UCF Applauds 7 Top Faculty at 2025 Luminary Awards The honor recognizes some of UCF’s brightest stars who reflect the best of the university’s research and impact efforts.
UCF Awarded $2 Million Grant to Support Second-Degree Students, Helps to Alleviate Nursing Shortage The gift will provide hundreds of UCF second degree bachelor’s in nursing students with much-needed scholarships and wrap-around services to support their success.
Daring to Boldly Invent the Future: Florida’s Next-Generation Preeminent University UCF has achieved 12 metrics to earn the state’s highest designation — a credit to the university community’s talents and dedication.
UCF Is Leading a Study to Understand Health Impacts of Algal Blooms The collaborative interdisciplinary study is investigating how harmful blooms of blue-green algae and red tide in Florida are influencing human health.
UCF Creates Free Resiliency Resources for Healthcare Workers, Students Worldwide The RenewU program provides peer-reviewed interventions for improving physical and mental health in high-stress work environments.
UCF Opens Dr. Phillips Nursing Pavilion in Lake Nona, Fueling a Talent Pipeline and Healthcare Innovation The state-of-the-art facility will enable UCF to graduate an additional 150 newly licensed eligible nurses annually to address the critical shortage and will feature the latest immersive modeling and simulation technology.
UCF Nursing Ph.D. Graduate Helping to Solve Two Healthcare Challenges With her second doctoral degree in nursing from UCF, Eunice Oladepe Ojo ’21DNP will address the shortage of nursing faculty and the leading cause of injury-related deaths among older adults in the U.S.
UCF Hosts Summer 2025 Commencement Aug. 1-2 Three distinguished alumni speakers are making a big impact in space and philanthropy.
UCF Nursing Aging Expert Named National Fellow Endowed professor Ladda Thiamwong is among 47 experts honored for their outstanding contributions and selected as 2025 fellows of the Gerontological Society of America.
UCF Is Florida’s First to Earn Third Global Recognition in Healthcare Simulation Excellence The Simulation, Technology, Innovation and Modeling is the first and only program in Florida accredited by the Association of SP Educators — and is now among an elite group worldwide with three accolades from leading organizations in the field.
