Sociology surveys for the community

ISBS investigators recently completed two large, three-county telephone surveys: a Public Opinion Survey for the Heart of Florida United Way and a marketing survey for Metroplan Orlando, our regional transportation planning agency. The HFUW survey of 549 residents of Orange, Seminole and Osceola Counties showed that charitable giving is generally down as a result of […]

CNN analyst Peter Bergen speaks at UCF

Below is an article from a COS journalism student that ran in the Orlando Sentinel. Five months after a team of U.S. Navy SEALs raided a secret suburban compound killing al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen spoke to an audience at the University of Central Florida Tuesday about the future […]

Student Awarded SMART Grant

Senior Sociology major Fallon Kadel and her faculty mentor Dr. Amy Donley were awarded a Student-Mentor Academic Research Team (SMART) grant from the Burnett Honors College. At UCF, the majority of Biology majors are female yet only two of the tenured faculty members are female. Their research will examine the awareness and opinions female Biology […]

Join us for the DoubleTree Community Soirée

Sociology study with technology

Two Sociology faculty, Dr. Fernando Rivera and Dr. Jana Jasinski, are participating in a small study conducted jointly by FCTL and the RAMP/McNair programs office regarding the ways in which faculty and students use iPads in their personal and pro- fessional lives. As part of the study they will serve as a mentor to a […]

Honoring Dr. Jay Corzine

After a champagne toast, Jay was presented with a gift basket of gift cards for all his favorite local restaurants, several bottles of nice Italian red wine and about five pounds of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Dr. David Gay spoke on behalf of the department. “After fifteen years of service as the Department Chair Dr. […]

UCF creates Security Studies Ph.D.

By Austin Castle Special to the Sentinel, UCF Student The growing demand for qualified professionals to address issues of international security and counterterrorism has prompted the creation of a new Ph.D. program at the University of Central Florida. The Security Studies Ph.D., set to launch in the fall semester of 2013, will “produce specialists capable […]

Event: Advising Happy Hour

Grab a bite after a long day of classes or before you have to leave for your night class and talk with TTS about your transition to UCF and how your semester is going. Things we can assist you with: • Accessing and reading your degree audit • Finding enrollment times • Information on department/major […]

Photos: COS Open House

        The UCF College of Sciences team before the open house started.           Provost Tony Waldrop listens to a television production tour given by Dr. Time Brown. Dr. Brown gave tours all day to students, teachers, families and friends showing them where the UCF students produce their weekly […]

CNN’s Peter Bergen to speak at UCF

Peter Bergen, CNN’s national security analyst and the author of “The Osama bin Laden I Know,” will speak at the University of Central Florida on Tuesday, Oct. 11. “After Osama bin Laden: Terrorism’s Future Prospects” will begin at 3 p.m. in the Cape Florida Ballroom of the Student Union. The event, organized by the UCF […]

Students experience exotic wildlife

“Goliath, head up!” Todd Drever said, as a 15-foot-long, 1,700-pound American alligator lifted its bone-crushing jaws into the air during an in-water training session. The 46-year-old conservationist, locally known as Safari Todd, rewarded the seemingly ancient predator with a piece of raw chicken before asking the reptile to perform another behavior. Drever, who serves as […]

UCF expands to Osceola

Construction of a $35 million building is now underway at Valencia’s Osceola campus, which will allow approximately 10,000 more UCF students to attend the satellite campus. About 30,000 square feet of the 151,000 square-foot facility has been set aside for UCF’s use, according to David Laney, associate vice president for business affairs and operations for […]

Biology student wins best poster

Kathryn E. Becker received the Elsie Quarterman-Catherine Keever Award, which is given by the SE Chapter of the Ecological Society of America for the best ecological poster presented by a student at the annual meeting. Becker won for her poster entitled “Effects of Florida flatwoods ecosystem restoration and management on carbon stock.” The purpose of […]

UCF sociologist featured in catalog

Dr. James Wright of UCF’s Department of Sociology has been included in a Special Classics catalog from Transaction Publishers highlighting authors who have made significant contributions to the field of social science research. Dr. Wright is included with many other important researchers in the field of Sociology. He has published more than twelve books, including […]

UCF wins green grant

The University of Central Florida is leading a team that just won $1.3 million in a national White House competition aimed at driving technology commercialization and entrepreneurship to support a “green innovation economy.” The Obama Administration Thursday announced the winning i6 Green Challenge projects from Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, New England and Washington. Each project […]

Conference to Examine Social Media’s Role in Politics

The political and social changes sweeping across the world will be the focus of an annual global issues conference at the University of Central Florida. “People Power, Politics and Global Change” will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, in the Pegasus Ballroom of the Student Union. The conference, hosted by […]

Orlando Sentinel on Linda Walters

Our hats are off this afternoon to UCF biology professor Linda Walters, who was recently named as an Outstanding Educator by a national research group. Read more here.

COS professor hosts workshop in Paris

University of Central Florida Professor Humberto Campins, an international expert on asteroids, comets and meteorites, is hosting a workshop about water on asteroids and meteorites in Paris on Sept. 29-30. Read more about it here. The Paris Observatory asked Campins to hold the workshop because he is recognized as an expert in this area. Campins […]

Professor guest editor for the Journal Climate Change

Reed Noss served as Guest Editor to publish the works from a Climate Change Workshop which he coordinated at Archbold Biological Station in January 2010 sponsored by the Florida Institute for Conservation Science. The series of publications were selected and published in a Special Issue of Climate Change. The Journal Climate Change devoted its Volume […]

COS professor writes for the St. Pete Times

Llewellyn M. Ehrhart wrote a beautiful piece for the St. Pete Times recently. I am a biologist who, for 29 years, has studied marine turtle nests on the beach at the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, a 21-kilometer stretch of beach on Florida’s east coast between Melbourne and Vero Beach, home to nests for three […]

Tuesday: NSC guest speaker from the NYT

The UCF Global Perspectives Office along with NSC is pleased to announce that James Traub, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, will speak Tuesday, September 27, 2011, at the University of Central Florida. Traub will give a presentation titled “You Cant Mistreat People Forever: The Revolution in the Arab World” at 3 […]

COS junior lobbying for women in Tallahassee

Kelly Quintero, a junior political science major and women’s studies minor, has always believed in women’s equality. In fact, today she considers herself to be a second-wave feminist, or a generation Y and X feminist, who strives to give women their voice back. With UCF’s diverse selection of clubs and organizations, Quintero easily found a […]

Insects cost homeowners, taxpayers billions

Homeowners and taxpayers are picking up most of the tab for damage caused by invasive tree-feeding insects that hide in packing materials, live plants and other goods imported from countries into the United States every year. Results from a first-of-its-kind economic analysis, which estimates financial damage of importing foreign insects into the nation and trying […]

NYT on UCF scientist’s study

In a new paper recently published online by the journal PLos One, a group of American and Canadian scientists outlined a new way to analyze the costs of invasive insects. They say that previous efforts at such an analysis have been flawed largely because they double-counted damages. Instead, this group looked in depth at three […]

Join us for the Rutherford Centennial Talk

Join the College of Sciences next Thursday, September 29 at 6 p.m. for the Rutherford Centennial Talk, which celebrates the centenary of the publication of Rutherford’s paper describing the discovery of the atomic nucleus. The event will be held in the Engineering II Building, Room 102. Tristan Hubsch, from Howard University, will be the guest speaker. […]

Dr. Hamann named vice president of national organization

Kerstin Hamann, professor and chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Central Florida, was recently elected vice president of the American Political Science Association (APSA) and will serve a term through 2012. A UCF professor for more than 15 years, Hamann earned a doctoral degree in Political Science from Washington University. Hamann, […]

Dr. Walters honored as one of nation’s best

Linda Walters is one of the best biology professors in the country, according to one national organization. The Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation named Walters the William A. Niering Outstanding Educator of the year. The award recognizes an individual who has played a particularly important role in education at any level — from primary school […]

$500,000 Grant Funds Type 1 Diabetes Research

The University of Central Florida recently landed a national grant from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to investigate a potential treatment for Type 1 diabetes. UCF Professor Henry Daniell is the recipient of the JDRF’s $512,000 three-year grant. JDRF, based in New York City and with offices in Altamonte Springs, has been investing in Type […]

New UCF Building to Serve as International Reading Resource

A new building at the University of Central Florida will serve as an international resource for parents, educators and others interested in the art and science of teaching reading. The Morgridge International Reading Center, part of UCF’s College of Education, will open with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 26. UCF President John […]

Pride UCF Meetings

For the past few months a small group of LGBTQ faculty and staff have been meeting to discuss the possibility of forming an organization called Pride UCF. The group would be similar to the Black Faculty and Staff Association (BFSA) who already has a strong and purposeful group on campus. Pride UCF would be inclusive […]