UCF Students to Compete for $50,000 in 2024 Joust Business Competition
Four UCF student teams will face off in the Joust New Venture Competition Thursday, April 11. With $50,000 on the line, the entrepreneurial students will present business proposals in industries...
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Celebrating Graduate Excellence in Research, Mentorship, and Scholarship at UCF
Each year, students and faculty at UCF demonstrate incredible dedication to their work. Many go above and beyond to produce high-quality research while helping others reach their potential. The College...
View ArticleThe Idyllic Spot to Study the Sky
At the top of a mountain on Puerto Rico’s beautiful island of Culebra, two trailer-size containers sit as quietly as the nature around them. Here, with a view of the Caribbean Sea below and the night...
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How to Train for a Marathon
The Boston Marathon brings together thousands of runners who earn an entry to the coveted event by meeting rigid qualifying times based on age and gender in runs held across the nation. This year’s...
View ArticleThank You Knight Nation for a Record-breaking Day of Giving 2024
Thank you, Knight Nation! As we express our gratitude and appreciation, we applaud all of you who supported our mission to unleash potential and celebrated all things Black & Gold during UCF Day of...
View ArticleUCF’s Limbitless Solutions’ Named Finalist for Game Developers Conference...
Limbitless Solutions’ UCF faculty members and undergraduate students were selected to present their four-player motorcycle racing game, Limbitless Redline, at the alt.ctrl.GDC exhibition at the GDC...
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New Orlando Police Department Foundation Endowed Scholarships to Strengthen...
Chief Eric Smith ’93 wants to do his part to help ensure the Orlando Police Department (OPD) and other Central Florida law enforcement agencies employ the best talent to help keep their communities...
View ArticleUCF Receives Collegiate Purple Star Campus Designation
UCF continues to be recognized for excellence in serving its military and veteran students. The university has earned the Collegiate Purple Star Campus designation for the 2024-25 academic year from...
View ArticleLeveraging the Power of Language Through Assistive Technology
A five-year $3 million clinical trial grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), widely considered the gold standard for biomedical and public health research funding, tells us something...
View ArticleWhy Autism Awareness Alone Isn’t Enough
April has been known as Autism Awareness Month for more than 10 years. I remember the excitement when April 2 was established as World Autism Awareness Day by the United Nations General Assembly in...
View ArticleUCF Doctoral Student Earns American Society for Public Administration Fellowship
A College of Community Innovation and Education student is joining a premier group for future public servants that will offer her invaluable career development and mentorship opportunities. Public...
View ArticleGold May Be Key Element for Cleaner Drinking Water
Gold may be a coveted precious metal, but it could also be the key to cleaner drinking water. A team of UCF researchers is exploring the use of the metal to develop a novel method to rid drinking water...
View ArticleUCF Class Spotlight: Rhetoric in Popular Culture (Taylor’s Version)
Class Name: ENC 3375 — Rhetoric in Popular Culture Program Director: Stephanie Wheeler, associate professor of writing and rhetoric, director of undergraduate studies for the College of Arts and...
View ArticleCyberColosseum Solutions Takes First Place at UCF’s 2024 Joust New Venture...
Computer science majors Harrison Keating and Noah Magill, and cybersecurity master’s student Joshua Walsworth three other teams in the Shark Tank-style competition at The Celeste Hotel. With a mission...
View ArticleNemours Children’s Health, UCF Partner to Elevate the Quality of Healthcare...
Nemours Children’s Health, one of the nation’s largest multistate pediatric health systems, and UCF today announced a formalized, expanded partnership aimed at improving the health of children in...
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UCF Alum Establishes New Fund for Testicular Cancer Research, Awareness
Health services administration alum Mason Moore ’97 has created a new fund to expand research and awareness programs on testicular cancer at the College of Health Professions and Sciences. Himself a...
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From UCF to the Big Screen: Alum’s Award-winning Film Sparks Social Change
The streets of a small neighborhood nestled in the heart of Greater Miami echo with the sounds of Haitian Kreyòl. Vibrant buildings adorned in pastel blues, pinks and greens, alongside lively street...
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UCFPD Adds 2 New Officers to Team
The UCF Public Safety team grew by two new officers at a swearing-in ceremony attended by family, friends and colleagues. “We’re both excited and proud to welcome these two fine young men to the public...
View ArticleComputer Vision Researcher Develops Privacy Software for Surveillance Videos
Computer vision can be a valuable tool for anyone tasked with analyzing hours of footage because it can speed up the process of identifying individuals. For example, law enforcement may use it to...
View ArticleAt UCF, Cybersecurity Is a Team Sport
Some kids love video games; others are intrigued by how they work. As a 13-year-old, Noah Magill enjoyed breaking into them. The pleasure derived from hacking computers followed the digital...
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