Category Archives: College & Campus News

With the structural framing complete, UCF and its community partners celebrated with a hard hat tour inside the new state-of-the-art facility in Lake Nona. On a bright sunny day, UCF and its community partners celebrated a major milestone in achieving a brighter, healthier future for Central Florida. More than 75 guests visited UCF’s Academic Health […]

Andrew (Andy) Todd is the UCF Connect Librarian at the EFSC/UCF Joint-Use Library on the Cocoa Campus. He’s also the go-to Subject Librarian for the UCF College of Nursing, where he collaborates closely with faculty to support scholarly research and teach students the ins and outs of research resources. With a Master’s in Library Science […]

U.S. News & World Report‘s 2025 Best Colleges list recognizes UCF for its excellence in innovation, student success and undergraduate education. UCF’s strengths in empowering student success, achieving social mobility and fostering impactful industry partnerships have elevated the university to become one of the nation’s top five most innovative public universities. “UCF’s rise in prominence as one of the […]

The investment includes $2.5 million for a real-life pediatric nursing training unit at UCF’s Dr. Phillips Nursing Pavilion and $2.5 million for an interdisciplinary research impact fund. As UCF’s first pediatric health-focused Pegasus Partner, Nemours Children’s Health is helping to address a pediatric workforce shortage and improve the health of children in Central Florida and […]

The 2024 Shining Knights Award celebration will take place during Homecoming Week on Thursday, Oct. 24, in the Pegasus Grand Ballroom at the UCF Student Union. This year, 11 exceptional community members representing the best and brightest of Knight Nation will highlight UCF’s Homecoming Week at the 2024 Shining Knights Alumni Awards. Through demonstrable actions […]

The College of Nursing continues to scale faculty experts to meet increasing enrollment and future expanded space at the Dr. Phillips Nursing Pavilion, scheduled to open in Fall 2025. In addition to welcoming more than 240 future nurses, UCF’s College of Nursing is welcoming nine new full-time faculty members to the university for Fall 2024 […]

Health economist Boon Peng Ng was honored with the 2024 Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists Research Award for the noteworthy interdisciplinary study. Approximately 38% of Medicare beneficiaries who are eligible for diabetes self-management training —potentially representing 3.9 million people— lacked the digital resources necessary to receive the full-service virtual program, according to a […]

Ladda Thiamwong and Desiree Díaz, international experts in their respective fields, have been selected to serve in positions funded by a gift from the Florida Blue Foundation and a U.S. Department of Education grant, respectively. UCF has appointed two nursing faculty experts to serve in new funded positions effective today. Aging expert Ladda Thiamwong will serve as […]

This week UCF will award more than 350 nursing degrees and graduate certificates, fueling a talent pipeline of much-needed providers, leaders, educators and scientists. On Saturday at UCF’s Summer 2024 commencement ceremony, more than 300 UCF students will receive a nursing degree or certificate to officially earn the title of Knight nurse. Graduation celebrations began […]

A first-of-its-kind project designed by doctoral student Kaitlyn Hall ’18BSN reduced anxiety among breast cancer survivors, shows promise for future use. After battling breast cancer, many survivors often face a new battle: anxiety. For her doctoral scholarly project, UCF nursing student Kaitlyn Hall ’18BSN created and piloted a nurse-led educational intervention at the Breast Cancer […]