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Spring 2023

Support for Women in STEM

Northrop Grumman is helping expand efforts to increase women in STEM majors, which is critical for diversifying the field.

Impact

Career Connections

As the demand for hospitality workers grows, Rosen College connects neighboring theme park and attraction giants to top talent from UCF.

In Focus

Fight to the Finish

The annual event includes a military-style obstacle course and aims to recruit local high schoolers to attend UCF and join its ROTC program.

In Focus

When We Are Martians

Prominent UCF space researchers ponder the bigger questions about how we will manage future environments with lessons from the past.

Feature

Home Run For Hispanic Youth

Led by the Puerto Rico Research Hub, the second annual event aimed to celebrate the island’s culture through its favorite sport: baseball.

In Focus

Minds on the Matter

Two UCF faculty discuss our understanding of brain function and the mysteries we’re still trying to solve.

1ON1

Critical Care

UCF has long provided compassionate and highly qualified nursing graduates. With a national nursing shortage, they’re needed now more than ever.

Feature

The Art of Attractions

UCF’s themed experience students are learning the methods behind entertainment magic.

Infographic

Advanced Medicine

The AI medicine market is valued around $11 billion and estimated to grow to nearly $190 billion by 2030. A UCF researcher explains the benefits of the fast-growing field.

STEAM Engine

UCF researchers are driving science’s next generation through the nation’s first mobile geospatial technology learning lab.

Artifact

Why I Encourage My Students to Experience Reality

Senior lecturer Irene Pons ’00 shares why she provides legal studies students an immersive learning experience at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Why I…

A New School of Thought

Jacqueline Rodriguez ’13PhD had no idea her studies and service work would eventually take her to the front lines of one of our nation’s most important challenges.

AlumKnights

Events

Tue 3 Oct

Workshop/Conference

Research Computing on AWS

This workshop is designed for research and/or research IT staff with limited or no background in cloud computing. Topics covered include conducting research in the cloud, cloud computing basics, containers, High Performance Computing (HPC) and AI/Machine Learning. After attending a…

Tue 3 Oct

Speaker/Lecture/Seminar

Special Lecture: In Season: Savoring, Serving, Sustaining Local Heritages in China

*The in-person lecture is only available to current UCF students, faculty and staff. Recorded lectures will be posted to the website at a later date. Featuring Lanlan Kuang, Assoc. Professor, Philosophy Department, University of Central Florida This is part of…

Tue 3 Oct

Tour/Open House/Information Session

Who We Are: Get Connected with Experiential Learning

Come and get an overview of the services and resources that we offer. Remember, it’s never too early or too late to visit Experiential Learning to gain experiences outside of the classroom! To Join Zoom Meeting: 1. Click the zoom…

More Than Fun and Games

Launchpad

Featured Stories

The New Era of Simulation

When We Are Martians

Critical Care

Advanced Medicine

The Art of Attractions

The Feed

What's Trending

In This Issue

Support for Women in STEM

Career Connections

Fight to the Finish

When We Are Martians

Home Run For Hispanic Youth

Minds on the Matter

Critical Care

The Art of Attractions

Advanced Medicine

STEAM Engine

Why I Encourage My Students to Experience Reality

A New School of Thought

Events

More Than Fun and Games