SHOOT FOR THE STARS
The College of Sciences is helping to lead the research efforts at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. UCF officially took the helm of the most powerful single-dish radio telescope in the world on April 2.
$6.6 MILLION WILL IMPACT
SEA TURTLES, VETERANS
Jim and Julia Rosengren have committed $6.6 million to support programs at the University of Central Florida, including our Marine Turtle Research Group and UCF RESTORES.
VIRTUAL TEACHING MAY HELP GTAS
An innovative tool with a new application in STEM education research may help prepare graduate teaching assistants to transtion from students to instructors. Led by Jackie Chini, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, the study will look to find ways to improve how educators teach science.
DECLINING BEE POPULATION
GETS HELPING HAND
Barbara Sharanowski, Ph.D., associate professor of biology, is coordinating a nationwide team of scientists who will convert lawns into native wildflower havens specifically designed to attract native bees and other insects that pollinate plants.
OPIOID MISUSE ISN'T A
BLACK OR WHITE ISSUE
Although the opioid epidemic has been portrayed in the media as a largely “white” epidemic, a UCF study finds this drug doesn’t discriminate. The abuse of opioids affects whites and blacks almost equally, according to a study led by Harvey Nicholson, a sociology Ph.D. student.