{"id":149640,"date":"2025-11-04T14:24:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T19:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640//?p=149640"},"modified":"2026-04-02T17:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T21:02:13","slug":"bny-and-ucf-announce-5m-pegasus-partnership-and-co-location-forging-a-new-model-for-industry-academia-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640//bny-and-ucf-announce-5m-pegasus-partnership-and-co-location-forging-a-new-model-for-industry-academia-collaboration/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640//","title":{"rendered":"BNY and UCF Announce $5M Pegasus Partnership and Co-Location, Forging a New Model for Industry-Academia Collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"
Today BNY, a leading global financial services company and UCF announced a ground-breaking Pegasus Partnership that establishes a co-located educational innovation hub on UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640/u2019s main campus /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640/u2014 the first-of-its-kind in Florida./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640/n
The $5 million, five-year commitment reimagines how universities and global enterprises can work together to prepare the workforce of the future, leveraging collaborations to enhance career readiness for UCF students, as well as talent development and acquisition for BNY./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640/n
At the heart of this collaboration is the 8,400 square-foot Next-Gen Cybersecurity Technology and Operations Center Lab (CTOC Lab). This dedicated space on UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640/u2019s campus will host an experiential learning course, Introduction to Applied Technology in Banking./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640/n This hands-on course, led by BNY executives, teaches students how to translate their technical skills learned from coursework to industry applications. It also includes a special topics seminar course, guest lectures, adjunct instruction and more./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640/u201cMy favorite part has been the people,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640/u201d says Katrina Gumerov, a computer science major at UCF, who is participating in the course this semester. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640/u201cThere are so many BNY leaders who fly in from all different kinds of industries within the company. And we also have great leaders who are here every week. It’s a very mentorship-style environment where I’m never afraid to ask questions. Having that support behind me has been incredible./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640/n This marks a milestone in realizing UCF President Alexander N. Cartwright/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640/u2019s vision of co-located industry and academia collaboration. It will give UCF students real-world experience with one of the world/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640/u2019s most respected financial institutions, while leveraging the university/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640/u2019s faculty excellence, research power, and startup-like agility to anticipate market and technology disruptions in fintech and wealth management./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/149640/n