OVERVIEW While concerns are growing that trade tensions might slow global growth in 2019, business activity has bounced back from the decade-long shock of the global financial crisis. Major indicators show that the number of new companies being formed hit a 20-year low in 2014 before hitting pre-crisis levels in 2017. And with tech companies …
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Thomas Wahl, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, is helping the United Nations better understand and communicate climate change to the world.
Thomas Wahl, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, is helping the United Nations better understand and communicate climate change to the world.
The University of Central Florida is one of the top 50 public research universities in the nation, according to the recently released Top American Research Universities Annual Report.
Despite telling their partners they are HIV positive, many men with the virus in Florida are still having unprotected sex, according to a new study co-authored by a researcher at the University of Central Florida.
Overview A combination of hurricanes, wildfires, cyclones, and droughts led to two of the costliest years ever in terms of weather and climate-related disasters. The combined economic toll of all natural disasters for both years was $675 billion – with insurers covering roughly one-third of that cost. In fact, 2018 alone saw 42 separate billion-dollar …
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Pokémon Go isn’t just a fun augmented reality game. It may also help newcomers to communities and long-term residents develop a better sense of belonging, according to a recently published study in .
Orlando’s Central Florida Research Park, the nation’s epicenter for simulation and training-related research and development, will soon be the home of the U.S. Army’s Synthetic Training Environment Cross Functional Team.
Ashleigh Trapuzzano devotes herself to research to benefit elderly adults and her work has not gone unnoticed. The Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy on Thursday presented Trapuzzano, a third-year physical therapy doctoral student, with the 2019 Student Award for Research at the academy’s national convention in Washington.
OVERVIEW From Typhoon Jebi to Hurricanes Florence and Michael, along with the wildfires in the U.S., Greece and Australia, 2018’s natural disasters have devastated lives and communities. While some economic losses were insured, a majority were not – underscoring a global protection gap of $135 billion. Beyond the human impact – lives lost and homes …
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