UCF in the News

UCF RESTORES Director Dr. Deborah Beidel says the service is free to any firefighter and is available both as a website and mobile app.

Research being done at UCF could help astronauts maintain muscle and blood function once they leave Earth.

Within weeks of Arecibo’s collapse, UCF entered into an agreement with the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) to move the Arecibo radio telescope data to TACC’s Ranch, a long-term data mass storage system.

The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to launch into space on Oct. 31. It will be the largest and most sophisticated observatory ever sent to space.

A new study from the Rosen College of Hospitality Management advises senior living communities to focus their marketing efforts on individuals’ social circles.

Nahla Turner endured a 16-month battle with cancer in order to play her final game with UCF. Despite all of her difficulties over the past year, Turner says she is grateful for her life’s journey.

Two UCF entomologists – Barbara Sharanowski and Nash Turley – have developed an app to provide users with a step-by-step guide on how to grow a wildflower garden. These gardens create direly needed natural habitats for bees, butterflies, and other insect pollinators.

A $250,000 gift from Sarasota resident Jessica Blume (’80) will support a scholarship program for UCF business students who are the first in their families to attend college.

UCF’s Multicultural Student Center and LGBTQ+ Services partnered for the ninth year to celebrate queer graduates in their in-person and COVID-conscious Lavender Graduation Ceremony.