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What Exactly Is a Smart City — And Why Should All of Us Care

UCF has been working on smart city concepts for years and is now partnering to help turn those concepts into a “digital infrastructure” to ensure the quality of life in greater Orlando well into the future.

UCF Enters $6M Cooperative Agreement to Develop Research Commercialization Hub

The U.S. National Science Foundation award will allow for the creation of a Venture Lab to connect UCF researchers with local industry, investors and entrepreneurs.

Reinventing Everything: Learning the Business of Hip-hop

Industry professionals and stars give UCF students an inside look at the trillion-dollar business.

Limbitless Solutions, UCF Expand Advanced Manufacturing, Entrepreneurship Opportunities for Student Veterans

Limbitless is collaborating with UCF’s Military and Veteran Success Center for specialized training and internship opportunities for student veterans.

Wriggle Brew ‘Worm Tea’ Fertilizer Wins at UCF’s 2022 Joust New Venture Competition

Economics student Samuel Baker won for his concept, which also doubles as a pesticide.

Turning Ideas into Real Business

UCF’s Blackstone LaunchPad program is transforming students from all backgrounds and majors into something they might never have imagined: entrepreneurs.

Healthy-living App Takes Top Prize at UCF’s 2019 Joust New Venture Competition

Senior Rafaela Frota developed the idea for Wawwe, Inc. (We Are What We Eat) when she was 14. Now she’s achieved major praise for her nutrition-assistance app .

4 Student Teams to Compete for $75,000 in ‘Shark Tank’-Style Joust Competition

The finalists for the 2019 competition have developed companies with varying focuses on crowdfunding, transportation and healthy eating.

Healthy Eating and Travel Apps Win Big at UCF’s 2018 Social Venture Competition

The annual contest supports student entrepreneurs aiming to better the world through their innovative ideas.

UCF Student’s Innovative Beach Gear Wins $3,000 in State Startup Competition

With an idea to create a new watersport based around skimboarding and a distribution deal lined up with Ron Jon Surf Shop, senior Matthew White…

UCF in the News

Stress-Free Research Paper Writing in Orlando, USA

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UCF Bringing Unique ‘Space Medicine’ Curriculum to Central Florida’s Growing Space Hub

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UCF Researcher Gets $1M U.S. Army Grant for UV Laser Cleaning Tech

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Seminole County debuts Economic Development Hub to help small businesses grow

Orlando Business Journal

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