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 …
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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.
The large community of military veterans in Brevard County now has a new cutting-edge resource for treating post-traumatic stress disorder. The Rosengren Trauma Clinic at UCF RESTORES, which launched on UCF’s campus in 2011 with a unique approach to treating PTSD, has opened another clinic in Brevard County.
UCF researchers and students are combining archaeology and storytelling in a new initiative.
OVERVIEW In today’s connected world, a local issue can very quickly become a global one. Take, for example, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into effect on May 25, 2018. Its aim is to protect European citizens’ personal information by simplifying the regulatory environment and bringing together the EU’s cybersecurity regulations. …
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A new $3 million grant from the Department of Defense will help the University of Central Florida’s RESTORES clinic develop its own virtual reality software to treat first responders, veterans, active duty personnel and civilians with post-traumatic stress disorder and other trauma-related disorders.
