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In a recent article published by a Stanford research group, six faculty from the Department of Mathematics were included in their list of the top two percent of researchers in the world. Variable...

https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/department-mathematics-faculty-top-researchers/

Assistant Professor Aritra Dutta, Ph.D. shares his passion for both teaching and learning with his math students. Read what Dutta had to say about his love for teaching, teaching advice and advic...

https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge/

This fall, 26 College of Sciences Ph.D. graduates will walk across the stage into futures making an impact in academia and industry. They have dedicated themselves to countless hours of research...

https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/fall-2023-doctoral-graduates/

A new cybersecurity book from the Department of Mathematics is more of a spy thriller than a rigid textbook. The book is authored by Associate Lecturer Rachid Ait Maalem Lahcen, Ph.D, who was ins...

https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/mathematics-cybersecurity-book/

The UCF Department of Mathematics ranks highly among its peers in Florida (public or private) institutions, according to data from Academic Analytics.   UCF takes top honors in areas like autho...

https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/ucf-mathematics-awards/

This summer, 26 College of Sciences Ph.D. graduates walked across the stage into futures making an impact in academia and industry. They were celebrated by faculty, staff, supporters and the dean...

https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/summer-23-doctoral-graduates/

A seven-year study into the fluid dynamics that govern everything from airplane turbulence to ocean currents recently earned a top prize for a UCF researcher. The Fluid Dynamics Research Prize fo...

https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/fluid-dynamics-research-prize-awarded-to-mathematics-and-physics-professor/

The College of Sciences recognizes our outstanding staff with the Staff Ace Award. Winners of the Ace Award exhibit initiative to support COS while working well with those around them. They are �...

https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/ace-award-winners-february-march-2023/

Spring 2023 College of Sciences doctoral graduates were celebrated at the COS Pre-Commencement Celebration on Thursday, May 4, 2023. Dean Maggy Tomova, Ph.D., honored their accomplishments with ...

https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/spring-23-doctoral-graduates/

Faculty representing every area in the College of Sciences were honored for their commitment to excellence at the Spring 2023 Faculty Recognition Event. Hosted by Associate Deans Kerstin Hamann a...

https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/faculty-recognized-excellence-instruction-mentoring/

UCF will showcase more than 200 faculty members for academic excellence and service Wednesday at the Founders’ Day Faculty Honors Celebration in the Student Union’s Pegasus Ballroom. The cele...

https://www.ucf.edu/news/awardees-announced-for-founders-day-faculty-honors-celebration/

Four UCF professors have been named this year’s Pegasus Professors, UCF’s highest faculty designation. Pegasus Professors are selected by the president and provost and are recognized for exce...

https://www.ucf.edu/news/meet-ucfs-four-pegasus-professors-for-2023/

A traditional toast and individual recognition from Associate Dean Teresa Dorman , Ed.D., sent 22 doctoral graduates into the next chapter of their careers. In her remarks, she said, “You have ...

https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/fall-22-doctoral-candidates-honored-by-dean/

A glimpse at another year of exploration, innovation and scholarship in the College of Sciences.   Over the course of the year, College of Sciences faculty, staff, and students worked hard to a...

https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/2022-college-of-sciences-year-in-review/

Doctorate graduates were given a warm and personal send-off Thursday in a longstanding College of Sciences tradition. Remarks by Dean Maggy Tomova, Ph.D., were followed by individual recognition ...

https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/summer-22-phd-graduates-given-warm-send-off/

Catherine Millwater has been dreaming of space long before arriving at UCF. In 2018, the eager 17-year-old reached out to UCF’s Planetary Sciences Group in hopes they had room for a high school...

https://www.ucf.edu/news/ucf-student-summer-project-getting-an-early-start-on-space-rover-design/

Thirteen doctorate graduates were given a warm congratulations and sendoff Friday in a continuation of a longstanding College of Sciences’ tradition. The final toast was led by College of Scien...

https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/spring-22-doctorate-graduates-honored-at-special-reception/

Sanjeev Gurshaney is caught in a crossroads of enthusiasm at 9 a.m. The UCF junior would like to take time to explain his research on immunotherapy-based medical treatments. But he really would l...

https://www.ucf.edu/news/from-the-lab-to-real-life/

UCF graduate student Huntir Bass, who is pursuing a master’s degree in math, knows the power of math to solve problems. And she’ll be presenting about the project at UCF’s annual Student Sc...

https://www.ucf.edu/news/helping-save-endangered-giraffes-from-extinction-with-the-power-of-math/

David “Jamie” Poissant kicked off UCF’s third Authors Celebration with a story about how he hated reading as a child and eventually became an associate professor of English and published au...

https://www.ucf.edu/news/faculty-honored-at-ucfs-3rd-authors-celebration/

Maggy Tomova, Ph.D., officially joins the University of Central Florida today as dean of the College of Sciences. Tomova, 44, brings deep research and leadership experience to the role, most rece...

https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/maggy-tomova-joins-the-college-of-sciences-today-as-dean/

Maggy Tomova will become the next dean of UCF’s College of Sciences on Oct. 18. She joins UCF from the University of Iowa, where she currently serves as the associate dean for the Natural, Math...

https://www.ucf.edu/news/new-dean-named-for-ucfs-college-of-sciences/

UCF’S newest College of Sciences graduates crossed the stage Saturday at Summer 2021 Commencement.  Among them was Nahla Turner, a psychology graduate who not only battled pandemic challenges ...

https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/summer-2021-graduates-head-out-with-new-college-of-sciences-degrees/

Biology Jordan Dowell, Ph.D., faculty advisor, Chase Mason, Ph.D. and Pedro Quintana-Ascencio, Ph.D. Dissertation: “Genetics and Evolution of Specialized Metabolism In Wild and Cultivated Helia...

https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/congratulations-to-the-summer-2021-doctoral-graduates/

  By ALLY FRIEDMAN Mathematics Senior Ryan McCleary is heading to Cornell University this fall with a publication to his name thanks to a professor’s mentorship. When McCleary leaves Florida i...

https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/senior-heads-to-ivy-league-grad-studies-after-graduation/

After going through a rigorous evaluation process, 138 UCF faculty have been promoted and 45 have been awarded tenure for the 2020-2021 cycle. The process for promotion and tenure takes nearly an...

https://www.ucf.edu/news/138-faculty-promoted-across-the-university/

BY ALLISON HURTADO ’12 The Founders’ Day Awards celebrate the outstanding academic achievements of our faculty members and students. As we recognize these achievements, we remember the effort...

https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/2021-founders-day-honorees/

Four UCF STEM students were selected from a pool of 1,256 nominees across the nation and will receive 2020-21 Goldwater Scholarship Awards. Only 410 college students were selected after a rigorou...

https://www.ucf.edu/news/national-goldwater-scholarships-go-to-four-ucf-stem-students/

A record-breaking 16 UCF students and alumni were named National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellows this year — with an additional seven singled out for honorable mentions. “T...

https://www.ucf.edu/news/16-knights-earn-nsf-graduate-research-fellowships-most-in-ucf-history/

Not many people may imagine that an expertise in applied mathematics would make someone a “rock star.” But UCF mathematics Professor Bhimsen Shivamoggi is certainly a celebrity in the world o...

https://www.ucf.edu/news/math-professor-is-rock-star-in-the-world-of-physics-thanks-to-new-stellar-wind-model/