Tue Aug 23
Nearly 4,000 new graduate students will join 4,300 returning graduate students at UCF next week as fall classes begin Monday, Aug. 22. For some, it will be a new experience, and for many of UCF’s returning students, they may find some changes that were implemented pre- and post-COVID. The College of Graduate Studies and other…
Wed Aug 10
Virginia Perwin ’22MA has a lot in common with other students who received a master’s degree at UCF this weekend. She likes to keep active by spending time with her family, gardening and ziplining. She engages in community work by teaching people how to read. She was a first-generation student. The difference is that while…
Wed Aug 10
Michael Wainstein, director of the UCF School of Performing Arts, has been reappointed for a second five-year term. The decision follows an assessment of Director Wainstein and the school under his leadership. The process included feedback from faculty and staff, as well as college administration. The committee that oversaw Wainstein’s five-year assessment found him to…
Thu Aug 4
Following the success of their prior albums, The Jazz Professors have released their newest addition, Blues and Cubes. Jack Bowers of All That Jazz gave a positive review to this album, with 4.5 stars out of 5. “These Professors certainly can [play]—and do, producing an album whose highlights are many and whose weaknesses—if any—are beyond the measure of…
Wed Jul 27
Enjoy works from a variety of genres, subjects and time periods in Theatre UCF’s 2022–23 season With a variety of plays and musicals ranging from Shakespeare to bluegrass, Theatre UCF’s 2022-23 season looks at the relationship between individuals and institutions, exploring themes of power structures, corruption and social systems, as well as lighter moments of…
Tue Jul 19
UCF Art Gallery and Rollins Museum of Art collaborate for the first time ever with “Pathways 2022: The Carlos Malamud Prize,” an exhibition devoted to supporting emerging artists in Florida. On view from May 19 to Sept. 4, the inaugural collaborative exhibition features six artists with diverse practices. The collection touches on various themes and experiences while displaying a wide breadth of…
Thu Jun 30
A partnership between the School of Performing Arts, the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, and the Department of Psychology at UCF is helping improve the lives of people living with aphasia. Aphasia is a condition that stems from a brain injury, most commonly the result of an accident or stroke. People with aphasia may struggle…
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 Jun 23
UCF has joined 19 of the nation’s top research universities to form a new alliance dedicated to increasing opportunities for historically underserved student populations. The Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities aims to double the number of Hispanic doctoral students and increase the number of Hispanic faculty at member institutions by 20%. The 20 universities…
Mon Jun 6
In the 1960s America’s sexual revolution marked the shift in public awareness and acceptance for sexual and romantic relationships outside of the then traditional, heterosexual relationships. Each year during Pride Month — which was initially inspired by the 1969 Stonewall Uprising and works to achieve equal justice and opportunity for LGBTQ+ Americans — we reflect…
Mon Jun 6
Every so often, Professor Martha Brenckle thinks about a group of people she never met who gathered at Bill Federick Park at Turkey Lake more than 40 years ago. This group of ordinary people organized Orlando’s first pride picnic. “It’s just amazing to me that they did that — these regular, everyday people who had…
Tue May 31
Lovers of new theatre and classics alike will appreciate UCF’s Pegasus PlayLab, a festival dedicated to developing plays by emerging playwrights. Over the course of four weeks – May 28-June 18 – audiences can attend three staged readings or “workshops”, experience a full production of a new play first workshopped at Orlando Shakes’ PlayFest 2021, and…
Tue May 31
It’s 10 p.m. on a Thursday, and the energy level could not be higher than it is at the very top of parking garage H on UCF’s campus. Feet stomp on the concrete. Wooden sticks (called dandiya) clack together. Two dozen students hop, bob and raise their hands to the constellations in synch to a…
Thu May 26
After 13 years at the helm, Dr. Maria C. Santana-Rogers has stepped down as Director of UCF’s Women’s and Gender Studies program, leaving behind a legacy of leadership, social change and student-centered learning. Santana-Rogers has been director of Women’s and Gender Studies since 2009. During that time, she built a nationally-recognized program that reaches across…
Thu May 19
In episode 24 — the tenth episode of season two of the UCF podcast, Knights Do That — we speak with Adrian R’Mante ’96, UCF theater alum and Hollywood actor, shares his journey at UCF to landing his hit role as Esteban Julio Ricardo Montoya de la Rosa RamÃrez on The Suite Life of Zack…
Tue May 17
Assistant professor of history and archeologist Tiffany Earley-Spadoni’s research on the rise and fall of near East fortresses is receiving support from funders, including the National Endowment for the Humanities. She has been awarded a grant for her research project “Fortified Regional Networks in Urartu and Assyria in the Early 1st Millennium BCE.” This funding,…
Thu May 12
Pontianak, Indonesia, native Endah Setya Ningsih has always had a passion for teaching others. After completing her undergraduate degree in English language education in teacher training and education faculty at Universitas Tanjungpura, she wanted to broaden her horizons and learn new teaching methods in an international community. Her interest in teaching English led her to…
Thu May 12
The annual CAH staff awards recognize employees who have delivered exemplary service to the college and UCF. In 2022, the College of Arts and Humanities recognized staff members for their commendable dedication to UCF and acknowledged the challenging year the employees faced. Three of these staff members received prestigious honors that include a financial award…
Tue May 10
The isolation and long travel times of space missions can cause breakdowns in thinking and reasoning with even the best of teams, compromising mission objectives and the safety of crew members. That’s why researchers at the University of Central Florida are spearheading a new, recently funded project to improve the cognition of team members for…
Fri May 6
commencement weekend. Some UCF graduates will head into backyards to celebrate with family and friends. Some will board planes to take long-awaited escapes. But eleven graduates will travel across Orlando to Universal Studios, which for them is a bridge from the completion of their master’s degrees into a world beyond school — and maybe beyond…