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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
UCF’s Roger Azevedo Selected as AERA Fellow Azevedo’s work looks to develop adaptive learning systems that model and enhance human-machine collaboration, with applications in a variety of fields.
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.
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.
It Doesn’t Take a Rocket Scientist: Alum Launches Scholarship for First-Generation Students Corey Frazier ’04 ’07MS is empowering first-generation college students and inspiring the next generation to pursue STEM careers through the Dr. Corey A. Frazier First Generation Endowed Scholarship Fund.
The Last Line of Defense For students experiencing unexpected expenses like Ryan Hatcher ’23, the Student Emergency Fund can often mean the difference between making rent, buying food, receiving medical care — and not.
Bill Advances Requiring Florida Public School Students to Be Proficient in Cursive Central Florida Public Media