• The University of Central Florida has appointed a retired U.S. Navy captain as interim director of its embattled Institute for Simulation and Training, after an investigation that exposed the former director and two faculty members traded at least one Ph.D. for grant funding.
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• The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees on Friday will consider the results of an investigation into misspent funds in the construction of Trevor Colbourn Hall.
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• Sixty children take classes through PedsAcademy, which brings math and science instruction to their bedside so they’re not behind when they return to school.
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• The University of Central Florida has raised more than 180 million dollars in research grants so far this year. It will mostly support research projects in the sciences and engineering.
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• Dale Whittaker started his first day as UCF’s fifth president Monday by having coffee with students in the union. Whittaker was formerly UCF provost and executive vice president. Whittaker was formerly UCF provost and executive vice president. He is succeeding President John C. Hitt, who held the position for the last 26 years.
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• There’s been an increase in Lyme disease across the country including Florida. University of Central Florida’s Dr. Mollie Jewett who studies the bacteria that causes the disease says most Floridians contract it while traveling in parts of the country where ticks are more prevalent.
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• A University of Central Florida team is designing new ways to keep astronauts safer in space. They’ve designed a kind of fire alarm for space crafts.
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