Your Guide to UCF Space Week 2026: Discovery, Connection and SpaceU Pride From industry summits and moon gazing to a spectacular drone show and the 10th annual Space Game, experience a week of events celebrating UCF鈥檚 space origin and the people and discoveries moving it forward.
Homecoming Highlights: Celebrating UCF鈥檚 2026 Shining Knights During Homecoming Week, UCF will honor six extraordinary alumni whose achievements, leadership and impact propel Knight Nation forward at the 2026 Shining Knights Alumni Awards.
UCF Students, VA Doctor Develop AI Tool to Help Doctors Identify Chronic Pelvic Pain Through a yearlong internship, two UCF undergraduates created an AI-assisted application that helps guide healthcare providers and patients towards accurate diagnosis of the source of chronic pelvic pain.
UCF Engineering Students 3D Print Orthopedic Devices to Assist Venezuelan Earthquake Survivors In response to the recent devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, students in the Biomedical Engineering Society are using 3D printing technology to create life-changing orthopedic devices for injured people and animals.
UCF Researcher, Nonprofit Create AI-Powered Tool to Reduce Florida Overdoses Through her collaborative research with Project Overdose, Kendall Cortelyou helped develop an online dashboard to prevent fatal drug overdoses by alerting local authorities to the presence of prevalent drugs in the community.
Could This Be a Simple Solution to Reducing Childhood Obesity? A research team led by UCF鈥檚 Keith Brazendale will bring together pediatricians and summer camp leaders to explore an overlooked way to make more kids healthier.
UCF Relationship Education Program to Support First Responder Couples, Parents Supported through a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-funded grant, Project Harmony is building a tailored, free curriculum to address relationship stressors unique to couples in the first responder and parenting communities.
Orlando鈥檚 New Poet Laureate, UCF Alumna Finds Healing Through Words As the third UCF alumna to earn the Orlando poet laureate honor, Camara Gaither 鈥�23MSW sees poetry as a practice that enhances social work and service to others.
New UCF Mobile Health Clinic Increases Access to Care The clinic also serves as real-world classroom for medical, nursing, speech-language pathology and physical therapy students.
Orlando Ranks No. 1 for Florida鈥檚 Best College City, Place to Start Career for Third Year The City Beautiful is continuously recognized as the top place to live and learn across Florida 鈥� and among the top three nationally.
