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The Virtual Experience Research Accelerator (VERA), a U.S. National Science Foundation-funded platform designed to advance the pace and scope of immersive research, has launched its first large-scale remote study and awarded its first use grant to address key challenges in VR and immersive learning. Highlights After years of research and development led by experts at […]

The prestigious appointment from the UCF Pegasus Partner will bolster Tucker’s nationally recognized research focused on helping practitioners and patients thrive. Highlights UCF Pegasus Partner Orlando Health has named Sharon Tucker, dean of UCF’s College of Nursing, the Orlando Health Endowed Chair in Nursing. The prestigious endowed faculty position, which will support Tucker’s nursing research, […]

Ladda Thiamwong and Desiree Díaz, international experts in their respective fields, have been selected to serve in positions funded by a gift from the Florida Blue Foundation and a U.S. Department of Education grant, respectively. UCF has appointed two nursing faculty experts to serve in new funded positions effective today. Aging expert Ladda Thiamwong will serve as […]

Welcomes renowned mental health nursing expert Dr. Mona Shattell Mona Shattell, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been named the new chair for the Department of Nursing Systems and the Hugh F. and Jeannette G. McKean Endowed Chair in the UCF College of Nursing. As department chair, Shattell will oversee and manage undergraduate and graduate nursing degree […]