For many college graduates, finding a job within their field can seem just as daunting as earning a degree. But that task can be even more difficult for people with disabilities, considering last year’s unemployment rate for the group (9.2 percent) was more than twice the rate of those with no disabilities (4.2 percent), according …
UCF Physics Alum Highlights the Importance of Workplace Accessibility Read More »
The University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program, which opened Central Florida’s first wet lab incubator in May, has been honored with an Editor’s Choice Award by the University Economic Development Association, as part of the association’s 2018 Awards of Excellence program.
The University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program, which opened Central Florida’s first wet lab incubator in May, has been honored with an Editor’s Choice Award by the University Economic Development Association, as part of the association’s 2018 Awards of Excellence program.
The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico is celebrating its 55th birthday this month with a host of special activities that demonstrate the impact the work conducted at the National Science Foundation-funded facility has on our daily lives.
On the day she helped break ground for a joint-venture hospital between HCA and the University of Central Florida, Wendy Brandon, the hospital’s new CEO, announced a $3 million gift to hire a renowned cancer scientist to lead UCF’s cancer efforts.
OVERVIEW Whether it’s a data breach, ransomware, or phishing emails, businesses are facing a constantly evolving range of cyber threats. And with cyber crime costing up to $600 billion a year – attacks such as last year’s NotPetya and WannaCry remind us that the digital world is moving into the physical world with business interruption, …
Speaking Up About Silent Cyber: Misconceptions About Cyber Insurance Read More »
Fifty years after Apollo 8 became NASA’s first mission to circle the moon, UCF invites the community to explore this celestial body from right here on Earth.
Overview All around the world, people are not saving enough for retirement. This retirement – or “savings” gap is widening as people make tradeoffs against retirement savings in favor of more immediate needs. Recent research by Aon shows that only one in three U.S. workers will have saved enough to retire comfortably by age 67. …
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OVERVIEW The world’s currency markets have been through some turbulent times. None more so than the past few weeks, when emerging market countries have seen their currencies dip significantly. Specifically, countries such as Argentina, Indonesia and Turkey have seen their currencies plummet – with the largest factor for the decline being the U.S. economy and …
The Global Ties That Are Fueling The Volatile Currency Markets Read More »
While tests for heart attacks currently exist, they are slow and require specially trained personnel. Associate professor Parag Banerjee is working to change that with the help of a grant from the National Science Foundation.
