UCF Applauds 7 Top Faculty at 2025 Luminary Awards The honor recognizes some of UCF’s brightest stars who reflect the best of the university’s research and impact efforts. October 30, 2025
Meet UCF’s 2025 Astronaut Scholars These three honorees have personal motivations driving them to use research to take us into a new frontier.
Research in 60 Seconds: Exploring Lunar Landscapes Associate Professor of Physics Keri Donaldson Hanna’s research will use imaging technology to investigate how mysterious volcanic features formed on the celestial body.
UCF Space Medicine Initiatives Are Taking Off As UCF Space Week kicks off Nov. 3, America’s Space University is expanding its research, clinical, and education efforts to keeping the galaxy’s travelers healthy and bringing those medical technologies back to patients on Earth.
UCF Awarded $2 Million Grant to Support Second-Degree Students, Helps to Alleviate Nursing Shortage The gift will provide hundreds of UCF second degree bachelor’s in nursing students with much-needed scholarships and wrap-around services to support their success.
5 Things to Know About Space Settlement Ramses Ramirez, physics assistant professor, discusses key factors researchers will plan for future outer space outposts.
UCF Receives National Award for Innovation in Industry Partnerships Recognized by EAB for its vision and collaboration, UCF continues to demonstrate how purposeful partnerships can shape the future of education and industry.
The Next Giant Leaps for All of Humankind Only 12 people have ever stepped foot on the moon. Kelvin Manning ’02MS is among NASA’s leaders who believe the next lunar visits will be even more meaningful to more people.
UCF Researchers Create AI Video Editing Technology UCF was awarded a patent for the novel technology that can transform the style, texture and colors of a video in minutes.
An Investment in Potential: The Enduring Impact of Buell Duncan Jr. A visionary gift continues to open doors for generations of UCF business students.
UCF’s Leland Nordin Wins Air Force Young Investigator Award to Advance Infrared Tech Selected from over 150 applicants, Nordin will receive a $450,000 grant to develop infrared detectors that could enhance military surveillance, autonomous vehicles and medical imaging.
20 Years of DirectConnect to UCF: Making College Possible for More Students As Knight Nation celebrates Transfer Student Success Week, the university also reaches a milestone with DirectConnect to UCF — a program that has empowered more than 79,000 students to earn high-quality degrees at a fraction of the cost.
UCF Professor Named Emergency Management Educator of the Year Claire Connolly Knox will be awarded the prestigious honor, which recognizes her impact on UCF’s program and students, at the 2025 International Association of Emergency Managers conference.
Tackling a Bigger Purpose UCF Hall of Famer Shaquem Griffin ’16 made the “impossible” possible as a football player. He’s now working with smartARM to make AI-driven prosthetics more accessible and affordable for people around the world.
Knight Hacks, Hack Days and Hackathons Ahead of their annual hackathon this Friday, Knight Hacks shares an inside look at the professional and personal benefits of the student organization.
UCF Biology Professor’s Research Links Warming Migratory Temperatures to Decline in Monarch Butterfly Population Professor of Biology Ken Fedorka and his team are investigating monarch butterflies’ migration, reproduction and increasing mortality, highlighting the need for more data to guide conservation efforts.
3 Florida College Towns Rank on This List of the Top 10 in the U.S., Here’s Where and Why Florida Today
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