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Beyond the Scare: What Dark Tourism Teaches Us About Experience Design

This Halloween, Rosen College Assistant Professor Brianna Wyatt explores how storytelling, visitor interactions and the experiences we create shape the way people engage with history and entertainment.

Transfer Student, First-Generation Graduate Proves It’s Never Too Late to Aim High

Robin Marquez ’26 didn’t let dropping out of college define him. Inspired by his interest in entomology, he got his second chance at UCF and now has his sights set on a doctoral degree.

Love Space? Join One of These UCF Student Organizations

Whether you’re a novice stargazer or ready to help launch a rocket into space, there’s a group for you at America’s Space University.

UCF Astronomer Selected by NASA to Explore Virtual Super Telescope Concept

Senior scientist Anish Roshi Damodaran received a $175,000 NASA award to investigate a virtual telescope concept that could reveal planet formation and the early universe in unprecedented detail.

UCF Students, Emmy-Winning Professors Team Up to Give a Voice to the Dead

From the graveyard to a podcasting studio, UCF legal studies and journalism students collaborated for a unique cross-disciplinary class project.

7 Stellar Honorees Earn UCF’s 2026 SpaceU Awards

As part of the second UCF Space Week, the honors celebrate individuals and organizations who are advancing development, discovery, exploration, and engagement in the field.

UCF Engineers Develop Digital Rover Twin to Help Navigate Future NASA Missions

UCF researchers are exploring digital-twin technology that could help operators simulate rover movements in real time, with potential applications for future space missions.

UCF Alum ‘Returns to Earth’ After 378-Day Mars Mission

Film production entrepreneur and electrical engineer Matthew Montgomery ’08 ’09MS recounts his experience as part of a four-person crew for NASA’s CHAPEA Mission 2 at Johnson Space Center.

Space History Meets the Future in Interactive UCF Exhibit

Built by a humanities doctoral student, a new immersive, 270-degree experience invites visitors to explore six decades of space history — and UCF’s place in it.

Top Moments from UCF’s Homecoming Win vs. No. 2 BYU

From the Bounce House’s most electric highlights to the celebratory field rush, we can’t get enough of these scenes from one of the biggest victories in program history.

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Oboe Studio Recital 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

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Film: A Strange Path (Estranho Caminho) 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

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