UCF Student Dancer Uses Choreography to Bring Awareness to Eating Disorders For UCF Celebrates the Arts 2023, former ballet dancer Sabrina Landa has choreographed a dance that is inspired by her personal struggles and aims to make others feel seen.
Getting to the Heart of the Matter An interdisciplinary team of UCF researchers are focusing on the human connection to improve heart health in medically underserved communities thanks to a new grant from the U.S. Department of Health’s Health Resources & Services Administration.
UCF Class Spotlight: Macro Level Roles and Interventions in Social Work Students gain hands-on experience while learning the importance of social work in supporting survivors of human trafficking.
How NFL Player Damar Hamlin Tackled the Odds: Health Experts Weigh In A panel of UCF medical and rehabilitation experts discuss what happened, what Hamlin’s physical and mental recovery could look like, and protecting the heart health of athletes.
UCF Podcast: Championing Against Violence Bethany Backes, an assistant professor in the Violence Against Women faculty cluster who worked for the Department of Justice for more than 10 years, shares what it means to be a champion both against violence and for social justice.
UCF Opens New Huntington’s Disease Multispecialty Clinic Located in Research Park, the new clinic offers multidisciplinary care from the College of Medicine, School of Social Work, and College of Health Professions and Sciences.
Honoring the First Black Woman Hired as Faculty at UCF Since her death in 2007, UCF continues to honor the late Cheryl Evans Green and her impact on the local community and social work students.
New UCF Co-led Study Will Focus on Keeping Intimate Partner Violence Survivors Safe The researchers will create evidence-based, intimate partner violence pretrial safety assessment guides for judges to use when considering pretrial release in intimate partner violence cases.
More Than a Meal: How Food Helped 2 Generations Bond, Learn About the Other Intergenerational farm-to-table research project helped fight against aging stereotypes and create an age-diverse workforce.
Virtual Reality Improves Social Work Education Research shows that VR can improve students’ feeling of preparedness in working with Alzheimer’s patients and foster empathy for patients and family members.