Fri Nov 13
Class name AMH 3580 – North American Indians Instructor Associate Professor Daniel Murphree When is it offered? Occasional, and is being offered in Spring 2021 How many students in a class? 35 Prerequisites AMH 2010 and AMH 2020 From the Professor Describe this class in 10 words or fewer. Looking at U.S. history through native eyes.What do…
Thu Nov 12
Philosophy Assistant Professor Luciana Garbayo has received the UCF College of Medicine Innovative Teaching Award. The award recognizes a faculty member demonstrating continued and effective use of innovative teaching methods in the clinical curriculum. Garbayo, who is jointly appointed in the Department of Philosophy in the College of Arts & Humanities and in the Department…
Thu Nov 12
Texts & Technology PhD student Lauren Rouse discusses her experience in the interdisciplinary doctoral program and how it is impacting her research and work. For information about getting started on your PhD, visit tandt.cah.ucf.edu.
Mon Nov 9
Each November, the UCF College of Arts and Humanities honors veterans with events such as lectures, plays and ceremonies, as well as initiatives like the Veterans History Project, macrame’d trees and flag displays. This year looks a little different due to COVID-19, but the college and university will still be honoring our veterans in safe…
Fri Nov 6
Four UCF alumni and a student are featured in the “2020 Florida Biennial: NOW is the Time / The time is NOW” exhibition taking place now through February 21, 2021 at Art and Culture Center/Hollywood. This exhibition features art focusing on unprecedented moments in history and offers a space for contemplation, packed with meaningful information and reflections about the signs of our times through a plethora of different mediums. Of the 32…
Fri Nov 6
The closing song toward the end of the musical Hamilton is a profound statement about where history comes from: “Who lives, who dies and who tells your story?” Think about that for a moment. “What we learn about history depends on who was able to write down firsthand accounts and preserve them,” says UCF Associate Professor of History Rosalind…
Thu Nov 5
Students, want to meet an exciting, new language? Not sure if you want to commit to learning a specific language? Meet new languages at the fourth annual Language Speed Dating event! Hosted by Modern Languages and Literatures, this International Education Week event offers students the opportunity to experience many different languages in a fun, multicultural…
Thu Nov 5
When it comes to speaking up on political and social issues, knowing how to effectively communicate is key to making sure you can make the best case of support for your cause. Writing letters, whether emails or posted mail, to your local officials is one of the most common ways to do so. Here writing…
Wed Nov 4
Now through December 12, the public can visit the Center for Book Arts Main Gallery in New York City to see the “Americans Looking In” exhibit co-curated by two SVAD MFA alumni – Emilie Ahern ’11 ’14 MFA and Sherri Littlefield ’12 MFA – that highlights The Americans photograph collection taken by Robert Frank. The Americans by Robert Frank was a post-war American photography book that was highly influential, and the photos were notable for their distanced view of both…
Wed Nov 4
About 20 minutes west of UCF’s main campus, a domiciliary within the Lake Baldwin VA Medical Center campus houses veterans who need a temporary place to live while they get back on their feet. These veterans all fought in different wars, served in different branches and suffered different injuries. They have one thing in common,…
Tue Nov 3
In any election, there are many factors that can affect an election in one way or another. Prior to the 2020 Presidential election, Spectrum News 13 spoke with UCF’s Maria C. Santana, director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program, about the impact women have had on elections since they were first given the right to vote…
Mon Nov 2
Lisa Nalbone’s English translation of the short story “Rompecabezas” by Benito Pérez Galdós was commissioned by the Las Palmas, Gran Canaria University Press for publication. Nalbone is an associate professor of Spanish in the UCF Department of Modern Languages & Literature, This short story is part of a multilingual translation from the original Spanish. The publication…
Mon Nov 2
Do students’ implicit values influence their decision to pursue STEM-related careers? And how do the ethical codes in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines influence those who pursue careers in these fields and those who persist in their professional development? These are questions a UCF research team is trying to answer to strengthen the STEM…
Fri Oct 30
The Tony Award-winning show Hamilton became a pop culture phenomenon that reaches far beyond the typical Broadway audience. After multiple Broadway tours, over one billion album streams and a recorded cinematic performance on Disney+, the musical that flips the script on one of the lesser-known founding fathers has become a household name. All the show’s fame and…
Wed Oct 28
Each fall, the university recognizes faculty who have made a national and international impact through their research, teaching and service, by inducting new members into the Scroll and Quill Society. What started as two different prestigious faculty clubs in the 1980s is now a recognition program for faculty of all disciplines. “This society is a…
Tue Oct 27
This spring, a new humanities course, Race and Technology, will explore the role of race in the production, consumption, and representation of technology. The course explores how new and emerging technologies—from dating apps to robots–produce racial identities and how they may be used to reproduce and also resist racism. Students will help build a class…
Mon Oct 26
A new philosophy course for the Spring 2021 semester will explore Neuroethics. This course, developed by Assistant Professor Luis Favela, is not only new to UCF but is the first neuroethics course in the state of Florida. UCF students will have the unique opportunity to take a course not offered at any other university in…
Fri Oct 23
The ancient town of Pompeii, destroyed by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, has long fascinated society. This fall, thanks to the Orlando Science Center, Central Florida has access to a rare exhibition about the town and its inhabitants: the science center is one of just three sites in the United States to…
Thu Oct 22
Keith S. Folse, Professor of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in the UCF Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, published two books in September, bringing his total number of published books to 78. Enseñar con Zoom: Una GuÃa para Principiantes, from Wayzgoose Press, is the Spanish version of a previously-published book called Teaching with Zoom: A Guide…
Fri Oct 16
Faculty, students and alumni from the Texts & Technology doctoral program are part of the Climates of Change Electronic Literature panel on Monday, October 19. This panel and its accompanying digital exhibition of the same name are a follow-up to the summer ACM Hypertext conference that was held at UCF. Both the “Climates of Change” virtual panel and digital exhibition feature…