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Ant King Featured on National Video
Most people cringe when they hear “fire ant,” but University of Central Florida biologist Joshua King is likely to ask where – and head straight to them. King, an entomologist or insect expert, studies the invasive ant species and has found some startling results. While Floridians may spend thousands of dollars trying to eradicate them, […]
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UCF Hosts Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference
The Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference is being hosted by the Biology Department at the University of Central Florida from March 1st– 3rd. Dr. Keith Hobson, a research scientist with the Canadian federal government and an adjunct professor at the University of Saskatchewan, will be the plenary speaker. SEEC is a conference run by students […]
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UCF Team Tracks Endangered Sea Turtles
UCF Ph.D candidate, Simona Ceriani, and her team recently published a study on the strength of the double-barreled method of tracking female loggerhead sea turtles. The study followed 71 sea turtles along the east coast of Florida. The sea turtles population has been declining for decades and tracking their routes has been troublesome for researchers. […]
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MRC Director Focuses on Lagoon
By Jim Waymer, Florida Today Leesa Souto’s doctoral research focused on how human behaviors — especially those involving fertilizer — harm nature and the best ways to prevent that. Now she’ll do the same for the Marine Resources Council, Brevard County’s second-largest environmental nonprofit group, behind the Brevard Zoo. On Jan. 1, Souto took over […]
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Reuters: Science Cafes Offer Sip of Learning
By Barbara Liston, Reuters Americans may be turning away from the hard sciences at universities, but they are increasingly showing up at “science cafes” in local bars and restaurants to listen to scientific talks over a drink or a meal. Want a beer with that biology? Or perhaps a burger with the works to complement the theory […]
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Graduate Research Forum abstracts due
The Tenth Annual Graduate Research Forum, a part of Student Research Week, is open for submissions! The College of Graduate Studies and the Graduate Student Association invite UCF graduate students to submit your proposals now. Scheduled for Tuesday, April 2, 2013 in the Student Union, the Graduate Research Forum is an excellent opportunity for you to […]
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Arboretum seeks volunteers for spring projects
For students interested in giving back to the environment or learning more about the region’s natural ecosystems, the UCF Arboretum is offering several volunteer opportunities the semester. Established in 1983, the 72-acre Arboretum is home to a variety of plant and animal life. “Volunteers can meet new people, achieve their New Year’s resolution to be […]
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Biology alumna making an impact around the world
UCF alumna Sarah Kureshi, ’01, can be described in many words. Doctor. Wife. Muslim. American. Runner. Professor. Activist. Woman. Boundary-breaker. But her favorite word is student. “I learned how to be a lifelong student at UCF,” Kureshi said. “When I came to UCF, I had such amazing professors, and within the honors college I took […]
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Knights give back
See how UCF students, faculty, staff and friends give back to the Central Florida community.
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Founders’ Day Honors Convocation 2013
The annual Founders’ Day Honors Convocation will be held beginning at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, in the Pegasus Ballroom at the Student Union. We will recognize faculty members who have demonstrated excellence in teaching, advising, research, professional service, and librarianship. We will also recognize those members of our faculty who have completed […]
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Call for presentations at the Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference
SEEC is a conference run by students for students is being hosted at the University of Central Florida (UCF) on March 1st – 3rd of 2013. SEEC offers a friendly atmosphere for undergraduate, graduate, and post doctoral students from around the southeast to engage one another and solicit helpful critiques of their research. SEEC also […]
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Pythons, lionfish and now willow invade Florida’s waterways
Foreign invaders such as pythons and lionfish are not the only threats to Florida’s natural habitat. The native Carolina Willow is also starting to strangle portions of the St. Johns River. Biologists at the University of Central Florida recently completed a study that shows this slender tree once used by Native Americans for medicinal purposes, […]
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BP’s Chief Scientist visits UCF
BP’s Chief Scientist, Ellen D. Williams, will be speaking to UCF students, staff, faculty and guests on January 18, 2013 as part of the Distinguished Speakers Series, which is hosted by the College of Sciences. The event will start at 11 a.m., is free and open to the public and is in the Pegasus Ballroom, which is […]
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Knights helping knights
As part of UCF’s 50th Anniversary, the College of Sciences is collecting donated items for the Knights Helping Knights Pantry. To date, COS has collected 1,215.52 pounds of donated items! If you would like to donate items, drop them off in the Dean’s Office or any COS departmental office. Learn more about our ongoing and future events […]
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College of Sciences videos
Learn more about the College of Sciences by watching our video playlist below. Further information on each professor is listed below the video screen. College of Sciences Video Playlist Learn more about how to support UCF Sciences here. Learn more about the Asteroid Viewing Party here. Learn more about Drs. Arlen and Diane Chase and […]
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Biology team researches Atlantic Salt Marsh Snake
UCF Biology Associate Professor Christopher Parkinson and his research students head out to Tomoka State Park to study the Atlantic Salt Marsh Snake, a threatened species, and WUCF TV is there to catch a video of their work. Watch the full video below and check out more videos from UCF here.
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Florida rivers’ low profile puts them at risk
For an imaginary moment, swim with Hueland Todd Brown as he descends into a deep, caramel-colored river, feeling his way with his hands and hoping nothing bites. Brown lives by the Choctawhatchee, a wild river that coils through remote forests in the Florida Panhandle and is so much a part of him that he can […]
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Eradicating space dust and saving sea turtles get boost from space agency
Teams working on a wide range of innovative research and technology development, including work that may lead to new techniques for keeping alien dust from clogging up sensitive space instruments and work on new satellite tracking systems to help track endangered sea turtles recently got a financial boost courtesy of the Florida Space Institute. In […]
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Center for Success of Women Faculty redefines direction
With a new name and a new direction, the UCF Center for Success of Women Faculty has one overriding purpose: To achieve its self-fulfilling title. After being known for more than a decade as the Women’s Research Center, the group was renamed a few weeks ago to better reflect the organization’s goals. And now, the […]
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Should faculty be allowed to volunteer time to help students study abroad?
This is a guest post written by UCF Biology Professor Dr. Linda Walters. Why study abroad? Isn’t it just an excuse to have fun and drink beer while getting college credit? In my world, absolutely not! Pushing students to leave their comfort zones and explore the world is so essential to the learning process that many […]
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Biology student spearheads relief for Hurricane Sandy
While his New Jersey family and friends were grappling with cold temperatures and no power, one student at the University of Central Florida led a campus-wide relief effort to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy. Tyler M. Neher, a junior studying Biology, is a native of coastal New Jersey. He’s among the more than 500 […]
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Extinction fears spur push to breed Florida grasshopper sparrow
Fearing that the Florida grasshopper sparrow might go extinct in as little as two years, wildlife advocates have begun pressing federal officials to approve an emergency effort to capture some of the birds and breed them in captivity. The Central Florida bird is a subspecies of the grasshopper sparrow found only in vast, treeless prairies […]
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Biology student wins research awards at national conference
UCF Biology student Sara Bolivar Wagers recently attended the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students where she presented her research in a poster display. Judges were extremely interested in her work and Wagers left with two awards – First Place for Behavioral Sciences and Public Health and First Place for Interdisciplinary Studies. Now in […]
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UCF professor receives Benton H. Box Award
CLEMSON, S.C. — Reed Noss, provost’s Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Central Florida and president of the Florida Institute for Conservation Science, was among three individuals recognized at the annual George B. Hartzog Jr. luncheon held at Clemson University Oct. 30. The annual program recognizes exemplary leadership in addressing environmental issues and concerns […]
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Biology professor publishes new book
UCF Biology Professor Reed Noss published his new book, “Forgotten Grasslands of the South,” which you can purchase here. Forgotten Grasslands of the South is a literary and scientific case study of some of the biologically richest and most endangered ecosystems in North America. Eminent ecologist Reed Noss tells the story of how southern grasslands arose […]
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UCF joins statewide institute focused on climate change
Interest in climate change and sea level rise has grown considerably in the past decade. Floridians need reliable scientific information about potential changes so that they can make decisions and policies that are economically beneficial and environmentally sound. This is particularly important given the wide range of opinions and, often conflicting, interpretations of available evidence […]
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Natural History: The ground upon which conservation rests
Dr. Reed Noss, University of Central Florida professor, and one of the world’s top conservation biologists believes that the root of what is wrong with conservation biology today is the fading of natural history. Reed Noss is Provost’s Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Central Florida and President of the Florida Institute for Conservation […]
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UCF Book Festival accepting book submissions
The 4th annual UCF Book Festival/Orlando will be held at the UCF Arena on Saturday, April 13, 2013. The mission of the UCF Book Festival/Orlando is to encourage the appreciation of diverse and quality literature in addition to fostering and sustaining a love of reading. Annually, the festival draws thousands of readers of all ages […]
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Biologists’ book explains rising sea levels to young readers
Ocean levels have been rising for the past century, scientists say, creating a situation that could negatively affect many coastal animals and plants. To explain the concerns to adolescents, University of Central Florida biologist Linda Walters and Sydney Katz, one of her former students, have written a new book called “Rising Tides, A Guide to […]
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UCF campus wildlife
College life at UCF wouldn’t be the same without them. “We bought the land to build a university, not a nature preserve,” UCF biology Professor Emeritus Jack Stout says, as he stands before a 4-by-4-foot aerial map of the campus, studying it intently. “But it turned out to be both.” Hurriedly crossing from asphalt parking […]