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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 […]
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Psychology professor awarded grant
Psychology professor Michael Dunn and Thomas Hall from UCF Student Development and Enrollment Services submitted a grant application under the U.S. Department of Education Grant Program Models of Exemplary, Effective and Promising Alcohol or Other Drug Abuse Prevention Programs on College Campuses. The approved project is titled “The Digital Generation: Leveraging Technology to Reduce High-Risk […]
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UCF PhD student wins awards
Simona Ceriani, a PhD student in the biology department who works with the UCF Marine Turtle Research Group led by Dr. Ehrhart, recently won a few awards. In August, Ceriani won the “Best Student Poster Presentation Award” at the Comparative Nutrition Society Symposium in Tucson, Arizona, which came with a $500 prize for her presentation […]
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Chemistry star shines
Receiving a biomedical grant from the state of Florida is not easy. Ciceron Yanez has pulled it off, though, showing how brilliant he is while making the College of Sciences proud. “It is a major award for him,” said Dr. Kevin Belfield, chair and professor of chemistry. “It is a big accomplishment for the university […]