Celebrating Graduate Excellence in Research, Mentorship, and Scholarship at UCF Recognizing students and faculty for their outstanding contributions to the UCF community.
Meet UCF’s 2024 Pegasus Professors Who Make a Global Impact The latest honorees — international experts in public administration, medicine and computer science — join the prestigious group of those who have earned UCF’s highest faculty honor.
UCF Ranks 21st in U.S. Public Universities for Patents with 57 New Inventions in 2023 This is the 11th year that UCF has ranked in the top 100 universities in the world for patents.
New UCF-HCA REI Fellowship Is 3rd to Launch in Florida The three-year reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI) fellowship recently received ACGME accreditation to begin this summer and will be open to physicians who have completed a four-year obstetrics and gynecology residency.
UCF Researcher Develops Nanotechnologies for Sustainable Agriculture, Optimized Drug Delivery The inventions include a nanocomposition to keep ingredients in pharmaceuticals and agrichemicals active longer and a targeted nano-delivery system for combatting plant disease and providing plant nutrients.
UCF “Beefing Up” Natural Killer Cells to Stop Cancer Associate Professor of Medicine Alicja Copik is using the human body’s own natural killer cells to fight deadly pediatric cancers and improve immunotherapy.
UCF Alumna Receives $1M NSF Grant to Further Development of Microbe-Killing Residual Disinfectant Kismet Technologies Inc., founded by Christina Drake ’07PhD, is working with UCF researchers to test and develop the residual antimicrobial product.
Dean of UCF’s College of Medicine Named Central Florida Woman of the Year The honor is a testament to Deborah German’s ongoing efforts to support student success and help advance medical education.
UCF, MIT Designing Technology to Fight Bacterial Infections, Improve Aquaculture Farming The team, which has received a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation, is working with shrimp farms in Ecuador to build new microbial communities for aquaculture that will improve shrimp health.
UCF Researcher’s Innovative Approach Could Redefine Allergy Treatment Commonly prescribed drugs work after a patient’s airway inflammation is well underway — but Justine Tigno-Aranjuez’s method keeps allergen receptors from reacting in the first place.
Orlando Police Foundation Creates $75K Endowment for UCF Undergrads on ‘Day of Giving’ Orlando Sentinel