Staci Zavattaro Earns UCF’s Inaugural Big 12 Faculty Fellowship The award provides faculty with new opportunities for travel, discovery and impact, highlighting the academic value of UCF’s membership in the Big 12 Athletic Conference.
Deborah Beidel Named Big 12 Conference’s 2025 Faculty of the Year from UCF Beidel is a Pegasus Professor internationally known for her ground-breaking research and effective treatments for veterans, first responders and emergency workers with PTSD.
UCF’s Rosen College and Transportation Science Program Rank No. 1 in Nation for 2025 The 2025 ShanghaiRanking report recognizes UCF’s transportation science and technology program as the best nationally for the first time and Rosen College as America’s premier hospitality and tourism program for the sixth year in a row.
1 Minute with 6 UCF Alums Who the NSF Believes Exemplify Advancing Research From computer vision to mathematics, these alums are emerging leaders in significant research fields.
UCF Honors 8 Shining Stars with Inaugural SpaceU Awards The awards debuted during UCF Space Week to recognize talent and contributions that are fueling the future of space.
Behind UCF Space Game 2025’s Theme: Hypersonic HADES Wind Tunnel This year’s annual event takes inspiration from the UCF HyperSpace Center’s large-scale hypersonic wind tunnel, which launches later this month to advance hypersonic travel and space propulsion research worldwide.
UCF Physics Professor Works to Uncover the Universe’s History, One Rock at a Time From microscopic dust collected by spacecrafts to meteorites that land on Earth, UCF Associate Professor of Physics Ryan Ogliore is studying rocks from space to uncover the history of our solar system and the universe beyond.
UCF First-Generation Student Is Finding Her Place in Space Charting her own course through aerospace engineering and physics, first-generation student Kaaliyah McGaughy is proving that curiosity and determination can launch anyone toward their dreams.
Why Do We Celebrate UCF Space Week? Because Discovery Starts Here Space has always inspired what Knights do. The same unstoppable spirit that launched UCF still drives us — to challenge, lead and dare to explore the unknown.
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.
