UCF in the News

The UCF Downtown campus opened in August 2019 to 7,700 University of Central Florida and Valencia College students. Since then, it has added multiple academic programs and increased its community partnerships.

In commission for 57 years, the telescope was the second largest on Earth. Owned by the National Science Foundation, the Arecibo Observatory was managed by the University of Central Florida.

Numerous UCF students and faculty are mourning the loss of Joyce DeGennaro, a UCF College of Nursing instructor who passed away after a long battle with breast cancer.

UCF will be transitioning to fully online classes following the University’s Thanksgiving break. The decision, says university leaders, will benefit the entire region. President Cartwright also discusses the fall semester and plans for the upcoming spring semester.

UCF is one of only five schools in the nation offering a senior living management degree, bridging hospitality and healthcare together into one career field.

To find out just how well the aging-in-community strategy is working, a University of Central Florida health management and informatics researcher examined three aging-in-community programs in Florida.

UCF professors Michael Kinzel and Kareem Ahmed have been modeling how COVID-19 spreads. Their biggest takeaway: COVID-positive younger men with minimal symptoms are the most likely to be super spreaders.

Food distribution at the Amway Center will take place on Nov. 24 to provide Thanksgiving meals for area residents.

Peter Weishar, director of UCF’s Themed Experience program, shared with InPark Magazine how he and the students in the MFA Theatre – Themed Experience track collaborate with Carolina Cruz-Neira, Agere Chair in Computer Science at UCF and creator of the CAVE virtual reality system.