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UCF anglers win fishing championship
O’Donnell and Burghoff earned $6,500 for the UCF fishing club. That included a $1,000 bonus for being members of BoatUS. The UCF juniors had started the day in second place in the 144-boat tournament on Lake Lewisville, near Dallas, with 17.07 pounds, which was less than a quarter of a pound behind a team from […]
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Professor wins grant
Lei Zhai, of the NanoScience Technology Center and Department of Chemistry at the University of Central Florida won a grant from Scialog for Investigating Charge Transport and Recombination in Bulk Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaics with Conjugated Polymer Columnar Structures on Graphene. Zhai was awarded $100,000 to do groundbreaking research in solar energy conversion. Scialog seeks to accelerate the […]
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Collins awarded a Fulbright
Dr. Steve Collins was awarded a Fulbright award for this coming academic year. He will be stationed in east Africa collecting data on the role of journalism in the development of social institutions and democratic norms. The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to “increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States […]
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Researcher gets global attention
A UCF scientist specializing in nanotechnology has earned a national award and is a contender for a new kind of ‘Nobel Prize’ for sustainability. Lei Zhai, an associate professor with joint appointments in UCF’s NanoScience Technology Center and Chemistry, has been nominated for a Katerva Award. The award is described as an open-source ‘Nobel Prize.’ […]
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Honors societies welcomes new members
Earlier this year the Physics and Math Honors Societies both received new members during the Annual Induction Ceremony. The societies welcomed the strongest math and physics students at UCF. In particular, the physics SPS chapter has been one of the top organizations in the nation consistently and currently helps the National parent society organize the 2012 Sigma Pi […]
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Florida flatwoods research wins award
Elizabeth Becker, a recent College of Sciences graduate, was awarded the Elsie Quarterman-Catherine Keever Award, which is given by the SE Chapter of the Ecological Society of America. Becker received the award for the best ecological poster presented by a student at an annual meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists. The award is given in […]
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UCF student wins grant
Rachel Odom, a biology student, was awarded a $500 grant from the International Phycological Society (IPS) student grants committee for future research. IPS was founded in 1960 and is dedicated to the development of phycology, the distribution of phycological information and promoting international cooperation among phycologists and phycological organizations. The Society organizes the International Phycological Congresses at 4-yearly […]
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UCF student wins fellowship
Stephanie Parenti, a political science student, was awarded the 2011 Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship. Parenti was one of 20 students selected as a Pickering Fellow out of a national applicant pool of approximately 400 people. The Pickering Fellowship provides financial support to exceptional student pursuing careers in the Foreign Service. It awards […]
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Student research work recognized with awards
Several students from the College of Sciences were recently awarded for their hard work at the 2011 UCF Graduate Research Forum. Their official award was for outstanding presentations. Joanna Fletcher, an Anthropology student, won for her research titled “Monitoring the Applicability of Ground-Penetrating Radar on Detecting Shallow Graves Using Proxy Cadavers.” William Hawkins, an Anthropology […]
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College of Sciences Awards
Dr. Peter Panousis, the Dean of the College of Sciences, recently awarded graduate student, faculty, and staff Excellence Award winners for contributions to their respective fields in an annual celebratory event that was held in the college. There was something extra to celebrate this year, however, as we learned that each graduate student awardee in […]
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UCF wins $250,000 grant for blended classes
The University of Central Florida is developing a national model for blended learning, a practice that combines web-based learning with traditional classroom instruction. The Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) awarded UCF a $250,000 grant, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and others. NGLC is coordinated by EDUCAUSE, a nonprofit group that promotes the […]
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New American Academy of Forensic Sciences VP
Carrie Whitcomb was named Vice President of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. For sixty-two years, the AAFS has served a distinguished and diverse membership with 6,012 members divided into eleven sections spanning the forensic enterprise. Members include physicians, attorneys, dentists, toxicologists, physical anthropologists, document examiners, psychiatrists, physicists, engineers, criminologists, educators and digital evidence experts. The […]
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UCF wins President’s volunteer service award
UCF was recently presented with the 2010 President’s Volunteer Service Award, Gold Level, which recognizes organizations that provide 15,000 volunteer service hours or more to their communities. The President’s Volunteer Service Award is a special recognition presented on behalf of President Barack Obama. It is part of a national recognition program created in 2003 through […]
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COS students shine at debate event
University of Central Florida student Christina Vitolo’s argument for allowing temporary work visas to human trafficking victims earned her the top award at UCF Debate’s college invitational. UCF hosted the invitational Feb. 12 and 13. Seventeen teams from six universities, including the University of Florida and the University of Miami, participated in the tournament. To […]
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Sociology professor leads grant from U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Dr. Fernando Rivera was awarded a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture. He will lead the Sociology component of a two year grant with two UCF faculty members from the department of Public Administration. The trio will study how risk and vulnerabilities can be managed by identifying factors influencing community capacity and resilience […]
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Professor awarded for contributions to science
A UCF professor has been named a fellow by one of the world’s largest and most prestigious scientific societies. Charles H. Reilly, an industrial engineering professor, is the sixth UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science professor in two years to earn the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s recognition for scientifically or socially […]
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Q & A with award winning professor
Dr. Kimberly Wilmot Voss, an assistant professor of Journalism in the Nicholson School of Communication, received two awards at the American Journalism Historians Association Convention in Tucson, Ariz. “Food Journalism or Culinary Anthropology? Re-evaluating Soft News and the Influence of Jeanne Voltz’s Food Section in the Los Angeles Times” received the David Sloan Award for […]
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$3.5 million psychology grant
Deborah C. Beidel, Professor and Director, Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at UCF, has received a 3.5 million dollar grant to treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan war. Beidel will conduct research for three years examining a treatment known as trauma management therapy. “This is a groundbreaking project that will […]
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Chemistry professors receive US Department of Energy grant
The United States Department of Energy awarded chemistry professors Andres Campiglia and Eloy Hernandez with a grant of over $500,000 for a three year period. The grant proposal targets a critical element of the Environmental Remediation Science Program research portfolio, which is the development of enabling scientific tools for characterizing the spatial and temporal evolution of […]
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PhD student wins scholarship to study jaguars
Joe Figel, a UCF PhD candidate studying conservation biology, won a prestigious scholarship from the Wild Felid Research and Management Association to study jaguars. Figel will study jaguar ecology in fragmented Neotropical landscapes, with an emphasis on corridor design in agricultural areas. The goal of the study is to provide insight into how unprotected lands […]
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Communications employee honored
Boyd Lindsley, Assistant Director of the Nicholson School of Communication (NSC), was recently honored at the Black and Gold Gala. Lindsley was named the 2010 College of Sciences’ Rising Star by the UCF Alumni Association. The award is given to one alumnus or alumna from each college for his or her effort to give back […]
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Physics professor wins Don Quijote award
University of Central Florida professor Humberto Campins has been honored for his entrepreneurial spirit by the Hispanic community of Central Florida. Campins was named Professional of the Year at the 13th-annual Don Quijote Awards, which are sponsored by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Orlando and the Hispanic Business Initiative Fund. The awards recognize […]
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COS USPS/A&P Staff & Service Recognition
The College of Sciences celebrated its employees Monday morning during the USPS/A&P staff and service recognition ceremony and breakfast. Dean Peter Panousis gave a welcome address then handed out service awards for employees that have been with the college for five, 10, 15 and 20 years. Ten service awards were handed out. Dean Panousis also […]
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Physics receives grant for Center for Microgravity Research
The University of Central Florida received two grants to offer new programs to retrain those who will lose their jobs as the space shuttle program ends. The grants are part of the 2010 New Florida Initiative program, which awarded 11 universities $10 million for 31 projects on Nov. 15. The goal of the program is to […]
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UCF student wins best undergraduate poster presentation
Joshua Soloman, UCF senior double majoring in biology and environmental sciences, won the best undergraduate poster presentation at the Fall 2010 Southeastern Estuaries Research Conference (SEERS). The SEERS conference was earlier this month in St. Augustine, Florida. Soloman’s poster was titled “Microwaves, Freezing, Boiling and Dessication: Developing Techniques for Safe Disposal of Chaetomorpha.” “The poster […]
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Food journalism research paper wins awards
Kimberly Voss, an assistant professor of Journalism in the Nicholson School of Communication, received two awards at the American Journalism Historians Association Convention in Tucson, Ariz. “Food Journalism or Culinary Anthropology? Re-evaluating Soft News and the Influence of Jeanne Voltz’s Food Section in the Los Angeles Times” received the David Sloan Award for the Outstanding […]
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Physics professor nominated for Don Quijote award
University of Central Florida professor Humberto Campins is a finalist for the 13th-annual Don Quijote Award. The award is sponsored by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Orlando and the Hispanic Business Initiative Fund. The award recognizes and celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit of individuals who have shown character of great strength, courage and determination, […]
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UCF wins grant from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded four University of Central Florida professors with a grant worth $2,929,527.00. Two biology professors, Dr. Linda Walters and Dr. John Weishampel, are part of the prestigious project. The award is an interdisciplinary grant that also involves professors for Civil Engineering. Dr. Scott Hagen from Engineering is the lead PI […]
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UCF gets prestigious grant from The National Academy of Sciencest
Kevin D. Belfield of the University of Central Florida Chemistry Department received a prestigious grant from The National Academy of Sciences under Phase4 of the Pakistan-US Science and Technology Cooperation Program. The proposal from Belfield in cooperation with Dr. Aamer Saeed of Quaid-i-Azam University was one of only 28 selected from the 270 applications. Kelly Robbins, […]
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Chemistry department receives funding from CRDF Global
An award from CRDF Global and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine funded a project led by international researchers from the United States and Ukraine. The research team has developed new types of high-performance fluorescence probes for nondestructive 3D bioimaging. Dr. Kevin Belfield, the chair of the chemistry department, is the U.S. principal investigator. He […]