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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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Blue Origin’s Spacecraft: UCF Experiment Makes History
ORLANDO, April 2, 2016 — Yes! Followed by a high five. That was UCF Physics Professor Dr. Joshua Colwell’s reaction as he watched the successful launch into suborbital space of his experiment aboard Blue Origin’s (https://www.blueorigin.com/) New Shepard space vehicle on Saturday, April 2. “We have been waiting for this day for a long time,” […]
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UCF Alumnus Wild about Biology
The UCF College of Sciences’ 2016 Outstanding Biology AlumKnight, Dr. David Breininger, ’09, serves as a Wildlife Biologist with the Ecology Program at the Kennedy Space Center. There, he conducts research on endangered species, habitat and ecosystem dynamics to support adaptive management and develop strategies for restoration, and habitat management. Recently, Dr. Breininger has been […]
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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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Political Science Alumna Credits UCF Diversity
Diversity is what brought Susan Revello, ’83, to UCF and after 27 years in the public relations sector, she still credits her success to the diverse opportunities her political science degree provided her. Revello is the president and owner of FORWARD Florida media, a digital media company covering economic development that also produces an award-winning magazine. FORWARD […]
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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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UCF Gains Chemistry through Skype-Casting
On Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, Romain Gaume, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Optics and Phototonics at UCF, gave a lecture on the science and art of glass that was presented in person to UCF chemistry students and simultaneously Skype-cast to over 40 of their peers at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida. The following Saturday students […]
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Behind the Scenes of NSC’s Late-Night Talk Show
Story by Gabrielle Russon, Contact Reporter Orlando Sentinel Every week, a dozen UCF students sit at a square table with their laptops, reading stories on media websites. Like a pinball machine, they shoot headlines and jokes at each other, back and forth, until something sticks. “If we laugh at it, somebody else has got to […]
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UCF Chemistry Hosts First Conclave
On Saturday, April 2, 2016, the American Chemical Society (ACS) Central Florida Student chapters at UCF, Rollins, Stetson, and FIT hosted the first annual American Chemical Society Florida Chemistry Conclave (ACSFCC) at the UCF Orlando main campus. The Conclave was a free, one-day, professional-development workshop. Students from across the state gathered in Orlando for a day filled with research, networking, […]
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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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Big Data Win for UCF Math Lecturer
UCF Mathematics lecturer, Aaron Smith, Ph.D., was awarded first place in the 2016 EverBank Cup Contest at the Big Data Analytics Symposium on March 28, 2016. The 4th annual EverBank Cup Contest recognizes outstanding achievement in data mining and analytics made by Florida higher education students. Dr. Smith, a SAS Data Mining Certificate student at […]
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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 Virtually Educates with TeachLivE
This research is published in Physical Review Physics Education Research. –Michael Schirber Just as pilots train in flight simulators, physics teachers can hone their skills in classroom simulators. Of course, explaining Newton’s laws to teenagers is a little less challenging than landing a 747. Still, a new study shows that undergraduate teaching assistants can gain […]
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New UCF Greenhouse Takes Root
Story by Jonathan Gabriel, UCF Today The UCF Arboretum celebrated the completion of a new campus greenhouse that will support UCF’s educational and research efforts. UCF faculty, staff and students gathered at the new greenhouse for a ribbon cutting ceremony and reception on Friday, March 25. Dr. Michael Johnson, Dean of the UCF College of […]
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A Savage World for Frogs
UCF biologist Anna Savage, Ph.D., is obsessed with frogs and figuring out why they are dying at an unprecedented rate around the world. Her latest research, published today in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, suggests that natural selection as well as other evolutionary forces have shaped the evolution of immune genes in […]
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Caring for the Caregivers
Dementia is the most common reason that older adults need support for basic day-to-day tasks. Parkinson’s disease and strokes can also cause a loss of independence. Currently, there is no cure for many of these diseases, but there are many ways to express love and support for aging family members. The UCF Orlando Later-Life Development (OLDeR) Lab in […]
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Bill Nye Encourages Students to Help ‘Change the World’
March 16, 2016 – By Daniela Marin With the same bow tie, sense of humor and knack for explaining things, Bill Nye the Science Guy broke down a new topic at the University of Central Florida on March 15 – changing the world. On the same day as the Florida presidential primaries, a crowd […]
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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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UCF Brings the Evidence
On March 11, Michael Sigman, Ph.D., Candice Bridge, Ph.D., and Erika Remley, M.S., presented at the Conference on the Modern Interpretation of Forensic Evidence at Florida A&M University, College of Law in downtown Orlando. The conference, a Continued Legal Education (CLE) training event, was aimed towards criminal law practitioners to help them understand advanced scientific practices that will […]
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Excellence in Student Teaching
Arielle Gaudiello, UCF Mathematics Graduate Teaching Assistant and doctoral candidate, has been chosen to receive the 2015-2016 university award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching by the UCF Graduate Council. This award recognizes Arielle’s teaching ability and her exceptional academic contribution. Arielle started graduate school in Fall 2013, where she worked in the Mathematics Assistance and Learning Lab (MALL) and in […]
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COS Women Making History
Since March of 1981, Americans everywhere have helped pay tribute to women whose commitment to humanity and to our planet have proved to be invaluable for society. Each year during March – Women’s History Month, the UCF Center for Success of Women Faculty honors and shares the stories of 31 outstanding UCF women that have been […]
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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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UCF NASA Experiment Takes Flight
Five experiments testing everything from how fire reacts in space, to the effectiveness of a lizard-inspired adhesive are headed to the International Space Station on Tuesday, March 22. NASA’s commercial partner Orbital ATK Inc. is scheduled to launch the Cygnus spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. […]
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Service Learning with Nanoscience
A new minor in the rapidly advancing field of nanoscience is now available for University of Central Florida undergraduates. Nanoscience is the study of materials on the nanometer scale. That’s exceedingly small – a sheet of paper is about 75,000 nanometers thick. At the nanoscale, materials can exhibit unusual properties that scientists have put to […]
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Anthropology Alumna Digs UCF
Dr. Amanda Groff, ’03, ’05, ’07, was honored as the 2016 Outstanding Anthropology AlumKnight at the 2016 UCF College of Sciences Outstanding AlumKnights awards reception. The second annual awards ceremony honored 10 of the college’s outstanding alumni and was held on March 3 in the UCF FAIRWINDS Alumni Center. Dr. Groff graduated from UCF with a […]
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The Last Man on the Moon
On Thursday, March 17th, please join us for a special preview screening of The Last Man on the Moon. The Last Man on the Moon is a film about Captain Eugene A. Cernan and how he holds the distinction of being the last man to leave his footprints on the moon. Forty years later, Captain Cernan is now […]
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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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Excellence in Online Education
UCF ranks at No. 15 in the nation for the Best Online Colleges for 2016, according to thebestschools.org. Online learning has increased tremendously over the last decade. It is estimated that over 7 million higher education students are e-learners. E-learners make up about one third of the overall higher education student body population in the U.S. UCF’s College […]
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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 […]