Mission X: Honoring UCF’s Origin Story for 10th Annual Space Game In celebration of the Space Game’s 10th anniversary, journey through six decades of UCF’s space story — from the origin of America’s Space University to the people and discoveries pushing exploration forward today.
UCF Honors 8 Trailblazing Faculty With 2026 Luminary Awards The honorees are advancing discovery across fields ranging from transportation safety and quantum science to tourism, disaster resilience and emerging technology.
UCF Grad, NASA Engineer Helps Build America’s First Moon Base As transportation office program lead engineer in NASA’s Moon Base Program, Teresa Kinney ’11MS is helping shape the systems that will move cargo and critical capabilities to and across the lunar surface.
Your Guide to UCF Space Week 2026: Discovery, Connection and SpaceU Pride From industry summits and moon gazing to a spectacular drone show and the 10th annual Space Game, experience a week of events celebrating UCF’s space origin and the people and discoveries moving it forward.
Why Do We Celebrate UCF Space Week? Because Discovery Starts Here Space has always inspired what Knights do. The same unstoppable spirit that launched UCF still drives us — to challenge, lead and dare to explore the unknown.
First Look: UCF 2026 Space Game Uniforms Celebrating 10 years of the UCF Space Game, the 2026 uniforms pay tribute to NASA’s beginnings and UCF’s origin as America’s Space University.
The Quietest Place on UCF’s Campus A unique anechoic chamber devoted to research on human health — specifically hearing — is now open on UCF’s main campus.
Tips for Registering for Classes at UCF This guide shares key dates and resources available to help make registering for your next semester as smooth as possible.
Award-Winning Advisor Shaping UCF’s Brightest Engineering Minds After decades of supporting student success at UCF, College of Engineering and Computer Science special instructor and alum Michael Ferrante ’15MSEM is recognized as Florida Engineering Society’s 2026 Engineering Faculty Member of the Year.
UCF Researcher Investigates Mechanisms of Nicotine Addiction Through a National Institutes of Health grant, College of Medicine Assistant Professor Cali Calarco is investigating how brain cells respond to nicotine and influence behavior.
50 Most Powerful People of 2026 in Orlando: Education – UCF President Alexander Cartwright Orlando Magazine