed ceremony Saturday, Oct. 2, at noon. Click here to watch.

The five-year Trustee Chair Professorship was created to recognize faculty members and celebrate outstanding performance with renown accomplishment.

The segment covers some of Pegasus Professor Linda Walters’ work with coastal conservation in Florida and its relation to environmental health nationally.

Faculty members of UCF RESTORES spent days supporting the mental health of first responders who are working to recover bodies buried in the rubble from the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condo building.

Salvador Almagro-Moreno was chosen because of his expertise on emergent marine pathogens, which are often overlooked when dealing with global health threats.

The unofficial Independence Day for Black Americans is grounded in the Emancipation Proclamation’s decree that freedom shall not be repressed.

Assistant Professor Taj Azarian explains how this field is helping curb the spread of COVID-19.