Communications employee honored

Boyd Lindsley, Assistant Director of the Nicholson School of Communication (NSC), was recently honored at the Black and Gold Gala. Lindsley was named the 2010 College of Sciences’ Rising Star by the UCF Alumni Association. The award is given to one alumnus or alumna from each college for his or her effort to give back […]

Biology professor part of U.S. forests study

Foreign pests are attacking America’s national forests, destroying natural treasures and costing taxpayers millions of dollars, a study says. Researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Michigan State University, the University of Central Florida and the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service analyzed the impact of invasive insects and pathogens introduced into […]

Physics professor wins Don Quijote award

University of Central Florida professor Humberto Campins has been honored for his entrepreneurial spirit by the Hispanic community of Central Florida. Campins was named Professional of the Year at the 13th-annual Don Quijote Awards, which are sponsored by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Orlando and the Hispanic Business Initiative Fund. The awards recognize […]

UCF raised $104 million in endowments for the 2010 fiscal year

Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the U.S., but UCF beat both the Crimson and Yale in racking up the most endowments for the 2010 fiscal year. Last week, the UCF Foundation announced the school earned a 12.5 percent return on endowment investments, while Harvard’s yielded 11 percent and Yale’s brought back […]

Physics workshop Dec. 20-22

UCF is hosting the workshop “Quantum Coherent Properties of Spins III” from Dec. 20-22. It is the third part in a series that was created to give scientists working in the field of magnetism and spin phenomena an opportunity to get together to discuss and present their latest results. This workshop focuses on problems associated […]

Dean’s Presentation

In case you missed the Dean’s fall presentation to the COS faculty it available for viewing here.

Last open house of the semester at Robinson Observatory

The last open house of the semester at the Robinson Observatory is December 1 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The observatory is free and open to the public. During the open house there are several 8-inch telescopes set up for viewing with an eyepiece in addition to a 20-inch telescope for deep sky observation. All […]

UCF live from South Africa

Through a partnership between UCF and Cobham, Phil Peters is directing the Fall 2010 Expedition to South Africa. From November 15th to December 9th, Interactive Expeditions will be on the road from Johannesburg to Cape Town and webcasting live on location twice a week. Join them as they explore contemporary African culture, art, music, and […]

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 […]

COS USPS/A&P Staff & Service Recognition

The College of Sciences celebrated its employees Monday morning during the USPS/A&P staff and service recognition ceremony and breakfast. Dean Peter Panousis gave a welcome address then handed out service awards for employees that have been with the college for five, 10, 15 and 20 years. Ten service awards were handed out. Dean Panousis also […]

VIDEO: UCF biologist on National Geographic Channel

University of Central Florida biologist Will Crampton, an internationally recognized expert in electric eels and other electric fishes, co-stars in an episode full of excitement. Crampton offers his expertise about these amazing creatures – and is shocked by one of the eels — as television host Brady Barr films the trek deep into the Amazonian […]

Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference Feb. 28

The University of Central Florida is hosting a space conference that should help position researchers and educators to take advantage of a new generation of commercial space vehicles for suborbital travel. The 2011 Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference runs from Feb. 28 through March 2. The conference will provide a forum to learn about the research […]

Physics receives grant for Center for Microgravity Research

The University of Central Florida received two grants to offer new programs to retrain those who will lose their jobs as the space shuttle program ends. The grants are part of the 2010 New Florida Initiative program, which awarded 11 universities $10 million for 31 projects on Nov. 15. The goal of the program is to […]

UCF biologist on National Geographic Channel

Monster electric eels more than six feet long are the stars of this week’s episode of “Dangerous Encounters,” a documentary series on the National Geographic Channel. University of Central Florida biologist Will Crampton, an internationally recognized expert in electric eels and other electric fishes, co-stars in an episode full of excitement. Crampton offers his expertise […]

UCF student wins best undergraduate poster presentation

Joshua Soloman, UCF senior double majoring in biology and environmental sciences, won the best undergraduate poster presentation at the Fall 2010 Southeastern Estuaries Research Conference (SEERS). The SEERS conference was earlier this month in St. Augustine, Florida. Soloman’s poster was titled “Microwaves, Freezing, Boiling and Dessication: Developing Techniques for Safe Disposal of Chaetomorpha.” “The poster […]

Food journalism research paper wins awards

Kimberly Voss, an assistant professor of Journalism in the Nicholson School of Communication, received two awards at the American Journalism Historians Association Convention in Tucson, Ariz. “Food Journalism or Culinary Anthropology? Re-evaluating Soft News and the Influence of Jeanne Voltz’s Food Section in the Los Angeles Times” received the David Sloan Award for the Outstanding […]

VIDEO: UCF Veterans Commemorative Site

Physics professor nominated for Don Quijote award

University of Central Florida professor Humberto Campins is a finalist for the 13th-annual Don Quijote Award. The award is sponsored by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Orlando and the Hispanic Business Initiative Fund. The award recognizes and celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit of individuals who have shown character of great strength, courage and determination, […]

Orlando Sentinel writes about UCF

The college of sciences has been in the Orlando Sentinel in the past few months. Click on the links below to read the articles. Nobel laureate David Lee speaks at UCF Acclaimed journalist Jerry Mitchell speaks at UCF UCF uses dolphins to research effects of gulf oil spill

UCF wins grant from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded four University of Central Florida professors with a grant worth $2,929,527.00. Two biology professors, Dr. Linda Walters and Dr. John Weishampel, are part of the prestigious project. The award is an interdisciplinary grant that also involves professors for Civil Engineering. Dr. Scott Hagen from Engineering is the lead PI […]

UCF gets prestigious grant from The National Academy of Sciencest

Kevin D. Belfield of the University of Central Florida Chemistry Department  received a prestigious grant from The National Academy of Sciences under Phase4 of the Pakistan-US Science and Technology Cooperation Program. The proposal from Belfield in cooperation with Dr. Aamer Saeed of Quaid-i-Azam University was one of only 28 selected from the 270 applications. Kelly Robbins, […]

UCF Political Scientist Aubrey Jewett on NPR

University of Central Florida Political Scientist Aubrey Jewett was on NPR Tuesday. Jewett spoke with WMFE Intersection host Mark Simpson about about the factors that have led to election day. Jewett discusses the US Senate contest, Congressional districts 8 and 24, plus the Governor’s race, and the Orange County Mayor’s election. To listen to the […]

Raja Parasuraman visits UCF on Nov. 19

Through the Distinguished Speakers series, the College of Sciences is bringing Raja Parasuraman to UCF on November 19. Parasuraman will speak at 2:45 p.m. in the large auditorium in Classroom One. His talk is titled “Cognitive Superstars: Behavioral, Neuroimaging, and Genetic Studies.” “People differ in their cognitive abilities, but a few are very different. In this talk I […]

UCF alumna fights for climate solutions

Article courtesy of UCF Today Since enrolling in UCF’s Environmental Politics program, Christine Dellert has traveled to South America in search of “greener” practices and ways of living. Now, the 26-year-old researcher will fight for solutions to mitigate the impacts of climate change at this year’s United Nations negotiations in Mexico. Dellert was selected from […]

A Colloquium with Jeffrey Bennett, Ph.D. on Nov. 4

On November 4 from 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Jeffrey Bennett will explain how the similarities in childhood and adult learning lead to a number of basic principles educators can apply to teaching science at the college level. Bennett will draw from educational research and personal experience for his presentation that will cover specific examples of […]

Investigative journalist visits UCF

The efforts of one investigative journalist have helped put four Klansmen behind bars for killings committed during the civil rights era.

Water on the Moon

News that the moon may hide water, a key ingredient for life, within its belly has the astronomical community buzzing. The findings come from NASA’s LCROSS mission published this week in the prestigious journal Science. The space mission launched a spent rocket into the moon’s surface last year in hopes of seeing a plume of […]

Chemistry department receives funding from CRDF Global

An award from CRDF Global and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine funded a project led by international researchers from the United States and Ukraine. The research team has developed new types of high-performance fluorescence probes for nondestructive 3D bioimaging. Dr. Kevin Belfield, the chair of the chemistry department, is the U.S. principal investigator. He […]

Nobel laureate David Lee comes to UCF on Nov. 4

Through the Distinguished Speakers series, the College of Sciences is bringing Nobel Prize winner David Lee to UCF on November 4. Lee will speak from 4:20 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Classroom Building One room 121. His presentation “The Magic of Superfluids” will cover the history of superfluidity in helium-4 and helium-3 as well as superconductivity. “Spectacular effects […]

Jerry Mitchell comes to UCF on Oct. 19

The internationally acclaimed investigative journalist, Mr. Jerry Mitchell, will be visiting NSC & UCF on October 19, 2010; he will be speaking in the Student Union’s Pegasus Ballroom starting at 6 PM as the COS Distinguished Speaker. This presentation is open to the public and of course UCF students (as well as faculty and staff). […]