UCF Ranks as a Top 25 U.S. Public University for Patents Granted The rankings place UCF ahead of leading public and private institutions such as Yale University, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Florida State University.
10 Knights Earn National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships The program recognizes and supports students who are pursuing full-time, research-based graduate degrees in STEM and who have demonstrated potential to be high-achieving scientists and engineers.
UCF Knights Speed Past the Competition in Human-powered Vehicle Challenge A team of seven seniors placed second and third in two categories of the competition for their recumbent tricycle, which also served as their Senior Design capstone project.
UCF Hosts Spring 2023 Commencement May 5-6 Our graduates are the future of Florida and America — the next generation of talent and expertise needed in critical industries.
UCF Ph.D. Identified RNA Secret to Healthy Aging UCF alumna and postdoctoral fellow Sarah Noureddine ’19 ’21MS ’22Ph is working with a College of Medicine mentor to study cells that play a role in age-related conditions, like cardiovascular, neurological disease and Type 2 diabetes.
Digital Twins Created by UCF Associate Professor Enhance Real-World Education Maria Harrington’s work with virtual nature emphasizes the importance of emotions and aesthetics in learning.
UCF Nursing Simulation Innovator Recognized for Improving Real Life Greg Welch’s work highlights the importance and impact of interdisciplinary research.
UCF Leads Development of First Large-scale System for Extended Reality Research The nearly $5 million project will facilitate human subjects research to improve extended reality technologies for the general population and make them more inclusive to groups such as older adults or people with disabilities.
UCF Graduate Programs Climb in U.S. News Rankings, Highlighting Research Excellence and Community Impact UCF’s emergency management program ranks No. 2 in the country, and graduate programs in education, engineering and nursing climbed in this year’s U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings.
