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Physics group launches new Facebook page
The Graduate Society of Physics Students (GSPS) at the University of Central Florida has recently launched a new Facebook page in hopes of reaching more students. The GSPS was created to help physics students achieve their goals in their graduate studies. Check out their new social media initiative for news, events and scholarship information. You can find […]
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NSC employees graduate from leadership program
Congratulations to Rufus Barfield, John Malala and Kirsten Seitz, who graduated from the University of Central Florida and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (UCF-ERAU) Leadership Enhancement Program. They, with the 2012 LEP class, were also honored at the Board of Trustees meeting in May. The graduation ceremony consisted of speeches by President John Hitt and ERAU’s Chief Academic Officer Richard […]
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UCF psychology student wins scholarship
Tiara J. Leath, a 2012-2013 Psychology student, was recently awarded a scholarship to help further her education at UCF. She received a Lake Wales Noon Rotary Club scholarship for her academic achievement, extracurricular activities and community service. Leath served as President of LWHS’s Interact Club (a Rotary student club) her senior year, received the 2011-12 Medical Academy Award […]
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Political scientist gives expert opinion on health care
Pundits speculate whether President Barack Obama or challenger Mitt Romney will benefit from the U.S. Supreme Court decision on Obama’s Affordable Care Act. But one thing’s for sure: If the court kills all or part of the law, it will raise the national profile of Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi of Tampa. The lawsuit was […]
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UCF speech team completes first season
The UCF Speech Team, directed by Jerry Sublette, completed its first season of competition during the spring 2012 semester. This was the first time that UCF has ever fielded a competitive speech team other than in debate. Beginning at mid-season in the forensics circuit, the team competed in four Florida tournaments as well as the […]
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NSC professor receives grant from Duke University
NSC Professor Dr. Kim Voss was recently awarded the Mary Lily Research Grant from Duke University. She will use the grant to go through the papers of the author Robin Morgan. Dr. Voss also recently published a paper in FCH Annals: Journal of the Florida Conference of Historians, May 2012. The paper “‘You Can’t Hug a Newspaper’: […]
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Political science student awarded foreign service fellowship
Political science student Malcolm Phillips has been named a 2012 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. The fellowship is given to undergraduate students who wish to pursue a career as a Foreign Service officer with the U.S. Department of State. It provides financial and academic support for fellows […]
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Technology can be blessing and curse
This is a guest post from College of Sciences student Alexandra Pittman, who is studying journalism. Many college students seem to have forgotten what a university is for because they have become lost within their own technology. Students have succumbed to relying on increasing technological developments, and without iPhone in hand, laptop at the ready and […]
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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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UCF sociologists defend annual census survey
Recent efforts by Congress to eliminate a lengthy U.S. census survey — which some lawmakers view as costly and intrusive — have distressed a wide range of Florida researchers who see the comprehensive questionnaire as essential to their work. The list ranges from a think tank for the Florida Chamber of Commerce to sociologists at […]
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UCF Expert: Diane Chase
Dr. Diane Z. Chase, executive vice provost for Academic Affairs and a Pegasus Professor, specializes in anthropological archaeology with a primary research focus on the ancient Maya of Central America. For the last quarter century, Chase and her husband, UCF Anthropology colleague Dr. Arlen Chase, have co-directed excavations at Caracol, Belize. They previously worked on […]
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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. […]
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COS students to compete in Miss Florida
In next week’s 2012 Miss Florida Scholarship Pageant, nine of the 43 contestants are UCF students – so perhaps the streak will extend to four titles. The new contestants from UCF have career ambitions that range from providing therapy for brain trauma patients, to becoming a CPA, to performing as a classical pianist. The College […]
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PTSD treatment at UCF’s anxiety disorders clinic
Olfaction is one thing that distinguishes UCF’s Trauma Management Therapy (TMT) Program from other post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment programs. Dr. Deborah Beidel, director of the UCF Anxiety Disorders Clinic, uses olfactory stimulants such as “Moroccan marketplace,” “body odor” and “weapon fire” to stimulate the same part of the brain (the limbic system) that […]
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Faculty members honored for teaching, research achievements
About 100 faculty members have been recognized by UCF for their outstanding accomplishments in research and teaching. Professors were selected for Trustee Chair Professorships based on their extraordinary record of accomplishment in teaching, research and service. Recipients were Peter Hancock from the College of Sciences, Mubarak A. Shah from the College of Engineering and Computer Science […]
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Dr. Chandler wins award from the National Fire Protection Research Foundation
NSC Director Dr. Chandler received the 2011 Ronald K. Mengel Award from the national Fire Protection Research Foundation at the annual Suppression, Detection and Signaling Research and Applications A Technical Working Conference (SUPDET 2012) held at the Sheraton Crescent Hotel, Phoenix, AZ. This award is for the best paper presented at the fire detection sessions […]
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Searching Volusia for elusive saltmarsh snake
A small subspecies of snake could be making its last stand in the salt marsh fringes that remain scattered along Volusia County’s coast. But no one knows for sure. Greg Territo, a University of Central Florida grad student, is on a mission to figure out where those Atlantic saltmarsh snakes still live in Volusia County […]
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Professor’s research published in first issue of new journal
NSC Professor Harry Weger’s paper entitled, Engineering argumentation in marriage: Pragma-dialectics, strategic maneuvering, and the “Fair Fight for Change” in marriage education, was published in the very first issue of Journal of Argumentation in Context. The Journal of Argumentation in Context aims to publish high-quality papers about the role of argumentation in the various kinds of […]
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FCLA students meet with local leaders
Florida Civic Leadership Academy students met with leaders from the Port Orange City Council Chambers recently to showcase video projects outlining problems in their community. FCLA is organized and run by the Lou Frey Institute at the University of Central Florida. The program is a two-year co-curricular program based on the academic year and it encourages students […]
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Political-Science forecasts are predictably unpredictable
This is a guest post by David Houghton, who is an associate professor of political science at the University of Central Florida and can be reached at David.Houghton@ucf.edu. Social scientists just can’t help making predictions, even in the face of overwhelming evidence that we’re likely to be wrong. A few years ago, political psychologist Philip Tetlock found […]
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Florida Space Institute gets a new home
The Florida Space Institute is moving. The institute is moving from the Astronaut Memorial Foundation at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex to new offices in the Partnership I building in the Central Florida Research Park. Dr. MJ Soileau, Vice President for Research & Commercialization, said “This move will enable the center to strengthen its ties to […]
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Avatars may help children with social anxiety overcome fears
UCF Psychology professor and UCF Anxiety Disorders Clinic Director Deborah Beidel has recently won a $500,000 grant from the The National Institute of Mental Health to fund the development of a new software that she hopes will allow children with social anxiety to overcome their fears. Working with the Atlanta-based company Virtually Better, Beidel and her team […]
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Internship opportunities for political science students
Political Science students in Florida have several options for internships right now. Lee Constantine Former State Senator Lee Constantine is looking for interns to assist with his campaign for Seminole County Commissioner, District 3. His team needs interns to assist in the office, attend events, do precinct work, volunteer for the phone bank and wave signs. […]
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NSC students inducted into honor society
The Nicholson School of Communication founded the Sigma Eta Chapter of Lambda Pi Eta in 2004. This year 46 inductees have been initiated into the chapter’s 238 members. The members of Lambda Pi Eta are undergraduate students who have declared an interest in the field of communication and have achieved a highlevel of academic excellence. […]
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Psychology student explains May-Hem convention
When she was a little girl, Dawn Gomez, 19, lulled herself to sleep watching the horror films “Bride of Chucky” and “Friday the 13th.” So it’s no wonder that Gomez dressed as Batman’s enemy Poison Ivy and joined thousands of fellow goblins and ghouls at Spooky Empire’s May-Hem convention at the Wyndham Orlando Resort. The […]
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The science of training and development in organizations
Each year in the United States about $135 billion is spent in training employees — but those billions do not always improve the workplace because the skills often do not transfer to the actual job. “Learning is a way of life in organizations,” says Eduardo Salas, a psychological scientist from the University of Central Florida. […]
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Professor co-edits new book on health communications
NSC Assistant Professor Dr. Ann Neville Miller recently co-edited a book titled Health Communication and Faith Communities with professor Donald L. Rubin. The book provides a broad perspective on the domain of health communication and faith-based contexts and organizations. While a large and growing body of literature addresses the intersection of health and religion/spirituality, this […]
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Researchers debate ‘vampire’ remains
Vampire remains of Venice have sparked a scientific debate in Italy, as some feel a corpse found with a brick in its mouth was evidence of an exorcism. Other scientists, however, discount the theory as sensationalism. The “vampire” remains, found in Nuovo Lazzaretto, Venice was among other bodies in a mass grave of 16th century plague […]
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NSC graduate students honored
Each year extraordinary students at the Nicholson School of Communication are recognized for their hard work and accomplishments. Three awards aregiven to graduate students and the 2011-2012 award recipients were: Meeske Outstanding Graduate Student – Anna Turner Outstanding Graduate Teaching Associate – Anna Turner Outstanding Master’s Thesis – Kristen Van Vonderen
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Sociology book nominated for awards
Poor and Homeless in the Sunshine State: Down and Out in Theme Park Nation, by UCF sociologists Jim Wright and Amy Donley, was nominated for the C. Wright Mills award of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (best book on social problems published in 2011) and also for the Ray and Pat Browne Award for […]