May 2023

21st Century Scholar Chair Professor of Optics, Photonics and Physics Konstantin Vodopyanov’s research examines molecules to develop advancements that impact healthcare to space exploration.

We will always remember Dr. Hitt — who served the university as president for 26 years — as a visionary leader, a champion of education and a beloved member of the UCF community. Join us for a celebration of life event May 15 at 2 p.m. in the Pegasus Ballroom.

May is recognized nationally as Mental Health Awareness Month, a movement to raise awareness and challenge the stigma surrounding mental health.

Teaching grade-school basics to the next generation of dreamers and doers has always been one of Peyton Giessuebel ’18 ’21MEd’s life goals. But adding her failed experiences to her lesson plans was far from it.

UCF Celebrates the Arts 2023 welcomed audiences of all ages, abilities and interests with more events than ever before.

The work is sponsored by a $12.6 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency grant that seeks to create self-repairing, biological and human-engineered reef-mimicking structures.

UCF Celebrates the Arts was awarded by the Downtown Orlando Partnership in the category of Arts & Culture on May 2, recognizing the festival’s economic and community impact on downtown Orlando.

The treatment may be an effective and precise method for fighting viral infections including the flu, pneumonia, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and coronavirus, which cause millions of illnesses worldwide each year.

For Lyn Oquendo, UCF’s commencement “signifies everything I’ve worked so hard for.” But this is not simply the story of a student working hard. It’s an illustration of uncommon drive.