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UCF program Go Baby Go helps special-needs children get mobile
For the first time, the University of Central Florida challenged engineering students to get creative, forming teams to craft a new device — a modified ride-on vehicle — for a child with […]
Research
During Autism Awareness month, advocates highlight importance of police autism awareness training
Two years ago, Dawn Turnage’s 18-year-old son Justin walked away from a local pool and into a Best Buy at the Waterford Lakes Town Center, dripping wet and wearing only […]
Research
UCF autism center overcomes language barrier to help Hispanic families
The University of Central Florida’s Center for Autism and Related Disabilities, a nonprofit that educates and trains families on how to care for loved ones diagnosed with autism, helps with Hispanic […]
Athletic Training
Preceptor of the Month: April 2021
For the month of April 2021, we celebrate Jillian Sutton as Preceptor of the Month! Sutton graduated from the UCF athletic training bachelor’s program in 2015. She went on to […]
Physical Therapy
Longwood boy with rare disorder gets new ride for 4th birthday thanks to UCF program
WESH 2’s Matt Lupoli explains, thanks to some local engineering students, he’s getting around, and having fun doing I Matt: a kid and his very own car. Even the sound […]
Physical Therapy
Incoming Physical Therapy Student Receives RAMP Fellowship
Juan Rodriguez, an incoming physical therapy student, has recently been granted the UCF Graduate RAMP Fellowship. The UCF Graduate RAMP Fellowship provides financial support to the most outstanding undergraduate RAMP […]
Social Work
UCF Alumna Sharon Dietsche Advocates for Policy Changes as a Practicing Social Worker
UCF Social Work - BSW & MSW Alumna, Sharon Dietsche When Sharon Dietsche ’94 ‘97MSW first started her academic journey, she did not know that selecting social work as a [...]
Dean's Office
138 Faculty Promoted Across the University
UCF promoted 27 faculty members to professor this year. After going through a rigorous evaluation process, 138 UCF faculty have been promoted and 45 have been awarded tenure for the […]
Physical Therapy
DPT Students Increase Dissemination of Research Through Peer-Reviewed National Presentations
Students in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program have steadily increased the dissemination of their unique research that is completed as part of their requirements for graduation. Since 2017, the […]
Scholarship
LIFE Scholarship Helps Ignite Student Involvement In Research Studying the Elderly
Need an extra $1,000 for school? If so, UCF’s Learning Institute for Elders might be able to help. The nonprofit organization established a new scholarship for undergraduate student researchers working with faculty […]
