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GIS to Offer Certificate
Beginning this fall, UCF will offer a new Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). This new GIS certificate will provide students with the interdisciplinary background in the geography and the technical skills in the application of GIS through a 4 course, 12 credit hour load. The certificate will not only enhance students’ ability to understand, […]
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Homicide Paperclip Chain
Lining the walls of the sociology department are thousands of paperclips, 13,716 to be exact. Over 1,000 feet of paperclips circle the inner wall on the fourth floor of Howard Phillips Hall. Each paperclip represents one murder victim over the span of one year (2013) in the United States. The idea emerged through the Homicide Research […]
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New Associate Dean for the College of Graduate Studies
Congratulations to Jana Jasinski on her appointment to Associate Dean for the College of Graduate Studies. Jasinksi is chair of the department of sociology and has served on the faculty since 1999. Jana L. Jasinski received her Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire (1996) where she was also a National Institute of Mental Health Post Doctoral Research […]