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FEATURED: UCF Researchers Measure Size of Elusive Moon

In a newly published breakthrough, UCF postdoctoral scholars Benjamin Proudfoot and Flavia Luane Rommel successfully confirmed their precise predictions of the movements of two distant space objects — a feat that sheds new light on the formation of our solar system and may help guide future NASA missions.

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NSF Florida Semiconductor Engine Hosts Inaugural Powering Prosperity 2025 Conference

Aug 28, 2025

Bringing together more than 250 leaders from academia, government, and industry to chart the future of Florida’s role in the global semiconductor...

UCF Showcases Space Research at Inaugural SpaceU Symposium

May 9, 2025

Nearly 50 faculty, students and administrators shared their varied areas of space research expertise at UCF’s first SpaceU Symposium in April. The...

Tamara Gabrus Honored with Excellence Award for Research Leadership

Apr 29, 2025

As part of the 2025 Founders’ Day employee honors ceremony in April, Gabrus earned this prestigious university-wide award for her continued...

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Colleges & Campus

UCF First-Generation Student Is Finding Her Place in Space

Charting her own course through aerospace engineering and physics, first-generation student Kaaliyah McGaughy is proving that curiosity and determination can launch anyone toward their dreams.

Colleges & Campus

Why Do We Celebrate UCF Space Week? Because Discovery Starts Here

Space has always inspired what Knights do. The same unstoppable spirit that launched UCF still drives us — to challenge, lead and dare to explore…

Colleges & Campus

UCF Applauds 7 Top Faculty at 2025 Luminary Awards

The honor recognizes some of UCF’s brightest stars who reflect the best of the university’s research and impact efforts.

Colleges & Campus

Research in 60 Seconds: Exploring Lunar Landscapes

Associate Professor of Physics Kerri Donaldson Hanna’s research will use imaging technology to investigate how mysterious volcanic features formed on the celestial body.

Colleges & Campus

UCF’s Leland Nordin Wins Air Force Young Investigator Award to Advance Infrared Tech

Selected from over 150 applicants, Nordin will receive a $450,000 grant to develop infrared detectors that could enhance military surveillance, autonomous vehicles and medical imaging.

Research

UCF Biology Professor’s Research Links Warming Migratory Temperatures to Decline in Monarch Butterfly Population

Professor of Biology Ken Fedorka and his team are investigating monarch butterflies’ migration, reproduction and increasing mortality, highlighting the need for more data to guide…

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