News: Communication Sciences and Disorders

Written By: Dani Meyering | August 28, 2025
When we think of literacy, most of us picture the moment a child sounds our their first book or proudly brings home a spelling test. But, according to Carrie Loughran,...

38 UCF Students Gain Global Experience, Make an Impact Through Distinguished Gilman Scholarship

Written By: Paige Mulac | August 18, 2025
From researching transportation systems and studying efficient ways to improve the healthcare system to examining the psychology of art, a prestigious group of scholarship recipients is developing skills that will...

Building Momentum: Theriot to Serve as Dean of the College of Health Professions and Sciences

Written By: Heather Lovett | May 16, 2025
Grounded in authenticity, Matthew Theriot’s leadership prioritizes collaboration and innovation to prepare future healthcare professionals for team-based care. Matthew Theriot’s voice is never the loudest in the room. He’ll choose...

UCF’s ASL Day Celebration and ASL Deaf Chat

Written By: Lexani Diaz | April 25, 2025
For many, the tale is as old as time — on April 15, 1817, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Dr. Mason Cogswell, and Laurent Clerc collaborated to establish the American School for...

Social Work Students Provide Support to Caregivers at the Aphasia House

Written By: Grayson Keglovic | April 21, 2025
Graduate social work students are now serving alongside communication sciences and disorders (CSD) student clinicians at the UCF Health Aphasia House as part of a new interprofessional learning opportunity designed...

UCF Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Program Ascends to Top 50

Written By: Heather Lovett | April 9, 2025
The speech-language pathology graduate program in the UCF School of Communication Sciences and Disorders now ranks in the top 17% of the nation according to the U.S. News & World...

From Engineering to Counseling, Graduate Programs Highly Ranked by U.S. News Propel UCF Alumni to Thrive in Career

Written By: Mark Schlueb | April 8, 2025
U.S. News & World Report ranks 13 UCF graduate programs in the top 50 nationally  — and alumni in those programs laud Knight Nation’s world-class faculty. While pursuing a doctoral degree in...

CHPS Researchers Building Holographic Library of Adults Who Use Assistive Technology

Written By: Grayson Keglovic | March 28, 2025
The Rehabilitation Innovation Center’s hologram technology keeps advancing healthcare education in “out-of-the-box” ways. The next exciting expansion will be the development of a first of its kind holographic library focused...

AI in Health Care: How Central Florida health care providers are balancing innovation with human oversight and patient safety

Written By: J.C. Carnahan – Staff Writer, Orlando Business Journal | March 27, 2025
“The health care provider is the trained content expert,” said Richard Zraick, a speech language pathologist and founding director of the University of Central Florida’s School of Communication Sciences and Disorders. “They have the...

7 UCF Health Professions Faculty Inducted to National Academies of Practice

Written By: Grayson Keglovic | March 24, 2025
Seven faculty members in the College of Health Professions and Sciences were inducted into the NAP for exemplary interprofessional research, practice and scholarship.

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