UCF in the News

Timothy Sellnow, a UCF communications professor, led a team of graduate students in analyzing how college presidents and other higher education administrators communicated with various populations, both on their campuses and in their surrounding communities.

Every registered voter at UCF’s Live Oak Event Center precinct casted a ballot in Tuesday’s election, including a few voters who switched their addresses on Election Day, allowing them to vote there.

UCF has launched a bachelor's degree in senior living management through its Rosen College of Hospitality Management. The program is the first in Florida to offer a degree in senior living management.

UCF Police Chief Carl Metzger said the black caucus of the student senate asked the police department to extend its pre-recording buffer on all police body-worn cameras. The UCFPD happily obliged the request.

Across six glass panels, artist Nancy O’Neil tells the story of the downtown Orlando neighborhood Parramore, which was developed in the Jim Crow era as a segregated Black community. The panels make up one wall of the Florida Blue Parramore Room at the corner of Livingston Street and Terry Avenue.

Students and alumni of UCF’s Rosen School of Hospitality Management are participating in virtual job fair. UCF instructor Steve Brinkman joined WFTV live to talk about the employers and opportunities showcased.

Joyce DeGennaro, a UCF nursing instructor, has been using her personal battle with breast cancer to provide her nursing students with rare, real-world learning opportunities.

Luis Martinez-Fernandez, an historian and an expert in Latino culture and politics, explains the differences and unique histories behind the words "Hispanic" and Latino."

UCF researchers are developing a disinfectant spray with nanoparticles that could be applied to a surface and provide long-term protection against Covid-19.