UCF in the News

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.

SaShauna McKain, a speech pathology major at UCF, developed a community fridge project in response to mass food insecurity and poverty in the Orlando area.

To help improve couple relationships during the pandemic, two UCF professors have developed interactive workshop sessions to teach better ways to communicate and manage conflict.

UCF's student political organizations have been forced by COVID-19 to adopt virtual tactics as they try to keep young voters engaged ahead of Election Day.