COVID-19

Baking is a passion for Debbie Martinez, the founder of Late Knight Sweets, a small business that delivers desserts around UCF and surrounding communities.

As COVID-19 continues to impact college life, two Knights have founded an online support group to help students overcome the difficulties of the pandemic.

Elizabeth Carmona finished and set down her new Spider-Man comic book. She walked over and organized some figurines on the shelves. Finally, she locked the door of her store for the last time for an indefinite amount of time. 

Ross Leach opens his laptop, starts up Zoom and heads toward uncertainty as he faces a new semester as vice president of UCF's Psi Chi International Honor Society amid a pandemic. The problem was all his fellow board members were strangers.

When Jude Wise arrived at UCF this fall, he knew making friends would be difficult. His concern about COVID-19 meant his first weeks at school were mostly spent alone, confined to his off-campus apartment.

Sergio Garay arrived at the Regal Waterford Lakes theater 20 minutes before the movie "Tenet" was on schedule to play.  He sat alone in the theater, patiently waiting for his classmates to join him. No one showed up.

As masks became a central fixture in the fight against COVID-19, two creatives have brought fashion to them. 

Amid quiet cricket chirps and the expansive, empty green lawn of Memory Mall, one group of students broke the silence with music and dance — UCF’s own Knight-Thon Morale Team.

UCF STEM students and faculty said they have been grappling with the fear of a lack of hands-on experience because of remote learning.

UCF conducted randomized COVID-19 testing to students living in on-campus dorms and Greek Life, but not students living in off-campus housing. 

UCF’s first roller skating club is being created to help teach and foster students' interest for roller skating.

The coronavirus pandemic hit the performing arts industry hard, leaving industry professionals jobless and industry educators scrambling for new ways to keep the arts alive.

With news of the COVID-19 outbreak and the quick turnaround to virtual learning, professors and students were quickly forced to battle unique challenges in the spring semester. Professors knew they had to make changes in order to work with students and have a successful fall semester. For Am…

Anthony Bencomo, 44, first got his feet wet in the retail industry in 1997 with his business, Knightmare Apparel.

UCF Counseling and Psychological Services faced a 31% decrease in the total number of students using its services this fall, despite COVID-related stress. 

On a sunny Friday in 2019, hundreds of students rushed into the Reflection Pond for the annual Spirit Splash, among them being a small 5-foot-2-inch sophomore named Ashley Chapas, a communication sciences and disorders major.

With COVID-19 cases increasing in the United States, Ukraine native Sasha Zholdakova decided to go back to her home country. 

The early morning sun washed over Lake Claire and dew began to form on the grass under yoga mats laid out in a socially-distanced circle as UCF students found their zen at the Sunrise Yoga session on Nov. 4th.

As students worried about what type of hands-on experience they would be able to receive for their speech pathology degree, UCF launched a new course just in time and included relevant COVID-19 material.

With tables and chairs separated by six feet and a limited capacity, sequins and glittery makeup graced the stage tonight at the Pegasus Ballroom in the Student Union during the Annual Amateur Drag Show.

UCF CAPS counselor Vanessa Stein was working from home, sitting in front of her computer ready to host the third Zoom session of her workshop, prepared to face the same issue the previous sessions presented — zero attendance.

An unexpected family tragedy helped one nursing student find her calling.

A UCF alumna launched a charity project to raise money to donate school supplies and gifts for the holidays to elementary school students during the holiday season.