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‘Girls ReCode’ group helps recruit female high schoolers to STEM jobs

November 19, 2021
Orlando, Fla. — A high schooler’s extracurricular club is growing and gaining members and soon even recognition as a nonprofit. Girls ReCode is launched at Lake Highland Preparatory School by sophomore Neha Patil. It is all about instilling interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) in younger female students. One college educator adds her […]

UCF Engineering Student to Compete in World Floorball Championship

November 18, 2021
If you aren’t familiar with the sport of floorball, UCF student Liam Williamsson aims to change that. He’s passionate about the game, which is similar to hockey, and he wants to develop more awareness of the sport. He’ll get his chance to do just that when he competes in the upcoming Men’s World Floorball Championship. […]

UCF’s Historical Graduation Ceremony is Also Personal

November 8, 2021
This weekend, Sharon Park ’19 ’20MS is traveling 900 miles for what will appear to outsiders to be a five-second walk across the stage at Addition Financial Arena. Like the rest of the 1,700 participating graduates expected to attend this special commencement celebration, Park completed the requirements for her degree in 2020, but the Florida […]

UCF Lands Selective New DOD Award to Advance Hypersonic Propulsion Research

November 2, 2021
A new race to harness hypersonic speed for travel and defense has started, and University of Central Florida researchers are helping the U.S. stay ahead of the pack with a new $1.5 million U.S. Department of Defense award to develop high-performance fuels for hypersonic propulsion. The race, which includes competition from Russia and China, recently […]