UCF in the News

Students who will be resident assistants at UnionWest, the housing complex at UCF Downtown, received training with local first responders in preparation of the new campus.

UCF Downtown will anchor Creative Village, a vision by the city of Orlando to turn 68 acres that formerly held the old Amway Arena into a bustling area in downtown.

UCF’s Legal Studies Department developed the downtown program to take advantage of the campus’ proximity to nearby partners and expose local youth to careers in law.

Virtual reality is giving medical students at UCF a leg up in their studies, as they receive hands-on training with this enhanced technology.

Fire fighters and first responders are trained with state-of-the-art virtual reality technology at UCF.

UCF researchers have created an artificial intelligence system that can detect cancer in its early stages to improve patients' survival rates.

Orlando Sentinel readers recommended nearly 200 people, and UCF's Megan Nickels -- founder of PedsAcademy -- was named among the top 10.

Four patients are participating in a clinical trial that helps people command wheelchairs using facial muscles.

Technology developed at UCF allows classroom teachers to carryout lessons with avatars who are controlled by live persons from behind the scenes and respond just like real students.