{"id":81094,"date":"2018-03-01T14:20:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T19:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81094///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81094//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81094//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81094//?p=81094"},"modified":"2020-06-23T12:20:44","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T16:20:44","slug":"woman-wonder-graduate-student-aerial-acrobat-recognized-aerospace-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81094///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81094//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81094//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81094//woman-wonder-graduate-student-aerial-acrobat-recognized-aerospace-work/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81094//","title":{"rendered":"Woman of Wonder: Graduate Student and Aerial Acrobat Recognized for Aerospace Work"},"content":{"rendered":"
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