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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Workshop by Patricia Bach, Ph.D.
Join clinical assistant professor of psychology and co-author of ACT in Practice: Case Conceptualization in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on January 25, 2013 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Workshop.
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Fellowships available with Global Perspectives Office
Fellowships are offered during the Fall and Spring semesters, with certain fellowships only being offered once a year. While most fellowships are offered exclusively to UCF students, some are also available to students from other Central Florida colleges, such as the Pritchard, Bok and Cousteau fellowships. Each fellowship provides a stipend. Fellowship students are responsible […]
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Dr. Weger Chosen to be editor
The American Forensics Association publication committee elected Harry Weger to be the next editor of the Argumentation and Advocacy journal. This is the flagship journal of the argumentation field. Argumentation and Advocacy, the flagship publication of the American Forensic Association, invites scholarly submissions concerning any dimension of argumentation studies, contemporary or historical, including but not limited to argumentation theory, […]
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Global Perspectives sponsors semester of events
Several prominent figures, such as Nobel Peace Prize winner Jody Williams and African human rights activist John Prendergast, will speak at UCF this semester. The presentations are hosted by the UCF Global Perspectives Office, which strives to broaden awareness and understanding on campus and in the community about global issues. Each event connects to the […]
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Call for presentations at the Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference
SEEC is a conference run by students for students is being hosted at the University of Central Florida (UCF) on March 1st – 3rd of 2013. SEEC offers a friendly atmosphere for undergraduate, graduate, and post doctoral students from around the southeast to engage one another and solicit helpful critiques of their research. SEEC also […]
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Pythons, lionfish and now willow invade Florida’s waterways
Foreign invaders such as pythons and lionfish are not the only threats to Florida’s natural habitat. The native Carolina Willow is also starting to strangle portions of the St. Johns River. Biologists at the University of Central Florida recently completed a study that shows this slender tree once used by Native Americans for medicinal purposes, […]
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Senator Graham visits UCF
Senator Bob Graham will be speaking to UCF students, staff, faculty and guests on February 14, 2013 as part of the Distinguished Speakers Series, which is hosted by the College of Sciences and the UCF Political Science Department. The event, “Citizenship and Global and National Security in the 21st Century”, will start at 3 p.m. and is free and open […]
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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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Six UCF students win Public Anthropology Awards
Six UCF students, Scott Vogelpohl, Kelsey Chantry, Daniel Londono, Rebecca Young, J. Hemingway and Jeffrey Endriss, won Public Anthropology Awards when the participated in a North American essay competition involving over 3,600 students from 25 schools. To read their award-winning opinion pieces, please click here. All six winners are students of Dr. Joanna Mishtal, who is an […]
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Faculty, alumna team published in Communication Quarterly
MA alumna Rebekah Lane and Associate Professor Dr. Ann Neville Miller had an article accepted for publication in Communication Quarterly. The article, “An Examination of the Narrative Persuasion with Epilogue Through the Lens of the Elaboration Likelihood Model” is based on Ms. Lane’s thesis and was also presented as a competitive paper at the annual convention of the National Communication […]
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Two students honored as Most Promising Minority Students
Two students from the Nicholson School of Communication (NSC) have been honored as the Most Promising Minority Students by the American Advertising Federation. The honorees, Francesca Parker and Guilene Grefin are in NSC’s advertising-public relations program. Francesca was an Multicultural Advertising Intern Program (MAIP) intern last semester, and both students will be applying this summer as well. As a […]
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Students raise over $5K for lupus
Communication Student, Laura Ramirez, has shown tremendous academic achievement and commitment to both the Nicholson School and the community. In a project completed for her group dynamics class, Ramirez and her group developed an organized, professional and inspirational event that raised $5,591.00 for Lupus Link. In addition, she used her expertise and redesigned the company’s website and created a […]
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Knights helping knights
As part of UCF’s 50th Anniversary, the College of Sciences is collecting donated items for the Knights Helping Knights Pantry. To date, COS has collected 1,215.52 pounds of donated items! If you would like to donate items, drop them off in the Dean’s Office or any COS departmental office. Learn more about our ongoing and future events […]
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If we are a ‘civilized’ society, we must find a way to stop violence
This is a guest post from David Houghton, who is an associate professor of political science at UCF. Other nations genuinely look to America as an example, a shining “city upon a hill,” as Massachusetts Bay colony’s first Gov. John Winthrop famously put it. But they cannot understand what they often call America’s “love affair” […]
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Kiplinger’s names UCF a ‘best value’ education
The University of Central Florida today was named by Kiplinger’smagazine as one of the nation’s 100 best values among public colleges and universities, the third consecutive year UCF has made the list. UCF placed 42nd in the annual compilation, which ranks institutions based on academic quality, admission and retention rates, student-faculty ratios, and graduation rates in […]
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Alum publishes first book
Shannon O’Donnell, ’06, published her first book, The Volunteer Traveler’s Handbook. The book shares stories, advice and photography that will help anyone interested in international volunteer opportunities find and vet ethical volunteer experiences. O’Donnell left the United States in 2008 and has traveled around the world for the past four years traveling slowly and integrating service and community […]
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College of Sciences videos
Learn more about the College of Sciences by watching our video playlist below. Further information on each professor is listed below the video screen. College of Sciences Video Playlist Learn more about how to support UCF Sciences here. Learn more about the Asteroid Viewing Party here. Learn more about Drs. Arlen and Diane Chase and […]
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Alumni marry in Oldest House in Saint Augustine
UCF Sociology Alumna Lindsey Johnson, ’07 and ’12, married UCF Alumnus Todd Bryant, ’07, on November 17 at the Oldest House in Saint Augustine, FL. The González-Alvarez House is the oldest surviving Spanish Colonial dwelling in Florida. The site has been occupied since the 1600s and the present house dates to the early 1700s. Since 1893 visitors have […]
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Fast food no longer just an American experience
Earlier this year, McDonald’s re-released its Grand Canyon Burger for the third time. It incorporates a beef patty with “steak filling” topped by cheddar and mozzarella cheese, crispy onions, smoked soy steak sauce, and a fried egg. These flavors are meant to evoke the spirit of our nation’s greatest natural landmark. If the burger doesn’t […]
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STEM speakers needed
Alumni guest speakers are needed for the COMPASS STEM education program at UCF. Students taking this course want to know how they can put their STEM degrees to work upon graduation. To sign up as a speaker, please call Melissa Dagley at 407.823.0040 by Tuesday, Jan. 15.
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Biology team researches Atlantic Salt Marsh Snake
UCF Biology Associate Professor Christopher Parkinson and his research students head out to Tomoka State Park to study the Atlantic Salt Marsh Snake, a threatened species, and WUCF TV is there to catch a video of their work. Watch the full video below and check out more videos from UCF here.
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Mayans, asteroids and the end of the world
December – it marks the start of winter and the end of a more than 5,000-year-long calendar used by the Maya. Some say it’s when the world will end. WMFE 90.7’s Mark Simpson talks with an expert on Mayan culture. He also talks with UCF Professor and Asteroid Expert Humberto Campins about whether any asteroids […]
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Florida rivers’ low profile puts them at risk
For an imaginary moment, swim with Hueland Todd Brown as he descends into a deep, caramel-colored river, feeling his way with his hands and hoping nothing bites. Brown lives by the Choctawhatchee, a wild river that coils through remote forests in the Florida Panhandle and is so much a part of him that he can […]
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Global Perspectives brings Ananya Vajpeyi to UCF
The Global Perspectives Office at UCF invited author Ananya Vajpeyi to speak about her book and the political foundations of modern India as part of The Changing Face of Freedom in Today’s Turbulent Times lecture series. The event, which was held on Monday in the Cape Florida Ballroom, was open to both students and faculty. The lecture was also […]
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Political Economy, Neoliberalism, and the Prehistoric Economics of Latin America
Dr. Ty Matejowsky recently edited “Political Economy, Neoliberalism, and the Prehistoric Economics of Latin America,” which is volume 32 of the book series “Research in Economic Anthropology“. Research in Economic Anthropology is the longest-running book series exclusively dedicated to economic anthropology, and enjoys a high reputation as a promoter of “the comparative study – though […]
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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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NSC advisor honored with prestigious advising award
Nicholson School of Communication (NSC) advisor, Laurel Anderson, was awarded the 2012 Dr. Judith Sindlinger Outstanding New Advisor Award. The ceremony took place on Dec. 13, 2012 and the awards namesake, Dr. Judith Sindlinger, presented the award to Anderson. As the award winner, she is automatically elected as UCF’s nominee for the National Academic Advising […]
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Putting NSC on the SWOT
This is a guest post from Robert C. Chandler, the director of the Nicholson School of Communication. As most of you already know, the programs of the Nicholson School of Communication (NSC) are undergoing a State of Florida mandated review this academic year. A period of self-study and analysis has been underway for the past […]
