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During his recent visit, Naim Kapucu spent three weeks lending his expertise and building a relationship between UCF and Nazarbayev University...

Fueled by a lifelong drive to help people, Ron Hawks ’12 recalls his journey from campus to corporate leadership...

Kathryn Hickey is one of 20 in the country named 2024 Founders’ Fellow, a competitive honor for rising professionals...

UCF’s emergency management program ranks No. 1 in the nation, and programs in education and public affairs climbed in U.S. News & World Report’s Best...

The latest honorees — international experts in public administration, medicine and computer science — join the prestigious group of those who have earned UCF’s highest...

Travis Leslie ’16MS hasn’t finished his second master’s degree yet, but the program’s significant impact on him spurred his desire to give back...

The team, led by Kelly Stevens, will take its designs and data from Phase 1 of the project and implement them into fully built and...

Professor Staci Zavattaro’s research pulls back the curtain from the world of public death care and sheds light on the importance of a public service...

Hillarie Burgess’ internship experience progressed more quickly than most when she was thrust into a full emergency activation during her third week...

Abdul-Akeem Sadiq will be the fourth faculty member in the school to join the organization’s ranks as a 2023 Academy Fellow...

Nina Yon ’90 ’16MNM, president and CEO of The Sharing Center, hopes her doctoral studies will bridge the academic-practitioner gap to the benefit of the...

Thirty-six Orange County nonprofit professionals benefited from the Center for Public and Nonprofit Management’s latest capacity-building workshop series...

UCF’s emergency management program ranks No. 2 in the country, and graduate programs in education, engineering and nursing climbed in this year’s U.S. News &...

Lauren Gros ’22MECM helps shape emergency management policy for Congress and says her time as a Knight made it possible...

Ruth Kessa and Ratna Okhai are among nearly two dozen students and young professionals to receive the year-long fellowship for 2023...

Melissa Longman’s project as part of her nonprofit management coursework minted tangible results far beyond her initial expectations...

Emergency management professionals are already reaping the benefits of the team’s labor, as their data will become part of the official USGS database for immediate...

Gregg Buckingham ’02EdD, an associate lecturer in UCF’s School of Public Administration who worked for NASA for 28 years, shares insight from working for the...

The $50,000 award allows the university’s team to develop the project with government and community partners...

The honor is designed to recognize some of UCF’s brightest stars who shine a positive light on UCF and on their respective fields...

Staci Zavattaro will serve as a research fellow through August 2023. ...

As a Mellon Fellow, Ruth Kessa will receive financial, technical and mentorship support to aid in her dissertation research...

Yue ‘Gurt’ Ge will be studying how partnerships between weather forecasters and critical infrastructure operators can enhance systems’ resilience to hurricanes and other disasters...

Knox received the Kay C. Goss Innovation & Technology Award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency during its annual higher education symposium...

David Smith ’98 ’00MPA has held numerous roles with the U.S. Secret Service over his nearly 21-year career...

Two dozen faculty members from the College of Community Innovation and Education were approved for promotion effective Aug. 8...

More than a dozen researchers are working on a wide variety of research that looks to prepare, respond, and mitigate hurricane impacts in Florida and...

The tool can provide disaster readiness reports for 13.3 million addresses in 196 counties along the Gulf of Mexico — including all of Florida, and...

Sean Farrell and his wife, Valerie, created the Farrell Nonprofit Opportunity Scholarship to help undergraduate nonprofit management students...

Each year, UCF recognizes outstanding faculty and student accomplishments during the annual Founders’ Day Honors Convocation. Here are the College of Community Innovation and Education's...

From creating resilient communities that can withstand natural disasters to educating the public through fiction that explains real science, this year’s honorees are using research...

Led by the nation’s No. 3 homeland security program and some of the best engineering and research-innovation programs in the country, U.S. News & World...

The program awarded a total of $1 million to 32 teams. This is the third year the program has been available to UCF faculty and...

The School of Public Administration looks back on – and ahead to – the success of one of UCF’s graduate programs...

Associate Professor Abdul-Akeem Sadiq works with agencies so they can help families recover after disasters, including finding closure after losing loved ones...

Austin Rivers ’20MPA, who was recently featured on the The Kelly Clarkson Show, created Knit the Rainbow to provide handmade knitted and crocheted winter garments...

Thomas Bryer received the Global Lithuanian Award for contributions to scientific progress in Lithuania...

The honors include the Distinguished Alumni, Honorary Alumni, Young Alumni, Distinguished Student and the Champion’s Award...

Naim Kapucu will be inducted as a 2021 fellow in early November...

Three local nonprofit partners were honored virtually from UCF Downtown at the 20th Annual UCF Nonprofit Partners Conference on October 1...

Jeremy Hall, a professor of public administration and academic program coordinator for the public affairs doctoral program, was appointed by the Southeastern Conference for Public...

Maritza Concha, a lecturer in the School of Public Administration, has been named the next director of the UCF Center for Public and Nonprofit Management...

Naim Kapucu will travel to Australia to teach and conduct research on urban resilience to disasters...

The latest episode features one of UCF’s emergency management experts...

Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the 2021 UCF Teaching Incentive Program and Research Incentive Award...

A master’s student reflects on her second try at graduate school while enduring challenges with motherhood, losing loved ones, COVID-19 and work before completing her...

In recognition of their commendable performance in assigned teaching, research and service, 25 faculty members from the UCF College of Community...

The Master of Public Administration program prepares students to lead more holistic and lasting change...

From predicting COVID-19 infection rates to the pandemic’s influence on domestic violence, UCF experts contribute to national and international knowledge...

Public administration faculty member, Claire Knox, joins a pandemic task force for national organization...

U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Graduate Schools rankings once again reflects UCF’s excellence in emergency and crisis management, engineering, public administration, and other...

Tiffany Chinwuba will be presenting her research during UCF’s virtual Student Scholar Symposium later this month...

The 2021 Order of Pegasus recipients includes 15 Burnett Honors College students, six LEAD Scholars, six Student Government leaders, three President’s Leadership Council members, one...

Watch this powerful rendition of the Black National Anthem by the choir, a student organization that started more than 40 years ago and has added...

David Mariutto '12 spent the past six months working on a mail targeting program for a presidential election campaign from his family’s house in Plantation...

A new study finds that UCF researchers are in the top 2 percent of their fields...

Raquel Lozano begins her role this week on the Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District as she works toward her degrees in political science...

When Destini Johnson arrived to escort more than 60 elementary students to after-school care on February 14, 2018, the last thing she expected was to...

Current state regulations are not conducive to allowing power purchase agreements for solar energy production in Florida, according to the new study...

UCF’s reputation as a voter friendly campus is reinforced thanks to a 107% voter turnout during the 2020 election, which saw eight Knights re-elected to...

The NSF-funded, $1.2 million project also involves developing community partnerships and building a regional data-sharing platform to help with emergency responses...

Public administration faculty member, Christopher Hawkins, will be continuing a decade's worth of research through a new National Science Foundation grant...

Thomas Bryer, a professor of public administration and program director of the Office of Downtown Community Engaged Scholarship, received more than $73,000 as a planning...

Jeremy Hall, professor and academic program coordinator for the doctoral program in public affairs...

This alumni is the executive director Bike/Walk Central Florida, where she builds on the skills and experiences she gained while at UCF...

The Center for Public and Nonprofit Management (CPNM) and the Orlando nonprofit, United Abolitionists, are collaborating to pursue research, develop policy-related solutions, and educate and...

Colonel Harry Michael “Mike” Murdock ’74 dedicated his life to public service. He is described as immensely committed to impacting society and encouraging others to...

Students in Dr. Maritza Concha's program evaluation courses are diving into the podcast trend with the ElevateEvaluate podcast...

Orange County's procurement division might work behind the scenes, but Carrie Mathes and her team help the government run...

Graduate criminal justice student Zoe Williamson was visiting from England and on a police ride-along when she stepped up to assist first-responders and victims at...

Public administration graduate assists aviation authority to earn ‘gold seal’ in preparedness and crisis management...

Five alumni from the School of Public Administration are honored for their commitment to changing communities for the better...

Naseeka Dixon, who will graduate May 2, has spent much of her time at UCF helping food-insecure students because she was once in their shoes...

Graduating senior Andres Acosta is leading a team of 10 as they help the people of Seminole County during COVID-19...

The inaugural class of UCF’s master’s program in emergency and crisis management is graduating having already gained varied experiences from the biggest crisis of our...

Debuting this fall, the social justice in public service graduate certificate will give students the opportunity to explore the changing needs of society...

Kyler Gray is the recipient of both the Order of Pegasus and the Founders' Award...

Drishtie Patel ’08 ’12MNM is part of a team mapping the world’s missing roads to provide life-saving resources to people in times of crisis...

In their recent 2021 Best Graduate Schools, U.S. News & World Reports ranked 27 UCF graduate programs among the top 100...

Orlando’s affordable housing is a game of chance...

UCF was ranked today by the Peace Corps at No. 24 among large U.S. schools on the agency’s 2020 list of top volunteer-producing universities and...

Abby Lemay ’15MNM awakens each day at 7 a.m. in order to arrive to the Rebuilding Together Central Florida office by 8:45 a.m...

UCF’s most prestigious student award is based on academic achievement, university involvement, leadership and community service...

The Center for Public and Nonprofit Management (CPNM) collaborated with the World Affairs Council of Central Florida, a network dedicated to educating and engaging Americans...

Cal Jennings ’19 and Jonathan Dean ’18 have new places to call home after the 2020 MLS SuperDraft while the Orlando Pride picked up Konya...

More than 100 air sensors will be installed throughout Downtown Orlando and will provide near-real-time data about air quality to residents via smart devices...

Winter is a chance to reflect on the past year while spending time and sharing gifts with loved ones. Over the holidays, consider this as...

If you want to go far, go together.

It is that sentiment etched in the wall of the Dr. Phillips Academic Commons at UCF Downtown, and...

The idea isn’t to limit where people should live based on potential risk, rather to give renters and buyers a more complete picture of potential...

The Master of Public Policy will help fill the need for public-service leaders who are well-versed in program evaluation and policy analysis...

Internships provide opportunities for growth and development for both graduate and undergraduate students. Internships, including out-of-state internships, are opportunities to expand your network, explore other...

At 23, Richard Paul ’16MNM didn’t expect to see his next birthday. His addiction to alcohol and drugs was killing him and he didn’t see...

After working with the local and state government to manage crises, the soon-to-be alum will use her expertise to help with hospital operations...

Claire Connolly Knox is an associate professor in the School of Public Administration and serves as the emergency management and homeland security program director...

A team of UCF researchers will brief emergency responders from across the state about their work looking at the impact of recent hurricanes...

Through the generosity of the Kojelis Family, the U.S. Baltic Foundation’s $250,000 donation to the UCF Foundation will support students in the new dual undergraduate...

College provides opportunities to explore personal interests, try new things and develop plans to achieve academic and professional goals. With multiple options, many students question...

UCF celebrated faculty, staff and students today at the annual Founders’ Day Honors Convocation. Among the honorees are four Pegasus Professors and three Reach for...

Jeremy L. Hall, professor and director of the master’s in public administration program for the School of Public Administration, led a panel presentation entitled "Enhancing...

Twenty-seven UCF programs were nationally ranked today in the top 100 of their fields by U.S. News & World Report, and 35 graduate programs total were included in...

As the discipline of public administration continues to expand internationally, the need for future public servants to be exposed to a variety of cultures and...

The Public Administration Research Conference attracted attendees from around the world, including Nigeria, Russia, the United Kingdom and several other countries. Nearly 100 students, faculty...

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) conference, hosted by the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance, brings hundreds of students and nonprofit practitioners from across the country together for...

UCF graduate student Eric Camarillo ’16 had planned to start an organization after graduation to help the homeless in Central Florida with food, clothing and other necessities...

UCF is partnering with Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania to offer dual bachelor’s degrees in nonprofit management from UCF’s School of Public Administration and public administration from...

Planning is an interdisciplinary field of study that focuses not only on urban and regional development efforts but also on current and potential impacts of...

In 2008, the Center for Public and Nonprofit Management was established as the research extension of the UCF School of Public Administration. Now, in 2018...

Many would describe Feldheim as a trailblazer. That can be seen through her accomplishments at the School of Public Administration and UCF at large, including...

Students pursuing their master’s degree in urban and regional planning in the School of Public Administration have an additional opportunity to apply for financial support...

Anna Eskamani ’12 ’15MNM ’15MPA, a Democrat and first-time candidate, was elected in District 47 in Orange County...

The School of Public Administration celebrates the accreditation of the Master of Urban and Regional Planning (M.S.URP) program by the Planning Accreditation Board. This accreditation...

According to survey data from more than 2,100 adults, one-quarter of Americans who have been stalked never told anyone about it.  The finding comes from...

Forty horses. Sixteen cars. One commercial airplane. What do these things all have in common? They each weigh roughly 80,000 pounds, the amount of relief...

It’s no secret that Orlando is growing exponentially. Recently, the metro area’s population surpassed 2.5 million for the first time ever. With the seemingly endless...

UCF’s Master of Nonprofit Management (MNM) has been a trailblazer when it comes to “firsts.” It was the first graduate degree to be offered online...

When UCF graduate student Jaha Dukureh started Safe Hands for Girls in 2013 to help end female genital mutilation, she admittedly...

After Hurricane Maria’s category five winds died down and the pounding rains ceased, Puerto Rico was left devastated and in darkness. Millions of people were...

The University of Central Florida is producing nonprofit leaders, social justice advocates and community servants to impact communities in Central Florida and around the world...

UCF students Jennifer Sanguiliano and Rachael Mack have found that interdisciplinary studies in public affairs and education are essential for learning about the communities around...

The European Commission will fund a new international collaboration between UCF and Kaunas University of Technology in Kaunas, Lithuania, thanks to an exchange agreement signed...