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Congratulations to our newly NSC tenured faculty
Assistant professors are eligible to begin the process toward receiving promotion and tenure within their second year of employment. UCF, through its faculty, professional employees and administrators assess the employees’ potential for growth and scholarly contribution as well as past meritorious performance. Tenure is a contractual right to expect employment and a tenured employee cannot […]
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UCF employee of the month
Congratulations Jessica Brooks, UCF Accountant for the Physics department, on winning the UCF Employee of the Month Award.
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Save the Date: UCF Grad Fair
Individuals with a graduate degree earn about 30% more annually than individuals with a baccalaureate degree alone, according to a recent U.S. Census Bureau study. If you are interested in graduate school, clear your schedule now for Wednesday, September 12, when the University of Central Florida will host its annual Grad Fair. It will be […]
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Want a good reference letter? Do something to deserve it
This is a guest post from Dr. Linda Walters. Each August, the entire UCF community anticipates the start of the fall semester. As we all laze through the final days of summer, we reminisce about the highs and lows of previous school years and strategize how we can avoid those same lows this fall. For some […]
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Dr. Collins on his experiences as a Fulbright fellow
Nicholson School of Communication Associate Professor Dr. Steve Collins recently returned from East Africa, where he was living for nine months as a Fulbright scholar. He spent this past academic year conducting research on the factors that influence the quality and content of journalism there. “Many organizations are investing money to improve the quality of journalism […]
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Student’s research focuses on blindfolded strangers
Joshua Moussa, a UCF psychology student, is leading the research and development initiatives for Pick Your New Opportunities, an organization that introduces people to new acquaintances while blindfolded. “Everyone has a fear. We are so into our phones or on the computer and we have Facebook, but it’s not the real way to meet someone. This encourages people to […]
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Curiosity’s landing and the role of Mars exploration
People are waking up to cheerful news about the United States and space exploration this morning. At 1:32 a.m. Eastern Time NASA’s Curiosity rover successfully landed on the surface of Mars. NASA hopes the rover will carry out experiments designed to assess the viability of human missions to Mars in addition to researching if any […]
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A deeper understanding of adolescents and behavior problems
UCF psychology graduate student Brea-Anne Lauer and UCF Understanding Children and Families Laboratory director Kimberly Renk recently completed a study on the characteristics related to the perceptions of peer behavior problems. “I think that the biggest take away message is that adolescents can and do make active comparisons of their peers based on the behaviors that their […]
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Pictures: Haven and Rita retire
Click on each photo to it at a larger, non-cropped version. The College of Sciences hosted a retirement party for Haven Sweet and Rita Greenwell last week. Professors, deans, staff, families and friends all came out to celebrate the years of contributions made by these two biologists. Haven came to UCF in 1971 as an assistant […]
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Why stages are important in crisis management
The Stages approach is not restricted to the media coverage or, indeed, reputation management. There is a wealth of literature on the subject of crisis management; you will find an abundance of literature in the risk management, disaster recovery and business continuity fields. The populist view, interestingly supported by Dr Timothy Coombs, academic luminary and […]
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Pre and post training ‘just as important as induction process’ at workplace
When the money that is spent in training employees is utilised well, “training and development activities allow organizations to adapt, compete, excel, innovate, produce, be safe, improve service and reach goals”, a new study has revealed. Eduardo Salas and his colleagues from the University of Central Florida found that one of the most important things […]
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UCF professor travels to Washington to support space, NASA
Once again, an administration’s plans for NASA face congressional criticism, scrutiny from a blue-ribbon panel and demandsfor more funds that set parts of the agency against one another. “You cannot have a public space agency without politics playing a role. That’s only right when the taxpayers are paying the bills,” says planetary scientist Daniel Britt of the University […]
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Thoughts on the Lindau Nobel Laureate meetings
UCF Physics student Casey Schwarz recently attended the prestigious Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings in Lindau on Lake Constance, in the very south of Bavaria, Germany. More than 25 Nobel Laureates and 580 young researchers from all over the world met at Lindau to exchange ideas, discuss projects and build international networks. Schwarz was kind enough to write a […]
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Who will be the GOP pick to take on Grayson in House race?
The Republicans have not approached Grayson’s fundraising success. Quiñones, for example, reported $155,000 in donations for the same period, and Melendez’s campaign said he raised $90,000. But in 2010, Grayson lost his seat in Congress despite a huge financial advantage. Aubrey Jewett, an associate professor of political science at UCF, said the Hispanic population, because […]
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State program to step up monitoring of wildlife
A state grant will allow DOT employees and a contractor to more closely monitor the movement of wildlife along a rural stretch of U.S. 41 in Collier County. The Roadside Animal Detection System, or RADS, was a first for Florida when it was unveiled in January along a 1.3-mile stretch of highway that cuts through […]
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Psychology student wins scholarship money from blogging
UCF psychology student Destiny Watson was looking for scholarships online when she discovered CollegeNet, a website where students can blog competitively for scholarship money. Watson began blogging about things that interested her including the First Amendment, sports, raising money to pay for college and and body image. She blogged everyday and eventually won $1000 for being on a “top […]
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Political science professor visits universities in Japan
UCF Political Science Professor Dr. Nikola Mirilovic recently concluded doing presentations in Japan at the Hokkaido University and the Waseda University. The presentations were organized by the Slavic Research Center based at Hokkaido University, and Dr. Mirilovic was invited to present by Professor Kimitaka Matsuzato. Dr. Mirilovic presented “A Preliminary Theory of Contested International Recognition of New States: the Case […]
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Immune attack makes female flies dump their sperm store
UCF Biology professor Ken Fedorka has recently discovered that if a female fruit fly receives sperm from an infected male fly she will likely dump the sperm. His research paper (read it here) also explains how the sperm can suffer if the male or female fly is sick. Sperm viability has been associated with the […]
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VIDEO: Exoplanet candidate UCF 1.01
Watch More News Videos at ABC2012 Presidential ElectionEntertainment & Celebrity News If you haven’t heard, UCF has detected what could be its first planet – UCF 1.01. The exoplanet, which is a planet that is orbiting a star other than our own Sun and is therefore not in our Solar System, is two-thirds the size […]
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2012 Kappa Tau Alpha inductees
Congratulations to the eight new student members of the NSC chapter of Kappa Tau Alpha (KTA), the national college honor society that recognizes academic excellence and promotes scholarship in journalism and mass communication. Selection for membership is a mark of highest distinction and honor as members must be in the top 10 percent of their […]
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Gov. Rick Scott insists Florida’s economy is recovering
“Florida’s economy is headed in the right direction,” declared Gov. Rick Scott, citing the creation of 9,000 new jobs in June and signs of revival in the state’s housing market and consumer spending. “As companies are choosing to grow and expand in our state, we are continuing to see Florida experience a positive economic recovery,” Scott […]
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Florida bird may soon be extinct
A type of sparrow that lives only in Florida has mysteriously plunged in number so dramatically that scientists fear it will vanish forever well before the end of this decade. Florida grasshopper sparrows, which inhabit grasslands in the state’s interior south of Orlando, have been listed as endangered for the past 26 years. But the […]
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Join us for the UCF Open House Sept. 15
Black, Gold, and Green! Go green with the College of Sciences before the big game at UCF Open House 2012. COS will be potting mangrove seeds and making oyster mats. We will be providing all of the supplies and a special green bandana for students, families, faculty and staff to wear during the game.* Join […]
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Director’s Update: Global Communication Studies
Colleagues, Students, Alumni and Friends: I wanted to report on the significant new partnerships and scholarly opportunities which are emerging for Nicholson School of Communication’s (NSC) global communication studies initiative. NSC is developing special partnerships with six international elite “sister” communication schools. These partnerships include: agreements for reciprocal student exchange, study abroad, faculty teaching abroad, […]
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Biology student diving for lionfish
It’s a different world, 75 feet under. At least, it feels that way at Six Mile Reef, just off Stuart’s coast. It’s a world that’s been threatened by the fish Rick Dahn is hunting: the lionfish. Dahn and four other divers boarded the boat, “Irish Rover” in Port Salerno at dawn Saturday and motored away, for […]
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Sociology professor edits new book “Disaster Resiliency”
Natural disasters in recent years have brought the study of disaster resiliency to the forefront. The importance of community preparedness and sustainability has been underscored by such calamities as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Japanese tsunami in 2011. Natural disasters will inevitably continue to occur, but by understanding the concept of resiliency as well […]
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A celebration of accomplishments and contributions to UCF
Please join us from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 25, in the College of Sciences’ conference room, CSB 221, as we wish both Dr. Haven Sweet and Ms. Rita Greenwell the very best on their retirement. (CSB 221 is accessed through the main COS reception area, CSB 201.) Haven came to UCF in […]
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Study points to causes of dolphin deaths in Gulf of Mexico
The largest oil spill on open water to date and other environmental factors led to the historically high number of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico, concludes a two-year scientific study released today. A team of biologists from several Gulf of Mexico institutions and the University of Central Florida in Orlando published their findings […]
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UCF discovers exoplanet neighbor
The University of Central Florida has detected what could be its first planet, only two-thirds the size of Earth and located right around the corner, cosmically speaking, at a mere 33-light years away. The exoplanet candidate called UCF 1.01, is close to its star, so close it goes around the star in 1.4 days. The […]
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Omega Envoy Partners with Florida Space Institute
Omega Envoy, the Florida team competing in the Google Lunar X PRIZE (GLXP), and its parent company, Earthrise Space Inc. (ESI) are proud to welcome the Florida Space Institute (FSI) as a new partner. FSI will provide critical test and spacecraft integration equipment for the team’s use. This will include the use of a clean […]