UCF in the News

In addition to being a UCF senior pursuing two degrees, Raquel Lozano is a newly elected public official and her grandmother's primary caregiver.

Hundreds of student nurses from UCF are stepping up to help give out vaccines. The students have called the experience 'life changing.'

The UCF Lake Nona Medical Center will formally open on March 1. The facility is expected to serve more than 17,000 patients in its first year and create more than 350 jobs in the Lake Nona community.

About 200 UCF Nursing students have joined efforts to administer the COVID-19 vaccine in Central Florida. Many of the students say the experience has been life changing.

The UCF-produced documentary “Marching Forward” tells the story of two high school bands in segregated Orlando and their trip to the World’s Fair in 1964.

UCF is one of three organizers of the newly launched Blockchain Innovation Lab. The university will provide the mentorship and business development services of UCF’s Business Incubation Program and Innovation Districts.

Yang Yang, a professor within UCF’s Nanoscience Technology Center, says these batteries would cost about ten percent of what a lithium-ion battery costs and would recharge ten times faster.

In a press conference Wednesday, Terry Mohajir introduced himself to Knight Nation. The notion of using college athletics to reach success was a big part of Mohajir’s introduction.

UCF researchers can now track cases of COVID-19 in the dorms by testing wastewater from the residence halls.