UCF Video Game Design Programs Among the Best in the World for 2023 The Princeton Review ranks undergraduate and graduate programs in the top six, fueling a high-paying, tech-job workforce.
Researchers Identify 6 Challenges Humans Face with Artificial Intelligence A UCF professor led a study that identifies six challenges humans must overcome to enhance our relationship with artificial intelligence and to ensure its use is ethical and fair.
UCF Joins $25M National Consortium on Nuclear Forensics The consortium will support the missions of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration and build a workforce of nuclear scientists, engineers and researchers.
Research in 60 Seconds: How Fungus Turns Ants Into Zombies HBO series The Last of Us explored a fictional world overrun by humans infected with a mind-controlling fungus. UCF postdoctoral researcher Ian Will ’22 explains his real-life research on the parasitic fungus.
Arecibo Observatory ‘The Biggest Dream’ Film Premiere Set for UCF Celebrates the Arts The screening will be the Florida premiere of the film that tells the story of the rise, the fall and the future of what was once one of the world’s most powerful radio telescopes.
UCF Uses 6-Foot ‘Test Tubes’ to Study Red Tide This study is the first successful test of any red tide mitigation technology in open water using large water column containers called limnocorrals.
UCF Researcher Creates World’s First Energy-saving Paint – Inspired by Butterflies Instead of pigment-based colored paint, which requires artificially synthesized molecules, a UCF researcher has developed an alternative way to produce colored paint that is more natural, environmentally friendly and light weight.
Advanced Air Mobility Conference Takes Flight at UCF The NSF-funded conference on Friday will explore how laws could lift or ground the use of autonomous, uncrewed aircraft to move people and goods.
A World of Possibilities is Right Here UCF’s Institute of Simulation and Training started 40 years ago as a hopeful prototype on the “pioneering side” of Orlando. It has since become the global model of collaborative innovation.
UCF Alum Expands Business, Receives Support From Blue Origin Abhishek Sastri ’20 won $25,000 from a Blue Origin-sponsored contest for his company’s microgravity coolant that could reduce energy consumption in data centers around the world.