Graduate Students, We’ve Got You Covered

As the 2020 academic year gets underway at UCF, we know that things are different this fall. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we do a lot of things...

Virtual Class Offers UCF Students Rare Opportunity for Behind-the-Scenes Look at Live NASA Mission

Thirty-seven students will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity this semester to observe what it takes to be part of a historic NASA mission. UCF Physics Professor Humberto Campins is part of NASA’s...

UCF Sets Research-Funding Record of $204.5 Million

UCF hit a milestone in sponsored research funding in 2020, generating $204.5 million by the close of the fiscal year. That’s up from $192.1 million last year and a 40 percent increase...

National Program Opens Door for More Underrepresented Students in Physics

When Taylor Douglas fell in love with physics and began to pursue it in college, she started to feel like an outsider. Most of her classmates were men and white....

UCF Planetary Scientist Receives NASA Funding for Asteroid Research

UCF planetary scientist Adrienne Dove and a team of students have teamed up with NASA’s Johnson Space Center to examine data on an asteroid experiment years in the making. The...

UCF Sea Turtle Project Snags NASA Grant

NASA has awarded Alexander Sacco a Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology grant to use satellites to help track sea turtle yearlings in the Atlantic Ocean....

UCF Launches 11 New Graduate Certificates and Tracks in Response to COVID-19

The University of Central Florida has launched 11 new graduate programs in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The programs, which begin in the Fall 2020 semester, offer candidates a...

Interim Director Named for Modeling and Simulation Degree Program

Charles Hughes, Pegasus Professor of computer science, has been named the new interim director of the modeling and simulation degree programs. He will begin leading the master’s and doctoral degree programs,...

UCF Planetary Scientist Reflects on Rise, Fall and Return of America’s Flights into Space

When the U.S. space shuttle program shut down in 2011, the biggest loss wasn’t just to the local Space Coast economy, but to the nation – as six decades of...

Sea Turtle Nesting Season in Full Swing, UCF Researchers Keep Working Despite COVID-19

While uncertainty reigns for Floridians due to COVID-19, there’s one thing they can count on: sea turtles are nesting on our local beaches as nesting season heads into its fourth...