Planning for What’s Possible
Tue Apr 28
While the spring semester is ending in ways none of us imagined, I am proud of the resiliency and resolve I have seen in my first weeks as president. Despite the incredible challenges from COVID-19, you have acted boldly to best serve our students and help our community throughbuilding a community of scholarship entirely online, making…
From Food Insecurity to Food Manager: Graduating Senior Works to Combat Hunger
Tue Apr 28
After she graduates with her degrees in legal studies and political science and a minor in nonprofit management work, Naseeka Dixon will work at Straight Street, a nonprofit that helps care for the poor and homeless in Orlando. Naseeka Dixon remembers grocery shopping at a food pantry, especially one at a local church, with her…
Drive-through Testing Starts Wednesday in Lake Nona
Mon Apr 27
On April 29, a COVID-19 drive-through testing site will open in Lake Nona through a partnership between the UCF College of Medicine, Aventus Health and Tavistock. The testing is by appointment only for people across the community. Patients must have a test order from a physician. Testing is covered by insurance. Those without insurance can…
What a View: OSIRIS REx Mission Captures Images of Test Run Maneuver near Asteroid
Mon Apr 27
NASA’s OSIRIS REx team, which includes two professors from the University of Central Florida, completed a dress rehearsal of maneuvers it expects to make when its mission to collect a sample from an ancient asteroid comes to its climax. UCF Professor Humberto Campins and Assistant Professor Kerri Donaldson Hanna are part of the science team…
Into the Heart of a Crisis
Mon Apr 27
Few of us, if we’re honest, paid full attention to the actions of task forces or crisis and emergency managers — until mid-March. Now, the world practically turns on their every move. At a most coincidental time, UCF is about to graduate its first three students from the Masters of Emergency and Crisis Management (MECM) program.…
From Intern to Emergency Team Leader for Seminole County
Mon Apr 27
Since Andres Acosta’s first day at Seminole County’s Office of Emergency Management, his internship experience has been anything but ordinary. He began in the middle of hurricane season, just as the emergency operation center was activated in preparation for Hurricane Dorian. Now, he’s working full-time as a manager in charge of a team of 10,…
1st Criminal Justice Doctoral Graduate Delivers Hope in Jail Suicide-Prevention Study
Mon Apr 27
Frances Abderhalden, the first student to graduate from UCF’s doctoral program in criminal justice, wanted to know why suicides in jails were eight times more likely than in the general population and five times more likely than in prisons. So she went straight to inmates and asked them. She hopes to use her findings to reduce…
History Class Makes National News with Unique Project
Mon Apr 27
When Kevin Mercer, an instructor in the History department and double alumnus of UCF, offered his students an extra credit assignment about COVID-19, he figured his students would have creative responses, but he wasn’t expecting the assignment to go viral. However, when he shared the assignment on Twitter, it garnered national attention and he has since…
Plan for Verizon to Harvest Precious Metals from Old Tech Wins Spring 2020 Capstone Competition
Fri Apr 24
CAPSTONE WINNERS: Kaitlyn Lambley, Robert Nierenberg, Sam Van Ornam, George SanJuan and Kathleen Shiflett posed for a virtual photo after winning the Spring 2020 Great Capstone Case Competition. Appearing in the photo are Senior Vice President of Finance at Verizon, Monty Garrett; UCF Business Dean Paul Jarley; faculty members Denise Cordova, Paul Gregg, Kenneth Lay…
10 SVAD Students, Alumni and Faculty Finalists in ArtFields 2020: Now Virtual
Fri Apr 24
04/24/20 Update: Due to the Coronavirus, ArtFields announced that they have canceled the in-person Artfields 2020 celebration. Instead, they are sharing the 2020 artists’ submissions virtually on their website. You can see the work from this year’s artists including quite a few of our own students and alumni! For more information, visit: https://www.artfieldssc.org/ CLICK HERE FOR…
Faculty Awarded for Teaching Excellence
Fri Apr 24
Dr. Emily Bradshaw, assistant professor at the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, and Dr. Laurel Gorman, associate professor of pharmacology, have been named among the 2020 recipients of the university’s Teaching Incentive Program award. The award recognizes productivity and excellence in teaching that contribute to the university’s mission. Dr. Bradshaw joined UCF in 2015 after earning…
Congratulations to CAH’s 2019-20 TIP and RIA Awardees
Fri Apr 24
Congratulations to the faculty members from the College of Arts and Humanities who have been selected to receive 2019-20 UCF Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Awards or Research Incentive Awards (RIA). The TIP rewards teaching productivity and excellence. The award recognizes in-unit employee contributions to the university’s key goals of offering the best undergraduate education available…
Residents Grapple With COVID-19
Fri Apr 24
Hospital emergency rooms are chaotic in normal times. Try being an Emergency Medicine resident during a pandemic. As the nation’s healthcare system deals with COVID-19, UCF-HCA Healthcare physicians in residency training find themselves on the front lines of a novel virus and new ways of learning and caring for patients. Emergency Medicine residents have had…
Meet Taylor Pryor, 2020 Order of Pegasus Winner and English Lit Major
Thu Apr 23
Spotlight: Taylor Pryor Taylor Pryor, an English literature major and student at the Burnett Honors College, recently received the one of UCF’s most prestigious honors, Order of the Pegasus. A first-generation college student and woman of color, Taylor finds joy in the fact that she was able to overcome the obstacles in her way. She…
UCF Launches Searchable Database for COVID-19-Related Research Opportunities
Thu Apr 23
The Office of Research has launched a searchable database for UCF faculty and scientists. Agencies have put out calls for proposals, but with hundreds of agencies and multiple opportunities with their own specific requirements, it can be daunting to find a good match. The database offers UCF faculty and scientists a quick way to search using key…
UCF Faculty, Students Get Creative to Finish Unprecedented Semester
Thu Apr 23
Dissecting honeybees via Zoom, using a glass shower door as a whiteboard and creating a virtual art gallery are a few of the ways students and faculty have adapted to remote learning, which UCF transitioned to on March 18 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Monday marked the last day of classes for the spring semester,…
Computer Engineering Graduate Seeks to Help Close Educational Divide for Others
Thu Apr 23
Making modern technology more accessible is the key to unlocking the American dream, says Gustavo Camero, who will graduate during next week’s UCF virtual commencement. Camero plans to dedicate his professional career to closing educational and technological divides across borders. “I want to build bridges for young people in low-income communities, bridges that will lead…
Plan to Redevelop Fashion Square Mall Wins UCF Real Estate Case Competition
Thu Apr 23
An idea to transform the Orlando Fashion Square Mall into a “lifestyle center” earned first place at the UCF Real Estate Case Competition on April 15. Students Brian Cochrane, Alex Eastwood, Michael McLamb, Amanda Schmidt and Michael Wensinger won the judges’ favor with their comprehensive plan to create a mixed-use development to replace the aging…
