Thu Dec 8
Military Bowl opponents UCF and Duke both excel in the classroom, making the game one of the best in the nation as rated by the teams’ academic performances. UCF earned an Academic Progress Rate of 984, just one point behind Duke’s 985. The combined total ranks tied for fourth for any set of opponents in…
Wed Nov 23
Detroit Lions’ Annual Thanksgiving Game Has UCF Flavor Nov. 23, 2022By ERIKA HODGES Thanksgiving just wouldn’t be the same without the Macy’s Day Parade, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie and…the Detroit Lions. The Lions have played at home on Thanksgiving Day since 1934, only pausing during World War II. This year the historic holiday game will…
Wed Oct 12
I am pleased to announce the reappointment of Paul Jarley as dean of the College of Business Administration. Under his leadership, the college and its faculty have become increasingly adept at preparing students to thrive in a constantly evolving global marketplace. New programs, such as the master’s in Fintech program in partnership with Computer Science,…
Tue Sep 20
While coaches and fans closely follow their team’s wins and losses, longtime UCF Professor Richard Lapchick is monitoring another statistic, one that can’t be found in a box score. Known as the social conscience of sport, Lapchick has spent the past three decades monitoring gender and racial hiring trends in sports. As director for The…
Tue Aug 23
Whether it’s solving the world’s biggest problems or investigating the potential of novel discoveries, researchers at UCF are on the edge scientific breakthroughs that aim to make an impact. Through the Research in 60 Seconds series, student and faculty researchers condense their complex studies into bite-sized summaries so you can know how and why Knights plan to improve…
Mon Jul 25
The verdict is in: Team ‘It’s All Legal’ won their case at the Summer 2022 Great Capstone Case Competition on Friday. Business students, Marvin Fung, George Miller, Austin Phouangphrachanh, Michael Serrano and William Walton took home $500 each in scholarship funding, thanks to competition sponsor Platinum Technologies. It’s All Legal beat out eight other teams…
Thu Jun 23
Three UCF researchers have received Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program awards in for the 2022-23 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Craig Crossley, Brooks Dierdorff and Tan Huaixaing are among over 800 U.S. citizens who will conduct research and/or teach abroad for the 2022-2023 academic year through the…
Thu May 12
Business Knights and Baby Yoda made a winning team at this semester’s Great Capstone Case Competition. The MAN-dalorians team, featuring members Katherine Cueto (Integrated Business), Jack Boos (Finance), Hannah Thomas (Marketing) and Kenneth Colón (Accounting and Finance), earned first place and $3,500 on April 29 with their idea for an integrated customer service app for…
Mon Apr 25
Samuel Baker, an economics student with a passion for science, gardening and sustainability, teamed up with a group of friends to create Wriggle Brew, an organic worm tea fertilizer. The organic worm tea fertilizer is made by soaking worm-accelerated compost in fresh water to absorb valuable nutrients. “Containing all the vital nutrients for your garden, the resulting…
Thu Apr 21
Florida’s economic recovery must weather a “monetary policy hurricane” as the Federal Reserve raises interest rates and shrinks its balance sheet, writes Sean Snaith, nationally recognized economist and director of UCF’s Institute for Economic Forecasting, in his latest forecast for the Sunshine State. With the Federal Reserve making its first interest rate hike in three…
Tue Apr 5
In a business proposal showdown for $50,000 in cash, four student teams will deliver their best pitches to a panel of seasoned judges at the finals of the Joust New Venture Competition on Thursday, April 7, at 2 p.m. The event, presented by Echelon Fitness Multimedia, is open to the public and will take place…
Fri Apr 1
Marketing gets a bad rap, but it can create so much good. Mrudul Nilangekar has faith in people and says that’s why she is getting her Ph.D. in business administration in the marketing track. “Marketing is such an interesting force in the world,” says the India native. “It makes many people think of coercion or…
Tue Mar 22
Eight UCF business and computer science undergraduate students put their heads together to take first place at the second annual Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Battle of the Brains Competition, beating out 10 other universities and earning a $25,000 prize this past weekend in Austin, Texas. The HSI Battle of the Brains, sponsored by KPMG, is…
Thu Mar 17
On March 17 aerospace engineering alum Breanne Rohloff ’19 will settle into her 2016 Chevy Cruze and make her daily one-hour commute to Kennedy Space Center (KSC) where she works as an engineer. Rohloff’s car is an automatic because, she admits, “I don’t know how to drive a stick shift.” Somewhere in the same KSC parking lot, Dan Zapata ’15…
Wed Mar 16
The U.S. market is once again nearing full employment, but high oil and gasoline prices, rising inflation, labor shortages and a malfunctioning supply chain threaten the economic recovery — and that was before Russia invaded Ukraine, according to the latest U.S. Forecast from UCF’s Institute for Economic Forecasting. “The layer cake of economic problems we currently…
Mon Feb 21
Among her memories from childhood, Inez Long ’98MBA most vividly recounts two. In the first, she’s playing in the yard with her cousin. The cousin tells Inezshe’s really hungry. They go inside and find only a single banana to eat as a snack. Inez cuts it in half and keeps the smaller piece for herself. Later, Long’s mother asks,…
Fri Feb 18
Fairways to Leadership is a new RSO at UCF that aims to promote diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace while providing education and professional opportunities to its members. Leadership is at the forefront of the program whose mission is to develop the leadership abilities of college students from diverse communities using golf. Students are…
Fri Feb 11
The UCF College of Business will host a Field of Dreams-themed, 22nd annual Hall of Fame gala Thursday, April 14, from 6 to 9 p.m., at Rosen Shingle Creek. More than 600 College of Business alumni, faculty, students, corporate partners, and friends of UCF are expected to attend this signature annual event that honors the college’s most…
Mon Jan 31
Aunique new academic-industrial alliance between UCF and ficonTEC, a global leader in photonics manufacturing, is expected to bring a boost to the region and provide access to sophisticated industry production tools for students and faculty researchers. ficonTEC, a German-based company with locations in Europe and the Far East, is expanding to Central Florida — joining UCF’s…
Thu Jan 20
To showcase the efforts of two organizations leading the region in diversifying its economy, the UCF Business Incubation Program’s Downtown Innovation District and StarterStudio are moving to the center of Downtown Orlando. On Dec. 1, 2021 the programs will leave their Church Street Exchange space for a storefront property on Orange Avenue between Church Street…