As the third UCF alum to earn the Orlando poet laureate honor, Camara Gaither ’23MSW sees poetry as a practice that enhances social work and service to others.

UCF Physics Professor Lauren McKeown and colleagues are studying a spider-like formation on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa to understand how it formed and what it reveals about subsurface brine pools and potential habitability.

Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA) graduates are contributing significantly to the “serious gaming” industry, helping train military personnel, healthcare providers, engineers and more.

Professor Debashis Chanda’s low-cost, smartphone-based biosensor could bring rapid, reliable disease detection to areas with limited access to traditional diagnostics.

Paul Ryan ’83 turned an accounting degree from UCF and a knack for being a team player into a game-changing career in real estate tax at PwC. Now he has his sights set on helping UCF students win big with the Big Four company.

UCF College of Medicine Associate Professor Laura Brattain is offering opportunities to learn how robotics, medical ultrasound and artificial intelligence can be leveraged to help physicians and patients.

With credits at Disney and Universal on his resume, Jason Surrell ’95 is helping educate the next generation of theme experience leaders.

A celebration of life will be hosted on the UCF campus in February 2026.

The Florida Alliance for Assistive Services and Technology (FAAST) Center has aided thousands in need of assistive devices; trained caregivers and future clinicians; and served as a key partner in research initiatives over the last 20 years.