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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Isaiah Bowser ran for 155 yards and two touchdowns, Ryan O’Keefe had 85 yards on seven receptions, and Central Florida earned Sunshine State bragging rights by beating Florida 29-17 in the Gasparilla Bowl on Thursday night.

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has donated 40 million dollars to the University of Central Florida. The gift is the largest in the school’s history.

Two UCF students were among the 49 students to receive the annual onePULSE Legacy scholarships in remembrance of the victims of the Pulse shooting.

UCF has almost 200 student nurses from UCF’s main, Cocoa and Daytona Beach campuses who are serving at community vaccination sites.

UCF has spent 5 million dollars to outfit classrooms with health precautions that have been put in place to protect against coronavirus.

The University of Central Florida’s new President Alexander Cartwright officially started on Monday.

Today marks the second year since the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Students at the University of Central Florida will hold a vigil to remember the 17 lives lost.

The University of Central Florida has appointed a retired U.S. Navy captain as interim director of its embattled Institute for Simulation and Training, after an investigation that exposed the former director and two faculty members traded at least one Ph.D. for grant funding.

The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees on Friday will consider the results of an investigation into misspent funds in the construction of Trevor Colbourn Hall.

Sixty children take classes through PedsAcademy, which brings math and science instruction to their bedside so they’re not behind when they return to school.