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.
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.
Serving Veterans Inspires UCF Med Students, Residency Choice As Match Day 2025 approaches on Friday, here are a few physician Knights pursuing military residency programs, allowing them to help serve the nation’s heroes.
UCF Among Top 20 U.S. Public Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents in 2024 With this ranking, UCF secures its placement with 68 patents on the National Academy of Inventors worldwide list for the 12th consecutive year.
Medicine Students Showcase Research at FIRE Conference UCF is one of the few medical schools in the nation that requires all students to do a two-year scientific research project, which 120 students presented during the 2025 Focused Individualized Research Experience (FIRE) conference.
UCF Announces 2025’s 30 Under 30 Alumni Award Recipients The honor recognizes outstanding young alumni who continue to reach for the stars in their professional and personal lives.
Operator Solutions, UCF Partner to Advance Aerospace Medical Training and Emergency Response The partnership will include a new aerospace medical skills lab developed at the UCF College of Medicine and collaborations to create new technology advancing healthcare in space.
UCF Physician Shares ABCs of Keeping Your Heart Healthy In honor of American Heart Month, UCF Health Faculty Physician Practice cardiologist David Fries share guidance on the best ways to improve health heart.
Researcher Continues Developing Promising Nanoparticles for Medical Applications Pegasus Professor Sudipta Seal is tailoring his versatile cerium oxide nanoparticles for a variety of medical applications such as injury recovery and prevention and cancer medicine delivery.
The Future of Aerospace Medicine Starts Here When humans embark on spaceflights, our health will depend on medical experts with unique skillsets — experts like Emmanuel Urquieta and the students trained in UCF’s new aerospace medicine program.
