UCF wins approval from NSF to manage Arecibo Observatory Posted on March 2, 2018April 28, 2018 by Adrian Ruiz The National Science Foundation has approved UCF’s proposal to manage one of the world’s most iconic observatories, Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. This is a very exciting development for UCF! Some press releases: UCF Today, COS News, NSF. Credit: NAIC Arecibo Observatory, a facility of the NSF