Melenny Gallardo

The Florida Hispanic-Serving Institutions Consortium brings colleges and universities together to improve outcomes for Hispanic students—a commitment the project organizers said they emphasize.According to the Industry Standards and Technology Organization, a consortium allows institutions to collaborate, share resources, and work toward a common goal.
Modeled after successful HSI consortia in Wisconsin, Arizona, Texas, and Colorado, The Florida HSI Consortium includes 16 public and priv...

A team of researchers at UCF is exploring how bilingualism and personality traits like openness and neuroticism affect cognitive performance during visual semantic processing tasks. The team, consisting of Valentina Ezcurra, Anamaria Acevedo Diaz, Soraya Hani, Emma Antanavicius, Nikita Islam, Ancuta Margondai, and Dr. Mustapha Mouloua, is working toward expanding knowledge on the intersection of bilingualism, cognitive processes, and personality traits. 
They began recruiting participant...

Some Latino students at UCF have reported a decline in mental health amid the uncertainty created by President Donald Trump's immigration policies, enacted within his first 24 hours in office.As the nation adjusted to the new presidential administration, a divisive political climate was created. Immigration-related policies, such as the travel ban and increased border security efforts, were seen as fueling anxiety and uncertainty in immigrant communities.
Some Latino students at UCF said...

The Kappa Delta Sorority at UCF has gained national recognition after posting a TikTok reel of its members dancing to Jennifer Lopez's “Jenny from the Block.”Lopez commented on and reposted the video and followed Kappa Delta's account on TikTok. The reel now has 12.8 million views and 1.6 million likes.
“We reached one million and we were all screaming,” Michelle Moreno, vice president of recruitment and marketing for Kappa Delta, or KD, said.She said that the sorority’s views and likes...

Every day white-tailed deer and Florida black bears roam forests and swamps that are dangerously close to the whizzing traffic of Interstate 4 in Tenoroc Public Use Area just northeast of Lakeland. State officials are working to make sure fewer animals end up as roadkill.The Florida Department of Transportation is developing an $11.9 million wildlife overpass across a section of I-4 that’s designed to protect wildlife from the threats posed by the highway. The overpass will connect their habitat...

The 26th annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk impacted Central Florida with its pink glory Saturday.UCF health sciences major on the pre-clinical track, Amber Thompson, said yes to stride as a volunteer for the second time. 
“I just love volunteering; last year was such a great and fun experience,” she said.  Thompson is 19 years old and is the outreach director for Global Medical Brigades at UCF, which is a nonprofit international organization led by students and medical pro...