Founders’ Day 2025: Celebrating Student, Faculty and Staff Knights Employees, faculty, and students will be recognized at three separate ceremonies in the Pegasus Ballroom. March 24, 2025
Professor Mohamed Abdel-Aty Earns Medal of Societal Impact This award recognizes his global impact on transportation systems and safety, and will be awarded during the Founders’ Day on April 2.
Meet UCF’s 2025 Pegasus Professors The recipients of UCF’s most prestigious faculty honor use their inspiring backgrounds to make impacts in the fields of psychology, hospitality and cybersecurity.
Profound, Innovative, Analytical and Resilient: Meet UCF’s 2025 Reach for the Stars Honorees The 2025 Reach for the Stars award recipients are recognized for conducting highly successful research and fostering creative activity that has a national or international impact.
Research in 60 Seconds: Enhancing Electronic Medical Implants Biomedical sciences student Nicholas Rose’s research focuses on identifying plant-based polymers with energy-converting capabilities, which could be groundbreaking for medical devices.
How UCF Researchers Are Playing Key Role in Discovering Health Impacts of Space Travel College of Medicine Professor Michal Masternak and two graduate students are processing health samples last Saturday from Fram2, the latest commercial spaceflight and the first crewed flight to orbit Earth over its polar regions.
Shin-Tson Wu Honored at Founders’ Day for Big 12 Conference’s Faculty of the Year Award Wu is a Pegasus Professor and pioneer in liquid crystal displays, which has helped advance the development of technologies such as smart phones, tablets, augmented reality and virtual reality.
Conway-Welch Family Foundation Gift to Grow Virtual Reality Education and Research at UCF’s College of Nursing Opening in Fall 2025, the Dr. Colleen Conway-Welch Virtual Reality Learning Studio in the Dr. Phillips Nursing Pavilion will provide dedicated space to innovate nursing education and improve patient care
Exploring Tradition and Identity at UCF Celebrates the Arts 2025 This year’s festival explores the powerful relationship between artist Marc Chagall, Fiddler on the Roof and composer George Gershwin.
Healthier Through Technology The Salow family has made a $1 million gift to foster medical technology that will improve physician education, research and patient care.
2025 Order of Pegasus, Student Awards Celebrates UCF’s Best and Brightest During the April 2 Founders’ Day event, 37 students will receive UCF’s highest student honor, which recognizes those who exemplify excellence in academic achievement, leadership and service.
5 Things to Know About UCF Day of Giving 2025 Thursday, April 10 is UCF Day of Giving! Join us in celebrating all things Black & Gold by making your gift at dayofgiving.ucf.edu.
High-Tech Talent: UCF’s Video Game Design Programs Rank Among World’s Best for 2025 UCF is recognized for its excellence across these programs, which have prepared hundreds of graduates who help craft some of the best-selling video games in the world — fueling a $400-billion industry.
UCF’s ‘Space Czar’ Nominated to Become NASA’s Chief Financial Officer Greg Autry, who serves as UCF’s associate provost for Space Commercialization and Strategy, is nationally recognized for his leadership in space research and innovation.
100% Match Placement: UCF Med Students Open Doors to Their Futures, HCA Residencies UCF’s Class of 2025 exceeded this year’s national average of 93.5% — securing placements in some of the nation’s most competitive specialties.
7 UCF Health Professions Faculty Inducted to National Academies of Practice Seven faculty members in the College of Health Professions and Sciences were inducted into the NAP for exemplary interprofessional research, practice and scholarship.
How Central Florida Healthcare Providers Are Balancing Innovation with Human Oversight, Patient Safety Orlando Inno