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UCF Downtown Celebration
On April 6, the College of Sciences toasted to the downtown project with other excited UCF representatives and partners. Over 200 people including, UCF faculty, staff, donors, alumni and other professionals joined together to celebrate the launch of UCF Downtown. In Sept. 2014, President John Hitt, Ph.D., officially announced to the Orlando community that UCF will […]
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Knightly News wins Best College TV Newscast in FL
Story by the UCF Nicholson School of Communication View original story here. The Nicholson School of Communication’s Knightly News television newscast has been named Best College TV Newscast in the state of Florida by the Florida Associated Press Broadcasters. The award winning newscast, chosen from the Spring 2015 semester, was recognized Saturday at the AP […]
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Nicholson Spotlighted for ‘On the Spot’ News
Story by UCF Nicholson School of Communication UCF’s Nicholson School of Communication students mixed, mingled and claimed special honors during the National Broadcasting Society’s national conference in Burbank, California. The student chapter attended March 12-17, 2016 along with Stephanie Rice, associate instructor and radio-television area coordinator. The five Radio-Television (RTV) students attending won first place […]
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Arbor Day Continues at UCF Arboretum
Story by Mark Schlueb, UCF Today Thirty students from Oak Ridge High School – a Title I school that serves an economically disadvantaged population – visited the UCF Arboretum on Friday, April 8 to learn about the value of urban trees and conservation. Representatives of the university’s Arboretum and Department of Landscape and Natural Resources […]
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UCF Talks Kurdish Issues in D.C.
Story by Jessica Squires Friday, April 1, 2016 What are the current and future prospects for Iraqi Kurdistan? That’s what audiences at two presentations in Washington, D.C., organized by UCF’s Global Perspectives Office, came to discuss last week. The forums were a product of the partnership between UCF and Soran University, which is located in […]
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UCF Arboretum to Host Open Mic Night Series
In a university of more than 60,000 students, one’s voice – or instrument – can still be heard. The UCF Arboretum will host its first ever open mic night on Friday, April 8 from 5-8 p.m. at the UCF Arboretum Nature Pavilion. This will be the first of its series, ‘Arboretum Unplugged.’ The series welcomes […]
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UCF Psychology Accepts Governor’s Challenge
The UCF Psychology Department has accepted Governor Rick Scott’s “Ready, Set, Work” challenge and is already implementing programs to reach this goal. Governor Rick Scott recently announced the “Ready, Set, Work” University Challenge, which challenges the two most popular majors within state-funded universities to get 100 percent of their graduates (not going on to graduate […]
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Nicholson School Hosts Largest Conference Yet
ICRCC 2016 – Nicholson School of Communication (Orlando) – Nearly 150 crisis communication professionals and scholars from around the world converged at UCF as the Nicholson School of Communication hosted the 6th Annual International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference (ICRCC), March 7-9. And by all accounts, it was the largest attendance in the six years […]
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Statistics Brings the Big Data
Big Data is the estimated 2.5 quintillion bytes of data that we create per day from conducting our daily lives; posting on social media, using rewards cards at stores, making insurance claims, surfing the internet, etc. On March 28, the UCF Statistics Department hosted its sixth annual Big Data Analytics Symposium. During the symposium, professionals […]
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Hot Summer Nights in Roman Egypt
Join Anthropology Lecturer, Lana Williams, Ph.D., on Tuesday, April 26, as she talks about seasonality in conception, birth, and death and how it is one of the most fundamental and enduring patterns in life’s rhythms. These patterns are mostly influenced by interactions between biology and environment. However, human culture also plays a very distinct role […]
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UCF Used Green Thumb this St. Patrick’s Day
This St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 2016, UCF volunteers gathered to celebrate UCF’s trees in recognition of Arbor Day. UCF Landscape and Natural Resources and the Arboretum hosted the Arbor Day event by leading volunteers through a planting and learning experience. National Arbor Day is always celebrated on the last Friday in April, but many states observe Arbor Day […]
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Forensic Science, Statistics and the Law
Join us for the final speaker in The National Center for Forensic Science (NCFS) Speaker Series on Science, Statistics and the Law. This speaker series brings together attorneys, forensic scientists and academics to discuss the future of forensic science in America. Simon A. Cole, Ph.D., will be speaking on the topic of, What Does It Mean for […]
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Chicago Alumni Welcome UCF Students to the Windy City
The UCF Chicago Alumni Chapter welcomed a group of UCF students to the Windy City during a networking event on Tuesday, March 8, 2016. UCF’s Nicholson School of Communication instructors, Joan McCain, Lindsay Hudcok, and Gary LaPage traveled with a group of 24 students to Chicago for spring break to learn about careers in advertising […]
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College of Sciences Recognizes its Newest Group of Outstanding AlumKnights
On March 3, the UCF College of Sciences and its alumni chapter hosted their second annual Outstanding AlumKnights awards ceremony. The college’s dean, Michael Johnson, hosted this year’s festivities, which took place in the Grand Ballroom of the UCF FAIRWINDS Alumni Center, where guests enjoyed music, cocktails, heavy hors d’oeuvres and a photo booth, in addition to […]
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Success at Sociology Career Day
On Wednesday, March 2, the Sociology Department, along with the College of Sciences and Career Services, hosted the third annual Sociology Career Day. The Key West Ballroom in the UCF Student Union was filled with the buzz of sociology students, eager to network with representatives from local and national organizations. Nearly 200 students and alumni visited this year’s […]
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Bill Nye Comes to UCF
Get your bow ties ready because Bill Nye is coming to UCF! Students, faculty and staff are invited to spend “An Afternoon with Bill Nye,” popularly known as “The Science Guy,” on March 15, 2016. Nye won America’s heart as the star of the live-action educational comedy that aired on PBS from 1993-1998. He famously […]
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UCF Speech Team Shines in Tournament
Story by UCF Nicholson School of Communication February 18, 2016 The two-day speech competition event dubbed “The Knight-Nole Swing,” hosted jointly this year by the speech teams of the University of Central Florida (UCF) and Florida State University, brought together contenders from nine schools and resulted in a “fantastic success” for UCF, according to Instructor […]
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Rachel Carson’s Legacy for Florida
On Feb. 17, join Robert Musil, Ph.D., M.P.H., president and CEO of the Rachel Carson Council (RCC), as he shares Rachel Carson’s environmental legacy for Florida. Dr Musil will be speaking about how Rachel Carson and her work was and still is relevant to the state of Florida. The presentation will be followed by a workshop on environmentalism and book […]
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Business, Engineering and Sciences Alumni Networking Knight
Nearly 70 UCF alumni gathered in downtown Orlando on Thursday, Jan. 21. for an evening of professional networking. The alumni chapter board of volunteers from the College of Business Administration, College of Engineering and Computer Science, and College of Sciences jointly hosted the event held at GrayRobinson. Guests enjoyed drinks and appetizers while mingling with […]
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GIS Delivers the Past to the Future
On Thursday, January 28, Scott Branting, Ph.D., will participate in a Future Tense discussion about how present and emerging technologies can be used to deliver cultural heritage from the past to the future. Hosted by New America, a non-partisan think tank in Washington D.C., and in partnership with Arizona State University and Slate magazine, “Deploying Technology to […]
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Spring 2017 Study Abroad Fair
Study abroad Spring 2017 applications are now available. Join UCF Abroad at their Spring Study Abroad Fair Thursday, January 21, from 10 AM – 2 PM in front of the Student Union. Come and learn about the multiple programs offered in many disciplines in countries around the world. Political Science students have the opportunity to study for a semester […]
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Nicholson Alumni Shine at 2015 Suncoast Emmys
Story by UCF Nicholson School of Communication January 8, 2016 It was a simple statement on the Facebook page of Tiffany Anthony, ’07, but it said so much: She could now officially call herself an Emmy Award-winning producer. Anthony was one of the winners at the 2015 Suncoast Chapter ceremony of the National Academy of Television Arts […]
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COS Celebrates 27 New Ph.D. Graduates
On Friday, Dec. 18, 12 new Ph.D. students graduated from the College of Sciences. A special graduation reception was held to congratulate the graduates on Thursday, Dec. 17. The event was held in the afternoon in the Physical Sciences building. Family members of the graduates, faculty advisors and members of the Dean’s office staff were in attendance. […]
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COS Graduates Over 1,000 Students
More than 5,000 UCF students will become alumKnights during the fall commencement ceremonies this weekend. The university will award an estimated 5,168 degrees during the three ceremonies. That includes 4,405 bachelor’s degrees, 657 master’s degrees, four education specialist degrees, 12 educational doctoral degrees, 81 Ph.D.’s and nine Doctor of Nursing degrees. The College of Sciences alone will […]
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UCF Arboretum Fall Harvest Feast
The UCF Arboretum held its 5th annual Fall Harvest Feast Celebration December 3 and 4 on UCF main campus. This two day event aimed to increase community cohesion, education, nutrition, and appreciation. The first day, Thursday, Dec 3, was a day of harvest, where participants collected one or two ingredients from the UCF Arboretum’s garden […]
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GIS Academy Hosts National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
On Oct. 28, Timothy Hawthorne, Ph.D., and The Geospatial STEM Academy hosted Sue Gordon, deputy director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), for a student and STEM meet and greet event. Currently an assistant professor of geographic information systems (GIS) in the department of sociology, Dr. Hawthorne is also the Founding Director and Principal Investigator of […]
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Matanzas Murder Mystery
Can you solve a murder mystery? On November 19th, the UCF Forensic Science Association (FSA) teamed up with Matanzas High School to help students and hosted their very first “Murder Mystery at Matanzas”. “Murder Mystery at Mantanzas” was designed as an interactive first look at the disciplines within the forensic science field, with an emphasis on crime […]
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Life and Careers in the Intelligence Community
On Thursday, November 5, the UCF Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence (IC CAE) hosted “Life and Careers in the Intelligence Community.” Held as a panel discussion, this event brought together five representatives from different intelligence agencies to introduce and discuss their departments with the students. The panelist talked about their agencies, how they became involved in the intelligence […]
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Windover Burial Site Refresh
Anthropology graduate student, Patrisha Meyers, is the director of the Brevard Museum of History and Natural Science and the Florida Historical Society Archaeological Institute. Meyers has overseen the improvements and expansion of the exhibit “People of Windover” or the Windover refresh. The Windover Archaeological Site, the most significant burial complex in North America, is a charnel pond […]
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Who Is a Millionaire?
Under a sunset stroked sky in front of the University of Central Florida’s main administration building, university leaders celebrated the common traits of tenacity, collaborative spirit, and commitment to excellence that UCF’s top grant earning researchers share. Twenty-nine researchers earned $1 million or more earning a bid into UCF’s Millionaires Club, which hosted the celebration […]