Mon Mar 27
This year Ramadan, a sacred period of spiritual reflection for Muslim communities, is observed March 22 through April 21. During this time, common greetings to those who participate in the observance include “Ramadan Mubarak” (Blessed Ramadan) or “Ramadan Kareem” (May Ramadan be generous to you). The Muslim Student Association at UCF is hosting a Ramadan…
Thu Mar 16
Looking for a simple way to stay in the loop about arts and humanities news in the UCF community? Look no further than CAH-nversations: A UCF College of Arts and Humanities Podcast, created to bring the voices of creative minds in our community — from faculty to students — straight to your ear. Whether driving, exercising or…
Mon Mar 6
St. Augustine, Florida, the United States’ oldest city, holds some of the deepest parts of the nation’s history. One UCF researcher is helping to uncover some of the lost histories within its borders. Dr. Amy Larner Giroux is a UCF researcher who works with the National Cemetery Administration. Giroux said she specializes in digitizing the physical space…
Mon Mar 6
The Multicultural Student Center held its Breaking Barriers event to promote neurodiversity awareness and accessibility on Monday. Pelin Ozoglu is a member of the Multicultural Leadership Council who led the workshop on neurodiversity. She said UCF is a campus of about 70,000 and thinks there’s a lot of people that can relate to some type…
Wed Mar 1
Theatre alum Terrance Jackson ’13 is helping Barter Theatre in Virginia strengthen its relationship with communities of color as Barter’s Outreach and Black Stories Black Voices leader. Like most theaters in America, Barter Theatre began as a predominantly white institution. In recent years, Barter has made efforts to employ more people of color and give…
Wed Mar 1
An up-and-coming journalist and graduate from the Nicholson School of Communication and Media (NSCM) was killed Wednesday while reporting on the scene of a fatal shooting. Dylan Lyons ’19 was 24. Lyons’ journalism professors remember him as a “confident and talented go-getter who was always up for a challenge and never turned down a story,” says NSCM…
Wed Mar 1
As an Afro-Latina who grew up in New York, Leyandra Cardoza contributed more than just fabric and sketches while designing the costumes for the “Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine” play. Her attention to detail and properly portraying the characters’ backgrounds as minorities in New York contributed towards her first-place win in costume design for Region…
Tue Feb 28
Kelly Shea is a junior elementary education major who turned her passion for inventing into founding her own company. Shea said she founded her startup company DripLock while a student at UCF. The first of these products shipped out in July 2022, in between her sophomore and junior year, according to her updates on Kickstarter. DripLock is…
Tue Feb 28
U.S. Rep. Darren Soto told students on Wednesday that even if they can’t afford a clean energy purchase now, they most likely will be making those choices in the future. Soto was one of three members of the U.S. House of Representatives part of the Future Forum Caucus to visit UCF to explain the benefits…
Tue Feb 28
For Can Aydin, the news that his home country of Turkey had been hit by two earthquakes was shocking. “I was checking the news and saw that a 7.8 earthquake hit Turkey, and I really couldn’t believe it at first,” Aydin said. “I didn’t think it was real because that’s such a large number.” Aydin,…
Tue Feb 28
UCF Alumni is pleased to announce its 30 Under 30 Alumni Award Recipients for the Class of 2023. The stellar group of alumni comprises scientists, attorneys, teachers, financial analysts, entrepreneurs, nurses, UCF employees, graduate students and others who have launched from UCF and landed in successful careers of their dreams. Yet, despite their distance from…
Fri Feb 17
Each spring, UCF showcases its creative side in a large-scale event at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. This year, UCF Celebrates the Arts will offer 39 events plus exhibits featuring students, faculty and alumni in dance, concerts, cabaret, lectures and discussions, film, chamber music, family-friendly events, visual arts, and more. UCF is committed…
Fri Feb 17
Exceptional medical care from first responders, nurses and doctors routinely saves the lives of patients with critical illnesses. But many of those patients will suffer from anxiety, depression and PTSD after they return home. A team of UCF researchers is confident that exposure therapy featuring virtual reality with real sounds and smells, all mimicking the…
Thu Feb 2
What is humanity’s most important invention? Some might say vaccines, electricity or the internet. But each of those technologies was the result of thousands of years’ worth of communication through language. Language is how we come to understand the world and ourselves. Though often invisible, it is the building block of human civilization. Knights Write…
Thu Feb 2
During the Plains Wars of the mid-1800s, thousands of indigenous peoples were forced from their homelands. Dozens of their leaders and warriors were imprisoned over a thousand miles away from home in Fort Marion (now known as the Castillo de San Marcos) in St. Augustine, Florida. Today, UCF researchers are collaborating with the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes…
Thu Feb 2
Two project teams comprising of UCF researchers and community partners were named winners of the 2022 Pabst Steinmetz Foundation Arts and Wellness Innovation award. Each team was granted $25,000 to help fund their respective initiatives. This year’s winning projects respond to the theme of “No Place Like Home,” focusing on collaboration with organizations and diverse communities to…
Thu Feb 2
Award-winning historian and nationally syndicated columnist Luis MartÃnez-Fernández will publish his new book, When The World Turned Upside Down: Politics, Culture and The Unimaginable Events of 2019-2022, on February 15. His book examines how almost every aspect of life has been profoundly affected from economics, politics and geopolitics to society and culture. MartÃnez-Fernández will also speak about his…
Tue Jan 24
Previously attending the Florida Music Education Association (FMEA) Professional Development Conference by performing in the All-State Choir when she was in middle and high school, sophomore music education major Adriana DuPont said she was inspired to pursue her love of making music. She said her passion for the arts emerged from the teachers who introduced her…
Thu Jan 19
stereotype about the Middle Ages is that medieval people were obsessed with hell: manuscript images are full of demons torturing naked souls, and visions, like Dante’s Inferno from the Divine Comedy, remain enduringly popular to this day. Why were medieval people so fixated on hell? Stephen Hopkins, assistant professor of English, argues that it’s because hell was a…
Thu Jan 12
Students and faculty in the School of Performing Arts and the College of Nursing discussed their collaborative efforts to bring theatre to hospitalized children with News Channel 6. Bruce and Jeffrey Gould created the Jeanette M. Gould Traveling Theatre Fund at UCF as a way to honor their mother’s love of theatre and respect for the…