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Student shares her Washington experience
Junior psychology major Amirica Nicholson spent the last two months in Washington, D.C., as a congressional intern for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. As an intern, Nicholson listens to hearings on government topics, responds to calls from constituents and keeps up with current political events. The Central Florida Future had the opportunity to speak to Nicholson […]
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Board of Trustees elects new leaders
Two University of Central Florida alumni and longtime supporters are the new leaders of the UCF Board of Trustees. Trustees elected Michael J. Grindstaff to serve a two-year term as chair of the board on Thursday and Trustee Olga Calvet to a two-year term as vice chair. Grindstaff, of Winter Park, is a partner in […]
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Student wins foreign affairs 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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European asteroid mission taps UCF expert
University of Central Florida Professor and international asteroid expert Humberto Campins is working with more than 100 fellow astrophysicists preparing for a European mission aimed at collecting an asteroid sample and returning it to earth.The Marco Polo-R Mission is a project of the European Space Agency (ESA), and NASA could participate later. The goal is […]
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UCF clears 1st hurdle to develop arboretum
The University of Central Florida got approval from the St. Johns River Water Management District to remove the conservation easement on 8 acres of arboretum land and is now awaiting state approval. The arboretum area had a conservation easement on it, preventing development. The water management district approved lifting the 8-acre arboretum easement in exchange […]
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Students continue the fight to save Arboretum
UCF has requested the release of 7.85 acres of land protected by a conservation easement from the St. Johns Water Management District. This area is a portion of the 82-acre Arboretum that educates students and the community about nature and protects the environment. Patrick Bohlen, Arboretum director since the fall of 2010, said this area […]
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Monday: Political symposium on US-China relations
Officials from the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., and other leading experts will gather Monday, April 4, at the University of Central Florida to discuss how the two countries can work together to overcome those challenges. “U.S. and China: What Does the Future Hold?” is the spring Lou Frey Institute of Politics and Government symposium. […]
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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 town hall on March 31
The University of Central Florida is hosting a town hall meeting on Thursday, March 31, about NASA’s planetary missions in the next decade. The public meeting is sponsored by the National Research Council, which just completed the Decadal Survey 2013-2022 for NASA and the National Science Foundation. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in […]
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Military expert to speak at UCF
Bernard Finel will visit the University of Central Florida on Tuesday, Jan. 18 to speak on global terrorism. His presentation, “Are We Winning? Measuring Progress in the Struggle Against Terrorism,” will start at 3 p.m. in the Key West Ballroom of the Student Union and is free and open to the public. Finel is considered […]
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Political Science chair featured in Orlando Sentinel
Dr. Roger Handberg was recently featured in an article for the Orlando Sentinel. The article reads, “The clouds are darkest over the Space Coast, as the U.S. space agency and its private subcontractors continue to shed thousands of shuttle-related jobs in Brevard County. The losses, which began last year, are rippling through the local economy, from […]
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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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Political Science professor develops inspiring program
The Civics Connection: Conversations with Congress was developed by the institute and the United States Association of Former Members of Congress for high school and college-level American government courses. The video interviews also are accessible to anyone who would like to hear insider perspectives on how policies are developed and how the business of government […]
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Research from UCF professor published in Nature
A peculiar gas-giant planet orbiting a sun-like star 1200 light-years away is the first carbon-rich world ever observed. The implications are big for planetary chemistry, because without much oxygen, common rocks throughout the planet would be made of pure carbon, in forms such as diamonds or graphite. “On most planets, oxygen is abundant. It makes […]
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Rami George Khouri visits UCF on Dec. 2
Rami George Khouri, executive editor of the Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star, will speak Thursday, Dec. 2, at the University of Central Florida. “The Perils and Promise of Communication Between the Arab World, the Middle East and the West” will begin at 3 p.m. in the Garden Key Room of the Student Union. The event […]
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Women to speak on leadership Tues. Oct. 11
The Political Science Department in partnership with the UCF Global Perspectives Office is bringing to women in international leadership positions UCF to speak on Tuesday, October 5, 2010. The guests will discuss cross-cultural challenges during a forum in the Pegasus Ballroom of the Student Union from 3 to 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Presentations […]
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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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New York Times columnist, Anand Giridharadas, to speak Tues. Oct. 5
The UCF Nicholson School of Communication in partnership with the UCF Global Perspectives Office is bringing Anand Giridharadas, columnist for The New York Times to UCF to speak on Tuesday, October 5, 2010. Giridharadas will give a presentation titled “The Rise of India and What It Means for the World” at 3 p.m. in the Key […]