UCF in the News

Go Baby Go!, a program formed within UCF’s Department of Physical Therapy, built specialized, ride-in toy cars for four toddlers with disabilities. The program is dedicated to “providing innovative mobility solutions for children in Central Florida.”

UCF Restores, the University’s nonprofit clinical research center and treatment clinic, now provides free bilingual telehealth mental therapy sessions to residents of Azalea Park.

This weekend UCF will have a payload flying in Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, and then as soon as next week another research experiment will be flying as part of a NASA mission with Virgin Orbit’s Launcher One.

Barbara Gannon, a UCF History professor, is leading a student project to record the stories of veterans. The project has continued through the pandemic with the interviews being done remotely.

UCF has teamed up with United Cerebral Palsy of Central Florida for a project to research how artificial intelligence can be used to teach children on the autism spectrum how to code, and also recognize social cues.

As founders of One Kid Orlando, former UCF football players Anthony Roberson and Jordan Johnson work to enrich the lives of children in the Central Florida area.

Despite the collapse of the 1,000-foot dome at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, UCF researchers will continue to work at the facility at least through 2023.

Students in Knight-Thon continue to raise money for the children’s hospital charity. They are hopeful they can hold the annual dance marathon this spring, and have been safely hosting dance practices this semester in preparation.

The UCF Downtown campus opened in August 2019 to 7,700 University of Central Florida and Valencia College students. Since then, it has added multiple academic programs and increased its community partnerships.