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Rowing Across the Atlantic Ocean: One UCF Student’s Bold Journey

As a researcher of teams in extreme environments, Andres Käosaar — who first picked up an oar three years ago — is putting himself to the ultimate test as part of the World’s Toughest Row.

NASA Gives UCF Grant to Study Astronauts’ Team Effectiveness for Deep Space Missions

NASA has awarded two UCF professors $900,000 to study cognitive issues such as memory and attention in astronauts on lengthy space assignments. Stephen Fiore and…

Avoiding Deep Impact: UCF, NASA Study Spaceship Teamwork

Visiting Mars in 2030 is going to take some engineering ingenuity, but making sure astronauts make the long, cramped journey without driving each other crazy…

UCF in the News

UCF Study Finds Microplastics are ‘Raining’ Into the Indian River Lagoon

WFTV Channel 9

Can Jollibee Beat American Fast Food at Its Own Game?

The Atlantic

L3Harris Lands $200M Rocket Production Contract

Orlando Business Journal

SpaceX Earns Approval to Bring Starship Megarocket to Florida’s Space Coast

Orlando Business Journal

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Dec 31

Narcotics Anonymous 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Jan 3

UCF Men's Basketball vs. Kansas 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Jan 4

UCF Women's Basketball vs. Kansas 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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