UCF in the News

Colleges and universities across the country can learn from the model that Valencia College and UCF have established in Central Florida, says David Kirp, a professor of public policy at the University of California Berkeley.

UCF is teaming up with on-profit United Abolitionist to provide courses that will train students to identify and report sex and labor trafficking.

UCF's RESTORES program will receive a $1 million federal grant to continue development of its own enhanced virtual reality software.

Students and faculty of UCF's Marine Turtle Research Group surveyed one of the most important nesting grounds in Florida for threatened and endangered sea turtles after Hurricane Dorian, and found that at least 8,000 nests washed away.

UCF has added home-and-home series with Boise State and BYU to its future schedules, beginning in 2021.

The new technology is fire-proof, environmentally friendly, and could save coal industry jobs.

Planetary scientist Gal Sarid has uncovered a cosmic doorway where comets pass as they travel through the solar system.

UCF will begin working with a national search committee to find its next president.

UCF has been named a Hispanic Serving Institution and this has opened new doors to federal grant dollars that can better support the Hispanic student body.