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Nobel laureate Robert H. Grubbs comes to UCF
Nobel Laureate and California Institute of Technology Professor of Chemistry Robert H. Grubbs will be speaking to UCF students, staff, faculty and guests on February 4, 2013 as part of the Distinguished Speakers Series, which is hosted by the College of Sciences. The event will start at 4 p.m. in Classroom One, Room 121 and is free and open to […]
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2013 Southeast Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics at UCF
The Southeast Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (SCUWP) is a three-day conference for undergraduate physics majors in the southeastern United States. The 2013 conference will be held from the evening of Friday January 18th to the afternoon of Sunday January 20th. SCUWP’s goal is to help undergraduate women continue in physics by providing them […]
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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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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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American Association for Advancement of Science honors COS professors
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is honoring five University of Central Florida professors with specialties in everything from archaeology to engineering for their significant contributions to their perspective fields. “These individuals have been elevated to this rank because of their efforts toward advancing science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished,” […]
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UCF experiment wins free trip to the International Space Station
A University of Central Florida experiment that could help explain how planets formed in our solar system has won a free ride to the International Space Station in 2013. Physics professor Joshua Colwell’s experiment is one of eight winners of the Space Florida International Space Station Research Competition sponsored by Space Florida and NanoRacks. Space Florida […]
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International expert explains asteroids’ ‘real’ threat to Earth
Join space expert Dr. Humberto Campins at the Orlando Science Center on Saturday, Dec. 1 for a hands-on program that delivers the real story when it comes to asteroids that pass near the earth Earth. Campins, a physics professor at the University of Central Florida, will also share exciting details about forthcoming NASA and European […]
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2012 College of Sciences Rising Star Award
The 2012 College of Sciences Rising Star Award winner is Lauren Black, ’09, who was honored at the Black and Gold Gala hosted by the UCF Alumni Association during the 2012 Homecoming week. Black runs the popular website Country Music is Love, which she started when she was still finishing her Radio-Television classes in the Nicholson School of Communication. The site […]
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2012 College of Sciences Professional Achievement Award Winner
The 2012 College of Sciences Professional Achievement Award Winner is Douglas Dew, ’84, who was honored at the Black and Gold Gala hosted by the UCF Alumni Association during the 2012 Homecoming week. “I think the importance of science in education, especially at the undergraduate level, is to get that basic understanding of different areas,” Dew […]
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Alum receives White House honor
The White House recently recognized Doug Matthews, ‘95, a graduate of the journalism program, as a champion of local innovation. Each year, the White House honors 13 local innovation champions of change for their commitment to creating a more open and innovative government through entrepreneurship. Matthews has spent the last 18 years working to improve local […]
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How you can help Hurricane Sandy victims
Although we here at UCF are fortunate to not have been impacted directly by Hurricane Sandy, many of our family and friends were. If your are looking for a way to help those affected by the storm and in need of support, we are re-posting a list put together by the UCF Office of Student […]
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Psychology professor wins national research award
Eduardo Salas, a leading expert on teams and training and at the University of Central Florida’s Department of Psychology and Institute for Simulation & Training, today won the $50,000 Michael R. Losey Human Resource Research Award from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the HR Certification Institute, and the SHRM Foundation. The award, recognizing human resource academics or experts whose […]
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UCF wins big at SAS Data Mining Shootout
UCF placed 1st ($5,000 prize) and 3rd ($2,000 prize) in the SAS Data Mining Shootout. The 1st place team was sponsored by Morgan Wang and consisted of the following students: Jianbin Zhu, Ruizhe Wang, Hong Zhang, Yue Zhou and Yuting Song. The 3rd place team was sponsored by UCF Professor Dr. David Nickerson and consisted of the following […]
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UCF Sociology develops study abroad program
As a supplement to its Sociology curriculum, the College of Sciences has developed a study abroad program for undergraduate students interested in Global Family Trends at UCF. The aim of this course is to explore the diversity of the world’s families by analyzing different family structures, processes and historical, social and environmental contexts. The scope […]
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NSF awards UCF $1.8 million to recruit freshmen into STEM majors
The National Science Foundation is investing $1.8 million in a University of Central Florida researcher’s project to recruit students into Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs by incorporating career planning as soon as they begin classes at the university. The project is banking on the notion that there are many future scientists and engineers […]
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Romney team tries hanging a Jimmy Carter label on Obama
By Scott Shane from The New York Times A president struggling simultaneously to cope with anti-American tumult in the Middle East and fix stubborn economic trouble at home: Is President Obama replaying the one-term presidency of Jimmy Carter? Mr. Obama began his presidency by reaching out to Iran and gave a tempered response when the pro-democracy Green Movement […]
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The question of caste in modern India
Author and scholar Anupama Rao provided insights Thursday into the caste system’s place in modern India to an audience of about 130. This event was organized by the UCF Global Perspectives Office as a part of the 2012-2013 theme, “The Changing Face of Freedom in Today’s Turbulent Times,” as well as the season’s first public […]
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New turtle tracking technique may aid efforts to save loggerheads
The old adage “you are what you eat” is helping scientists better understand the threatened loggerhead turtle, which is the primary nester on Central Florida’s beaches. A study published today in the journal PLOS ONE describes how scientists at the University of Central Florida used a technique that links chemical signatures of the turtles’ diets […]
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TV news anchor Bob Opsahl visits UCF’s Nicholson School
WFTV Channel 9 news anchor Bob Opsahl returned to his alma mater on Sept. 17 to share his insights and experiences from nearly 35 years of covering the news in Central Florida. Opsahl, a 1976 UCF Radio and Television graduate and a 2001 inductee into the Nicholson School Hall of Fame, spoke to journalism instructor […]
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COS goes green with 2012 Open House
The College of Sciences welcomed students, families, faculty, staff and members of the public to their fifth annual Open House Saturday, September 15. In an effort to improve the environment, the College of Sciences made the tradition a green event this year. Guests and volunteers had the opportunity to plant mangrove plants and build oyster mats […]
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UCF physicists break laser pulse world record
A University of Central Florida research team has created the world’s shortest laser pulse and in the process may have given scientists a new tool to watch quantum mechanics in action – something that has been hidden from view until now. UCF Professor Zenghu Chang from the Department of Physics and the College of Optics […]
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COS and CECS collaborate on STEM education initiatives
The College of Sciences and the College of Engineering and Computer Science have agreed to collaborate on STEM education initiatives. This collaborative effort, Initiatives in STEM (iSTEM), is intended to promote and enhance COS and CECS collaboration on STEM education and STEM education research. “We hope to make it easier for faculty with an interest […]
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New Adopt-a-Plot program
Note: The Adopt-A-Plot program is complete and is no longer accepting applications. The Arboretum is happy to announce an Adopt-a-Plot program beginning Fall 2012. Students and community members will have the opportunity to adopt their very own plot to grow herbs and veggies at the Arboretum! The general requirements are described below. Are you an experienced […]
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Mars’ true colors show thanks to UCF invention
The exciting and colorful images being beamed back from the planet Mars this past week should be true to life, thanks to the ingenuity of researchers at University of Central Florida. Physics Professor Daniel Britt built two calibration targets that sit on the Curiosity rover now exploring the red planet. The rover captured America’s imagination […]
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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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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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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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UCF professors named editors of political science journal
The Journal of Political Science Education has named three new editors – all professors from UCF. Kerstin Hamann, Philip H. Pollock and Bruce M. Wilson have replaced the publication’s founding editors, John Ishiyama and Marijke Breuning, both from the University of North Texas, who became editors of the American Political Science Review. Hamann, chair of […]
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Psychology professor receives award for contributions
UCF psychology professor Eduardo Salas has been presented with a Distinguished Professional Contributions Award, given annually by the Society of Industrial & Organizational Psychology for contributions to the practice of industrial and organizational psychology. “I consider myself a scientist practitioner – that is, I use science to solve organizational problems,” Salas said about the honor. […]